Jacques-Alexandre
Genet
Paris
Avocat
Expertise
International Litigation

Enforcement & Asset Recovery

Sovereign Debt

Anti-fraud

Sanctions

Business Law

Wine Law

OHADA Law
Education
Sciences Po Paris Master Economics and Finance

University Paris X-Nanterre Master English & American business law
Languages
French

English

Spanish

Portuguese
Professional affiliations
International Bar Association

Emerging Markets Trade Association

French Arbitration Committee

French-Arab Chamber of Commerce
Jacques-Alexandre Genet has world-class expertise in sovereign debt, international enforcement, asset tracing and interim measures.

He is listed in Who’s Who Legal as a Global Leader in Asset Recovery.

He also advises international businesses on issues arising from doing business in France (company law, tax, immigration, labour laws), the Middle East and Africa (international sales contracts, distributorship/ agency agreements, OHADA law, etc.), including in distressed contexts.
Details of recent activities
Counsel to a South-American construction company to coordinate worldwide enforcement of a ICC arbitral award against the alter ego of a South American Sovereign

Counsel to an African company in worldwide enforcement of two ICC awards against an African state

Counsel to a major European consumer electronics company in the context of an attachment performed in its hands as a garnishee

Counsel to French, US, and Greek consumers in a dispute against a Middle Eastern bank to obtain and enforce money judgement in the context of major financial crisis

Counsel to a North American financial advisory firm for urgent interim attachments in France to secure the payment of fees relating to a M&A transaction and to obtain a payment order against a European company

Counsel to a major European company in a liability claim over the non-operation of an aircraft belonging to a North American company

Counsel to a group of victims of a defective medical device for the recovery of funds owed by a major European certification company diverted by former counsel

Counsel to the liquidator of bankrupted European bank in the enforcement in France of multiple LCIA arbitral awards against a group of Middle Eastern and French individuals

Counsel to an African company in the enforcement in France of an LCIA arbitral award against an African state

Counsel to a South-East Asian steel company in the enforcement of an ICC award against a European company

Counsel to the liquidator of a bankrupted Middle Eastern bank in the recognition and enforcement of judgments against former executives

Counsel to a North American multinational chemical company opposing the recognition and enforcement in France of a Latin American judgment issued in the context of fraud

Counsel to the liquidator of a major bankrupt European tech company to secure the future enforcement in France of a court order to be handed down in Germany against a former director
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Conferences
Enforcement of arbitral awards in Europe (Paris Arbitration, Paris, Apr. 2019).

The enforcement of arbitral awards against States or State-owned entities (CEA, Brussels, Feb. 2019).

Enforcing Arbitral Awards Against States – Sovereign immunity: the commercial activity exception in French law (IAI, Paris, Oct. 2018).

Recent Developments in the Enforcement of Awards against States and Sovereign Immunities (CFA-40/ CEA-40, Paris, Feb. 2018).

Anticipating the Non-Enforcement of Judgments and Awards (CREDIMI, Dijon, June 2017).

Foreign Sovereign Immunity from Enforcement after the Sapin II Law (CRDI, Paris II Panthéon-Assas,
Apr. 2017).

Enforcement around the Asian Region: beyond the NY Convention (GAR Live, Hong Kong, Oct. 2016).

Sovereign Immunity from Enforcement and Classification of States’ Assets (ICC, Tunis, May 2015).

‘Vulture Funds’ and the International Financial System: Is there any value added? (UNCTAD, New York,
Dec. 2015).
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