Expertise
Enforcement
Fraud & asset recovery
Sovereign debt
Business law
OHADA law

Education
University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne – Master 2 comparative law, major in African law
University of Clermont Auvergne – Master 2 in business law, major in banking and finance
Languages
French
English
Spanish
Yoruba
Basit’s practice focuses on complex cross-border disputes

He advises and represents clients in international business litigation and also in connection with the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards/foreign judgments against sovereigns
Details of recent activities
Counsel to a North American financial advisory firm on emergency interim measures in France and Belgium to secure M&A-related fees and in proceedings on the merits to obtain a payment order

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

Counsel to an African company in enforcement proceedings involving the alter ego of an African state

Counsel to an African company in the enforcement proceedings in Belgium involving the alter ego of an African state

Counsel to European companies in the recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award rendered by the PCA against a South American state

Counsel to foreign joint trustees in the recognition of an English bankruptcy order and in collection of evidence in support of bankruptcy proceedings against an individual involved in fraud

Counsel to a Cayman Islands company on the enforcement of an ICC award against an African State

Counsel to a Central Asian educational institution in a dispute seeking rescission of a French-law governed sale of a real estate asset located in Central Asia

Counsel to a Latin American company in a dispute with a major French oil company over the commercial exploitation of a land located in Latin America

Counsel to an Asian company in connection with the enforcement of an LCIA award against businessmen from an Eastern European State

Counsel to North American and European private investment funds on the worldwide recognition and enforcement of a North American judgment against a South American state

Counsel to North American and European private investment funds to coordinate the worldwide asset tracing and recovery strategy against a South American state

Counsel to a French high-tech distributor serving the electronics industry, subsidiary of an Italian group specialized in advanced electronic testing and PCB assembly solutions, on contractual, corporate, employment, and dispute management matters

Counsel to a North American national in the recovery of funds withheld by a French notary further to the sale of real estate

Counsel to a European company in preparing a strategy of enforcement relating to a forthcoming ICC and/or ICSID award against multiple European sovereigns

Advising an individual on the recovery of a debt arising from a loan agreement


Full bio
Conferences
Paris bar association: Lecture on searching for the debtor’s asset information – Paris, 2025

University of Nanterre: Lecture on reflexes to adopt when enforcing an arbitral award – Paris, 2025