Samy Laghouati
Contact
Office
Algiers
Lotissement Ain Zeboudja N° 28 El Biar
16046 Alger
Practices
Samy Laghouati is a partner in charge of Gide's Algiers office, which he set up in 2003. He focuses exclusively on projects and investments in Algeria, assisting and advising both Algerian public bodies and foreign investors.
He deals mainly with joint ventures, major infrastructure projects and company acquisitions and disposals. Over the last twenty years, he has been involved in the creation of the main mixed industrial companies between Algerian public entities such as Sonatrach, Sonelgaz, Asmidal, Sider and foreign partners such as Total Energies, General Electric, Volkswagen, Siemens, Renault, Air Liquide, Linde Gas.
He has also developed a practice and expertise in settling disputes between partners and shareholders in the context of complex partnerships (joint ventures, consortiums, state contracts) before both local courts and international arbitration tribunals.
Samy holds a DEA (post-graduate diploma), a DESS (post-graduate diploma) and a Magistère de Juriste Conseil d'Entreprise (post-graduate diploma in corporate law) from the University of Montpellier. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1996 and joined the firm in 2002.
