Yacine Francis

Yacine is Head of Middle East, Turkey and Africa Arbitration, Litigation and Investigations.

He specializes in international arbitrations, as well as cross-border litigation proceedings and corporate fraud and regulatory investigations. His renowned ‘sophisticated arbitration practice’ extends across the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Yacine has acted under all of the major institutional international arbitration rules, including those of the ICC, LCIA and DIAC and regularly appears as an advocate in arbitrations and court litigation.

Yacine has acted on a number of complex and highly sensitive internal corporate investigations in the region and has extensive experience of fraud claims, asset-tracing actions and investigations relating to the alleged fraud and misconduct of senior employees.

Yacine’s experience of complex international disputes spans a wide range of sectors, including the oil and gas, automotive, aviation, power generation and banking industries.