Speaker details

Biography

YACINE FRANCIS Partner, International Arbitration & Litigation Allen & Overy LLP (Dubai) Yacine is a partner in the Allen & Overy disputes team based in Dubai. He specialises in international arbitrations as well as cross-border litigation proceedings and corporate fraud and regulatory investigations. He has experience of complex international disputes across a wide range of sectors. These include the construction, oil & gas, renewable energy, power generation and banking industries. His arbitration practice extends across the Middle East, India, Africa and Europe. Yacine has acted under all of the major institutional international arbitration rules and regularly appears as an advocate before the DIFC Courts and other offshore courts in the Middle East.