Cheikhany Jules

Key Legal and Development Consulting Roles:

Drafting of the Mauritanian Commercial Code – Ministry of Economic Development / World Bank (1999–2000)
Legal Framework for Notaries – Ministry of Justice / World Bank (1997)
Labour Code Commission Member – Ministry of Labour (2003–2004)
Municipal Public Service Framework – Ministry of Interior / GTZ (2003)
Legal Advisor to the National Electoral Commission (CENI) – Electoral law and dispute resolution (2009)
Consultant, International Finance Corporation (IFC) & World Bank – Doing Business in Mauritania (2007–2012)
Consultant, Mining Resources Ltd / OreCorp Mauritania – Mining Legislation & Tenement Reports (2007–2012)
Consultant, GTZ – Regionalization and Local Governance in Mauritania (2007)
Consultant, Natixis Bank – Legal Advice on Derivative Transactions (2010)
Consultant, Chamber of Commerce of Mauritania – Arbitration and Mediation Framework (2010)
Consultant, Ministry of Environment / GIZ – Institutional Review of Environmental System (RISE) (2011)

Publications & Academic Works

La responsabilité du transporteur maritime dans la convention de Bruxelles du 25 août 1924 et les règles de Hambourg de 1978 (CDMA).
“Legal Basis of Maritime Carrier Liability” – Yugoslav Centre of Postgraduate Studies (Dubrovnik, 1980).
DEA Thesis: Port of Nantes–Saint-Nazaire: Development Perspectives and Coastal Protection in an Expanding Zone.
Studies on Port Law: The Port of Marseille–Fos and Coastal Municipalities – Two Interfaces, One Goal.
Freedom of Navigation and the New Law of the Sea (Master’s Dissertation).
Doctoral Thesis (1982): Handling of Goods: Rights and Obligations of the Shipper and the Maritime Carrier under the Hamburg Rules and French Law.

Teaches: Commercial Law and Labour Law

Master’s Level Courses: Maritime Law, Petroleum Law, and Mining Law
Director, Research Centre for Law and Economics of the Sea
Honorary Member, Association of Fellows and Legal Scholars of the International Centre for Legal Studies (Salzburg, Austria)
President, Mauritanian Association of Maritime Law
Secretary General, Mauritanian Association of Jurists
Former Member, Users’ Council of the London Court of International Arbitration
Member, French Committee of Arbitration
Former Deputy of Médérdra
Seminars, Workshops & Training
Yugoslavia (1980): Law and International Relations in Time of War
Tunis (1986): International Maritime Cooperation
Annual seminars (since 1988) in Paris and London: Maritime Law, International Law, Arbitration, and Contract Negotiation
UIA Congress, Turin (2000): Presentation – Marine Pollution: The “ERIKA” and “LEVOLI–SUN” Cases
Yamoussoukro (2000): Poverty Reduction Strategies (World Bank–IMF–AfDB)
Numerous national seminars in Mauritania on decentralization and governance

Workshops:

London (1997): The Demise Clause in Bills of Lading and Charter Parties
Paris (2001): Advanced Use of Incoterms 2000
Nantes (1998): Shipbuilding Contracts
ICC Paris (2005): Negotiation and Management of International Contracts and Dispute Resolution

Teaching & Workshop Leadership

Instructor, National School of Administration (E.N.A.) – Judicial Reform: Insurance Law, Banking Law, Labour Law (1995–1997)
Organizer & Facilitator, numerous national and regional workshops (1998–2011) on local governance and decentralization
Director & Lecturer, Seminars at the Centre for Maritime Law and Economics of the Sea, including:
International Maritime Trade Practices (1997)
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: The SAIGA Case (2006)
Advanced Practice of International Commercial Arbitration (1998)
Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries (1999–2004 series)
Fishing Rights and Freedom of the High Seas (2003)
Legal Reforms on the Mauritanian Maritime Boundaries and Environmental Law (2003–2005)
Regulation of Telecommunications in Mauritania (2007)
Mining and Petroleum Legal Frameworks (2011–2012)
Major Consultations

Selected Publications

Law and Economics of Maritime Fisheries: Perspectives for Coastal Development (June 1997)
Oil Production Sharing Contracts: A Mirage for New Producers? (CEDNA, 2000)
From Concession to Production Sharing: The Indonesian Example (May 2001)
Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Mauritania – Kluwer Law International Business Series, Supplement 5, November 1988
Arbitrators and the Hardship Clause in International Contracts – C. Jules, 1994
Mauritanian Decentralization in Search of Balance – FSJE Publication, 2012
Oil and Gas Regulation in Mauritania
Mauritanian Law of the Sea
Handling of Goods in Maritime Law
Law of Arbitration in Mauritania (in progress)
Awards, Memberships & Affiliations
President, Mauritanian Association of Maritime Law
Member, French Arbitration Committee (Comité Français de l’Arbitrage)
Member, Association of Fellows and Legal Scholars, International Centre for Legal Studies (Salzburg, Austria)