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)