Natural Resources & Environment

We advise governments, investors, operators, and lenders on a broad range of natural resources projects across Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Our expertise covers mining, oil and gas, forestry, water rights, and environmental compliance.

We provide guidance on licensing, regulatory approvals, sustainable development, and environmental impact assessments. Our dispute resolution practice addresses complex environmental claims, regulatory challenges, and resource-related conflicts through negotiation, arbitration, and litigation. Drawing on deep sector knowledge and regional insight, we help clients manage risks, ensure compliance, and protect their investments in environmentally sensitive contexts.

Team

Andreas Scherdel

Partner
Andreas Scherdel has extensive experience in advising on project contracts, corporate law, commercial contracts, claims and risk management. His practice focuses on the construction, infrastructure and energy sectors. He also has significant knowledge of accounting and tax issues relating to large-scale projects.

Isabelle Beaucamp

Counsel
Isabelle Beaucamp is an attorney qualified in both Germany and France, specializing in international business law, international arbitration, and public international law, with additional training in common law. She has extensive experience within international organisations, particularly the United Nations and the International Criminal Court, focusing on compliance, investigations, and international governance. Her profile is complemented by entrepreneurial experience as the founder of a creative and music enterprise.

Dr. Richard Wichmann

Counsel
Dr. Richard Wichmann is a lawyer, certified mediator and has been working in the real estate industry since 2005. Since 2017, he has been advising national and international clients in the fields of energy and infrastructure in private and public commercial law.

Dr. Aouni Shahoud Almousa

Of Counsel
Dr. Aouni Shahoud Almousa has extensive experience in international commercial arbitration and business law. He advises clients on cross-border transactions, foreign investment, and dispute resolution across the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Syria.

Pauline Coune

Of Counsel
Pauline Coune is a French attorney dedicated to projects in Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Axel Heck

Of Counsel
Axel Heck specializes in complex transnational transactions, international private dispute resolution and strategic legal counseling, with a strong focus on the transatlantic and European-Indian market.

Jakob Kisser

Of Counsel
Jakob Kisser is Of-Counsel of Alexander & Partner and managing partner of our UAE partner law firm Strohal Legal Consultants. He has been practicing business law in Austria and the United Arab Emirates for 20 years.

Stella Muraguri

Of Counsel
Stella Muraguri is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya specializing in commercial litigation, fintech law, and anti-money laundering compliance. She advises multinational corporations and financial institutions and has extensive experience in enforcement matters.

Cephas Tettey Omenyo

Of Counsel
Cephas Tettey Omenyo is a lawyer from Ghana. He obtained his LL.B. from the University of London in 2014 and was admitted to the Ghana Bar Association in 2016. In addition to his legal training, he holds a BA. in Economics from the University of Ghana. His professional experience covers corporate law, civil litigation and taxation.

Dr. Philipp Stompfe, LL.M.

Of Counsel
Dr. Philipp Stompfe advises on international contract and corporate law as well as on international arbitration.