Natural Resources and Environment

Environmental and related natural resource issues are truly global in nature, transcending borders and requiring multinational responses. Companies operating in multiple jurisdictions need the help of lawyers with broad experience across regions to navigate this changing landscape.

Alexander & Partner’s lawyers have extensive experience in environmental and resource distribution laws across the MENA region and Sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular focus on international water resources and waste management. The breadth and depth of our expertise in this sector make our advice both distinctive and invaluable.

We collaborate with clients to ensure compliance with evolving regulations and standards across the MENA region and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Team

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.
Counsel
Adelheid Sutendi specializes in international commercial and investment arbitration. She primarily advises and represents clients in international dispute resolution proceedings and in matters of German and French commercial and corporate law.
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.
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.
Of Counsel
Pauline Coune is a French attorney dedicated to projects in Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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.
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.
Of Counsel
Dr. Fallou Mbodji is a French lawyer, registered with the Paris Bar. He has extensive expertise in international projects in Africa and OHADA law.
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.
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.