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Boubacar Diakité

Geni & Kebe

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Position: Senior Associate
Rating:
  • Rising star
Bar Admissions:
Senegal
Practice Areas:
Corporate and M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
French
Biography

Boubacar joined GENI & KEBE in 2009 after working for the West African Reserve Bank.  He brings practical experience to his work, advising clients on strategic banking transactions, including project finance, M&A and securitization and debt capital markets.  Boubacar also acts as practice manager for our Corporate Team and has worked in a law firm in England.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Advised Eastmore Global Limited on an acquisition of interest in oil & gas exploration assets offshore Senegal and Guinea-Bissau;
  • Advised the Export-Import Bank of China on a Buyer Credit Loan Agreement with the State of Senegal;
  • Advised Eximbank India on a cross-border loan transaction in Ghana and Senegal.
Practice areas
  • Banking
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Investment funds
  • M&A
  • Project finance
Sector specialisations
  • Banking
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Financial services
  • Tech and telecoms
  • Oil & Gas
Bar admissions
  • Senegal
Academic qualifications
  • LLM (Dakar-Bourguiba)
  • LLM University of Pretoria (South Africa)
Address:
Dakar
Tel:+221 338 211 916 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://www.gsklaw.sn/