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Farès Koussay El Heni, Managing Partner

Farès Koussay El Heni

Managing Partner

Managing Partner Tunis and Deputy Head Africa Group

Languages

French & English & Arabic

Practice areas

  • Commercial agreements
  • Consumer
  • Corporate
  • Employment law
  • Energy and infrastructure
  • Health and life sciences
  • Local government
  • Mergers and acquisitions

Practice notes

Fares Koussay El Heni is the managing partner of Eversheds Sutherland EL Heni and Deputy Head Africa Group.

Fares is a lawyer registered with the Tunisian and Parisian bars. He has obtained diplomas from the University Panthéon-SORBONNE 5 Paris? France) in Business Law and Comparative Law in Arabic countries. Prior to joining Eversheds EL Heni in 2011 as a managing partner, Fares worked as a lawyer in Paris at CFS, Winston & Strawn and Eversheds.

Fares advises and assists international companies, including those wishing to implement themselves in Tunisia, in business law, and more specifically on investments, currency exchange regulations, specific regulations, competition aspects and M&A.

Fares is highly experience in driving clients’ projects through a full legal coverage and management allowing his clients to work with a pragmatic and supportive partner in Tunisia but also in Africa. “Farès EL Heni is able to bridge the gap between Tunisian culture and international clients.” Legal 500, Banking & Finance, Tunisia - 2015

He focuses on corporate/M&A, commercial, social and labor law, projects, energy and infrastructure matters.

Fares is ranked Leading Individual by Legal 500 EMEA

Français

Farès Koussay El Heni est avocat inscrit aux Barreaux de Tunisie et de Paris et est diplômé de l’Université Panthéon-Sorbonne à Paris en Droit des affaires et Droit comparé des pays arabes. Avant de rejoindre le cabinet Eversheds El Heni en 2011 comme associé, Farès a exercé comme avocat à Paris au sein des cabinets CFS, Winston & Strawn et Eversheds.

Farès conseille et assiste les sociétés internationales, notamment celles désireuses de s’implanter en Tunisie, en droit des affaires, en particulier en matière d'investissements, de règlementation des changes, de réglementions spécifiques, de concurrence et de restructurations de projet de réorganisation de sociétés.

Farès a également développé une expertise particulière en implantation de projet d’organisation et réorganisation de Business en Tunisie et en Afrique (plus de 40 pays) assistant les groupes internationaux dans la gestion au quotidien de leurs problématiques juridiques mais également dans leurs projets internationaux et de réorganisation d’entreprises. Fares a été nommé « Leading Individual » par Legal 500 EMEA.

Il parle couramment français, arabe et anglais.

Legal 500 Leading Individual Fares El Heni 

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