OUR LAWYERS
Our lawyers are experienced, trusted, and efficient and deeply committed to help our clients address their legal needs in the best and most efficient way.
Elyes Chafter
Managing partner
Attorney at Law, L.L.M
Email: elyes@chafterlegal.com
Elyes Chafter advises companies on a broad range of corporate and regulatory matters. His practice focuses on corporate transactions involving a broad range of industries, banking and financial regulation, corporate restructurings, general corporate, commercial, contracts and employment matters. He regularly acts as a party counsel and arbitrator in domestic and international ad’hoc or institutional arbitration proceedings.
Before joining Chafter Raouadi, Elyes Chafter worked as an in-house consultant for the International Trade Center (UNCTAD/WTO) withing the business law and arbitration unit. He was involved in projects dealing with model contracts and law making in the areas of business law and arbitration.
Expertise
Due Dilligence, Corporate & M&A, Commercial & Contracts, Litigation & Arbitration, Banking and Finance, Employment, Intellectual property, TMT, Taxation, Oil & Gas.
Languages
Arabic, English, French
Curriculum
- Partner of Chafter Raouadi
- Admitted to the Tunisian Bar
- Tunisian Bar School
- Université de Genève, Switzerland. (Certificate of Transnational)
- Université de Genève, Switzerland. (LLM Business and Economic Law)
- Université of Carthage, Tunisia (LLM Common Law)
Memberships
- Tunisian Bar Association
- Contributor to the “doing business” report since 2010
Zine el Abidine Chafter
Partner
Lawyer at the supreme court, D.E.A
Zine El Abidine Chafter has extensive experience in court litigation. He regularly acts as a party counsel before courts (in civil, criminal and administrative matters)
He also advises clients in commercial, administrative, real estate and inheritance law.
He is consistently recommended by many rating agencies in his practice areas.
Expertise
Administrative law, Litigation , Commercial & Contracts, Real Estate.
Languages
Arabic, French
Curriculum
- Partner of Chafter Raouadi (since 1981)
- Admitted to the Tunisian Bar (1980)
- Law teacher at Université Lyon III, France (1977)
- University of Jean Moulin Lyon III, France. (DEA Business Law) (1976)
- Université of Jean Moulin Lyon III, France (DEA Public and environmental Law)(1975)
- Université of Jean Moulin Lyon III, France (M.A Law)
Memberships
- Tunisian Bar Association
- Member of the board of the bar association (1998-2001)
- Contributor to the “doing business” report
Habiba Raouadi
Partner
Lawyer at the supreme court, D.E.A
Habiba Raouadi has extensive experience in court litigation. She advises Tunisian and foreign private clients, regarding complex family law, estate and succession matters. She has been involved in various national and international divorces. She also handled various insolvency and restructuring cases representing companies, banks and creditors.
Adding to that, she advises both private and institutional clients in the field of real estate law, and in respect of both civil matters (purchases, sales, structuring and financing).
Expertise
Real Estate, Family Law, Inheritance, National and international divorces, Banking and Finance
Languages
Arabic, French
Curriculum
- Partner of Chafter Raouadi (since 1981)
- Admitted to the Tunisian Bar (1980)
- Université of Tunis (DEA Private Law)(1977)
- Université of Tunis, Tunisia (M.A Law)
Memberships
- Tunisian Bar Association
- Vice-president for Africa of the international federation of women in legal career
- Local partner of Doing Business report.
