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ELYES TRABELSI
CORPORATE LAWYER MID-LEVEL ASSOCIATE TEMPORARY LECTURER in

Tunisian Bar Association Eversheds Sutherland Corporate law and in
Contracts law
Esprit School of Business
Nationality: Tunisian | Age: 30 years old | Civil status: Single
Elyes Trabelsi
(00 216) 29 540 501

[email protected]
29 Rue de l’Olivier, Marsa Nessim, 2070 La Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
WORK EXPERIENCE
EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND EL HENI IN ASSOCIATION

WITH EL HENI LAW FIRM
TUNISIA - February 2018 – Ongoing
Mid-level Associate - Corporate and Mergers & Acquisition

December 2020 - November 2022
Junior Associate - Corporate and Mergers & Acquisition

February 2018 - November 2020
Eversheds Sutherland El Heni is the only international law firm established in Tunisia. Eversheds
Sutherland El Heni is a law firm with 12 lawyers (including 3 partners) and 11 paralegals.
As the most renowned law firm in Tunisia, and the only international one, Eversheds Sutherland El
Heni acts as an advisor in order to support multinationals in their establishment in Tunisia by
structuring their investments and acquisitions of companies established in Tunisia.
Eversheds Sutherland El Heni works on certain acquisitions in partnership with Eversheds Sutherland
Paris and London, and also acts as a subcontractor in Tunisia for several top ranked law firms such
as White & Case, Norton Rose Fulbright, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Baker Mckenzie...
Eversheds Sutherland El Heni is regularly listed in the Legal 500, Chambers and IFLR.
Duties as a Mid-level Associate in the Corporate and Mergers & Acquisition Department:
▪ Managing a team of 3 Lawyers and 2 jurists ;

▪ Working on the development of the templates, practice notes and legal opinions.
▪ Drafting of memoranda, articles, legal commentaries, client briefings.
▪ Supervising paralegals and interns in the development of knowledge documentation, and
internal processes.
▪ Managing the legal training of directors of local administration in the framework of the Doing
Business Program (World Bank).
▪ Liaising with the Business Development and Marketing team and contributing to the
production of articles, briefings, newsletters or other materials for circulation to clients or to
be published in Law Update and other selected journals.
▪ Working with the Partners, counsel, and associates to identify the best practices, know-how
and learning requirements of the practice and to implement the agreed offering.
▪ Drafting and reviewing commercial agreements and supply agreements for the clients in the
Mena and Africa regions.
▪ Drafting Articles of Association, minutes of the Board meetings, minutes of the general
meetings, shareholders’ agreements and subscription agreements, as well as Memorandums
of Understandings, Letters of intention.
▪ Managing the day to day needed legal support of more than 30 customers, including Energy
companies, Pharmaceutical Companies, IT companies and Logistics Companies.
▪ Communicating regularly with clients, attending meetings, taking minutes of meetings,
drawing up action plans.
▪ Managing due diligences and drafting and consolidating due diligence reports.
Noteworthy experience
• Drafting of loan and guarantee contracts for International Finance

Corporation (IFC) for the benefit of financial groups in North Africa.
▪ Proposed restructuring of the Ooredoo Group in partnership with Eversheds

Sutherland Qatar.
▪ Establishment of Cinéma Pathé Gaumont in Tunisia as the first cultural

multiplex chain in Tunisia.
▪ Working on the establishment of the first electronic

payment institution in Tunisia set up by the three
teleoperators Ooredoo, Orange and Tunisie Telecom.
• Drafting aircraft sales and leasing contracts for Boeing.
▪ Drafting commercial contracts for Nokia for its subsidiaries in Africa (Gabon,
Ivory Coast).
▪ Working on fundraising for the startup Instadeep.
▪ Working on fundraising for the startup GoMyCode.
• Structuring Scatec Solar's investment in Tunisia and assisting it to win the

tender for photovoltaic panels.
• Assisting British Airways in the drafting of their commercial contracts in

Tunisia and in their litigation matters.
▪ Assisting Turkish Airlines in the drafting of their commercial contracts in

Tunisia and in their litigation matters.
▪ Assisting Philip Morris International in the drafting of their commercial

contracts in Tunisia and in their litigation matters.
▪ Assisting the pharmaceutical company Hoffmann La Roche in its day-to-day

legal needs.
▪ Assisting the pharmaceutical company Pierre Fabre in its day-to-day legal

needs.
▪ Assisting the pharmaceutical company Novartis in its day-to-day legal needs.
Reference M&A transactions:
Working on M&A transactions, Drafting Due Diligence Reports, Drafting and reviewing Sale and
Purchase Agreement, Asset Purchase Agreements, Shareholders’ Agreement, including but not
limited to the following:
▪ Successfully representing RINA Italia Group in respect of the acquisition

of Comete Engineering Group.
▪ Representing LKQ in respect of the acquisition of VEGE Moteurs.
▪ Acting as subcontractors of Travers Smith to assist Bulgin UK Limited in

respect of the acquisition of Elektron UK Limited Group.
▪ Acting as subcontractors of White & Case LLP (UK) to support GIS

Solutions Holdings in respect of the acquisition of a Dynamic Design
Group.
▪ Acting as subcontractors of Blue Ocean Partners in respect of the

acquisition of a stake in Toshiba Group by its client.
▪ Acting as subcontractors of Blue Ocean Partners in respect of the
acquisition of a stake in NextProtein.
▪ Supporting Intertek UK Holdings Limited in respect of the acquisition of

the entire issued share capital of Check Safety First Limited.
▪ Representing the African Development Bank (AFDB), in respect of the

acquisition of a stake in Amen Bank.
▪ Successfully representing European Bank for Reconstruction and

Development (EBRD) in respect of the acquisition of a stake in an Algerian
Bank.
▪ Managing the acquisition of the assets of the British company Integration

Objects by Emerson (US).
▪ Representing Infor (US), in respect of the acquisition of a high-tech

company in Tunisia.
▪ Supporting International Finance Corporation (IFC) in respect of the

acquisition of a stake in a Tunisian Bank.
▪ Supporting the world leader in the lift industry KONE (FIN) in its
establishment in Tunisia through the acquisition of two Tunisian companies
and the establishment of a production unit.
▪ Acting as subcontractors of Eversheds Sutherland Germany in order to

assist Bourns Inc., in respect of the acquisition of Kaschke Group.
▪ Supporting the bank Crédit Agricole (FR) in respect of the acquisition of a

stake in the group Vectorys.
▪ Supporting Invema (IFC) in respect of the acquisition of a stake in the

French Bank TFB.
CORPORATE LAWYER ADMITTED TO THE TUNISIAN BAR

ASSOCIATION
September 2020 – Ongoing
Following taking my oath as a lawyer in the Tunisian courts, I had the opportunity to plead before
the Tunisian courts as an independent lawyer and as a court-appointed lawyer on some cases in
commercial and civil law and to draft legal conclusions and reports presented to the courts.
TEMPORARY LECTURER IN CORPORATE LAW AND IN

CONTRACTS LAW AT ESPRIT SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (ESB)
September 2022 – Ongoing
Esprit School of Business is a business college that is part of the ESPRIT group, the leading private
university in Tunisia in terms of post-graduation employability, start-ups founders and
entrepreneurs.
Esprit School of Business is part of Honoris United Universities, which is the first pan-African private
higher education network committed to combining the expertise of its member institutions to develop
competitive African talent in the rapidly changing, increasingly demanding and digitalised global
labour and start-up market.
Esprit School of Business offered me the opportunity to teach Corporate Law and Contracts Law to
the first year of the Master's degree in Accounting, Control and Auditing (ACA), as part of the
preparation for the competitive entrance exam to the profession of chartered accountant.
INTERNSHIPS
January 2018 2 months Eversheds Sutherland El Heni in association

with El Heni Law Firm
Corporate and M&A Department
September 2017 2 months Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie

(BIAT Bank)
Legal Department
June 2017 3 months Conseil du Marché Financier (CMF)
(National Stock Exchange Authority)
Legal Department
April 2017 2 months BNA Capitaux SA
Stock Exchange Broker
Legal Department
June 2016 4 months Maître Amel Karoui Law Firm
(Individual Law Firm)
June 2015 2 months Maître Houcine Ben Abdelkrim Law Firm

June 2014 3 months Maître Sedki Kasbaoui Law Firm

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

2019 TRAINEE SOLLICITOR – TUNIS BAR
The Higher Institute of Lawyers – Tunisia
2019 Passing the National Exam of the Tunisian Bar
Master Degree in Business and Corporate Law (First
2019 ranked)
College of Legal Sciences - University of Carthage
2016 Bachelor Degree in Private Law
College of Legal Sciences - University of Carthage
First year passed, in Bachelor Degree in Economics &
2012 Finance
ESSEC Tunis
2011 Baccalaureate Mathematics
LANGUAGES
✓ English: Professional •••••
✓ French: Native – TCF - C2 Level •••••
✓ Arabic: Native •••••
INTERESTS
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Lions Club Tunis Ulysse

Vice President 2022 - 2023
Secretary 2021 – 2022
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ELYES TRABELSI

CORPORATE LAWYER MID-LEVEL ASSOCIATE TEMPORARY LECTURER in

Nationality: Tunisian | Age: 30 years old | Civil status: Single

(00 216) 29 540 501

EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND EL HENI IN ASSOCIATION

Mid-level Associate - Corporate and Mergers & Acquisition

Junior Associate - Corporate and Mergers & Acquisition

▪ Managing a team of 3 Lawyers and 2 jurists ;

• Drafting of loan and guarantee contracts for International Finance

▪ Proposed restructuring of the Ooredoo Group in partnership with Eversheds

▪ Establishment of Cinéma Pathé Gaumont in Tunisia as the first cultural

▪ Working on the establishment of the first electronic

• Drafting aircraft sales and leasing contracts for Boeing.

▪ Working on fundraising for the startup Instadeep.

▪ Working on fundraising for the startup GoMyCode.

• Structuring Scatec Solar's investment in Tunisia and assisting it to win the

• Assisting British Airways in the drafting of their commercial contracts in

▪ Assisting Turkish Airlines in the drafting of their commercial contracts in

▪ Assisting Philip Morris International in the drafting of their commercial

▪ Assisting the pharmaceutical company Hoffmann La Roche in its day-to-day

▪ Assisting the pharmaceutical company Pierre Fabre in its day-to-day legal

▪ Assisting the pharmaceutical company Novartis in its day-to-day legal needs.

Reference M&A transactions:

▪ Successfully representing RINA Italia Group in respect of the acquisition

▪ Representing LKQ in respect of the acquisition of VEGE Moteurs.

▪ Acting as subcontractors of Travers Smith to assist Bulgin UK Limited in

▪ Acting as subcontractors of White & Case LLP (UK) to support GIS

▪ Acting as subcontractors of Blue Ocean Partners in respect of the

▪ Supporting Intertek UK Holdings Limited in respect of the acquisition of

▪ Representing the African Development Bank (AFDB), in respect of the

▪ Successfully representing European Bank for Reconstruction and

▪ Managing the acquisition of the assets of the British company Integration

▪ Representing Infor (US), in respect of the acquisition of a high-tech

▪ Supporting International Finance Corporation (IFC) in respect of the

▪ Acting as subcontractors of Eversheds Sutherland Germany in order to

▪ Supporting the bank Crédit Agricole (FR) in respect of the acquisition of a

▪ Supporting Invema (IFC) in respect of the acquisition of a stake in the

CORPORATE LAWYER ADMITTED TO THE TUNISIAN BAR

TEMPORARY LECTURER IN CORPORATE LAW AND IN

January 2018 2 months Eversheds Sutherland El Heni in association

September 2017 2 months Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie

June 2015 2 months Maître Houcine Ben Abdelkrim Law Firm

June 2014 3 months Maître Sedki Kasbaoui Law Firm

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

✓ English: Professional •••••

✓ French: Native – TCF - C2 Level •••••

✓ Arabic: Native •••••

✓ LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 414 TUNISIA

Lions Club Tunis Ulysse

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