Yas Banifatemi (Shearman) tasked with deciding between Yérim Sow and Benin in Hotel Noom case
The Shearman & Sterling partner will be the sole arbitrator in the dispute over the expropriation of the Ivorian-Senegalese businessman’s hotel. An arbitration expert, she was one of Yukos’ leading counsels in its landmark $50bn victory against Moscow.
02/11/2020 at 17h20, by Africa Business+
It took Cotonou and businessman Yérim Sow three months to the day to appoint an expert to arbitrate their land dispute at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ISCID) over the demolition of the five-star Noom Hotel in the Beninese capital.
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