Hélène Paty Kounake

Hélène Paty Kounake is our exclusively recommended Banking & Finance expert in Benin on the Advisory Excellence website. If you need assistance in this area, please contact Hélène directly using the contact details listed above.

Banking and finance is a highly sought-after area of law, with financial sectors worldwide relying on legal teams to keep them ship-shape.

Attorney registered with the Benin Bar, Hélène is a finance lawyer, graduated in Finance Administration and Risk Management. She is Certified Compliance Officer.

Her practice covers Consulting activities in Banking & Finance (sovereign borrowing, capital markets, finance project etc.), Regulatory Compliance – Risk Management, as well as Legal Due Diligence.

She’s involved in international transactions with a sound experience in reviewing, commenting and structuring loan or facilities agreement(s) – finance documents and investment contracts from Benin – OHADA – WAMU and WAEMU laws perspective ; providing capacity legal opinions; advising on and helping negotiate security documents relating to transactions: pledges of shares, mortgages, pledges of bank accounts- insurance ; assisting with registration of security and post-signing formalities in relation to the finance documents.

She provides corporate tax advisory services to businesses for best practice process implementation, included corporate tax compliance, reporting and restructuring, real estate taxation, indirect taxation/VAT, employment taxation, investment taxation and customs compliance.

Firm Overview:

Hélène Paty Law Firm based in Benin is a specialist Law Firm with several areas of expertise aimed to satisfy the needs of national, sub-regional and international clients in key areas of Business Law and Financial Law.

Its activity is focused on legal and regulatory compliance advice in a variety of specialities: Banking and Financial Law, Sovereign Finance, Corporate Law and Taxation.

Hélène Paty Law Firm supports and assists you in the incorporation of your company in Benin (subsidiary, branch or new company) and the implementation of your investment projects, with professionalism.