Léon Folquet

Léon Folquet is our exclusively recommended Full Service Law expert in Cote d’Ivoire on the Advisory Excellence website. If you need assistance in this area, please contact Léon directly using the contact details listed above.

Léon is a member of the Ivory Coast Bar since 1988 and has a professional experience of more than 30 years. He is currently a member of the Council of Bar Association of Côte d’Ivoire.

Côte d’Ivoire is a West African country with beach resorts, rainforests and a French-colonial legacy. Abidjan, on the Atlantic coast, is the country’s major urban centre.

Its modern landmarks include zigguratlike, concrete La Pyramide and St. Paul’s Cathedral, a swooping structure tethered to a massive cross.

North of the central business district, Banco National Park is a rainforest preserve with hiking trails.

Léon holds a Master’s degree in Business Law and a Ph.D. in Maritime Law and Transportation from the University of Aix-Marseille under the supervision of Professor Bonassies.

He has a broad expertise in company creation, negotiation and contracts drafting, maritime law, litigation and arbitration, seizure of vessels, air law and land transport facilitation law, the Economic and Monetary Union of West African States known as UEMOA, community law.

Léon Folquet is also an arbitrator registered with the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration and the Court of Arbitration of Côte d’Ivoire.