OUR EXPERTISE
International Economic Law.
Impact Project Finance
Development Finance
For many years, DEMAIN Law Firm specifically assists public entities (governments, multilateral development banks, national agencies, NGOs) with project financing to support responsible and sustainable projects with a significant social and environmental impact.
DEMAIN operates in sub-Saharan Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Chad, Togo), as well as in the Middle East.
Whether the financial transactions are straightforward or complex, our firm assists you at every key stage of your project – from legal due diligence and structuring the financing to drafting the legal documentation – whilst ensuring that the highest international standards are applied in terms of CSR, good governance and respect for human rights.
DEMAIN Law Firm is committed to ensuring that all financing operations include environmental and social safeguards, as well as provisions for respect of the human rights of local communities affected by the project.
Furthermore, DEMAIN Law firm is recognised for its work in legal and technical capacity building for governments, public authorities and NGOs.
OUR EXPERTISE
Human rights.
International Human Rights Law
International Humanitarian Law / Refugees Law
International Criminal Law
Criminal Law
DEMAIN Law Firm has developed solid expertise in the following areas:
- Asylum Law: we assist any person seeking to obtain refugee status or subsidiary protection before the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA), or to lodge an appeal against a refusal decision before the National Court of Asylum Law (CNDA).
- Criminal Law: we assist and advise our clients — whether they are suspects, victims, or otherwise involved — at every stage of criminal proceedings (police custody, summons, hearing, investigation), as well as at first instance or on appeal (in particular before the Tribunal Correctionnel or the Cour d’Assises).
- International Criminal Law: we provide defence or representation for individuals, victims, NGOs and associations in proceedings before the competent criminal jurisdictions in France, across Europe, and before international bodies in matters concerning international crimes (war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide). Our legal team also acts in strategic litigation and advocacy proceedings before regional and international courts with jurisdiction over human rights matters, as well as before United Nations bodies.
- International Humanitarian Law & Human Rights: we assist our clients, groups of victims, and human rights NGOs by providing legal advice on legislation relating to fundamental rights and discrimination. Our legal team also acts in legal advocacy and legislative drafting (légistique).
