Matthieu Le Roux (Paris)

Matthieu is in Pinsent Masons Law firm based in Paris, France. He specializes in providing legal and tax assistance to international investors in sub-Saharan Francophone Africa.

Having lived and worked in Chad and Gabon for almost 10 years, Matthieu has a thorough understanding of the culture and business practices as well as of the complex legal, regulatory, and practical challenges faced by international companies investing and operating in the sub-Saharan Francophone African jurisdictions. Since 2001, his practice has focused exclusively on providing legal and tax assistance to international investors, with a particular emphasis on the oil and gas industry. His experience covers a wide range of cross-cutting areas, given the complexity of the situations in which he assists his clients: tax, customs litigation, PSC negotiations, oil & gas regulatory, corporate, anti-bribery, project financing, insolvency, commercial contracts, among others.

Matthieu advises and assists clients in various jurisdictions, including Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Guinea-Conakry, Mauritania, the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) and Senegal.