About Saria Aboukhalil

Saria Aboukhalil is a senior legal counsel at Houda Law Firm in Abidjan. Before joining Houda, Saria worked as a lawyer in Beirut and advised on various cross-border transactions involving local, Middle Eastern and international companies. Saria is mostly specialised in the legal aspects of local and international corporate and commercial transactions, including M&A, corporate governance, banking, project finance and development in Africa. She is also experienced in drafting and reviewing different types of agreements across a wide range of sectors. Saria has extended her practice in Côte d’Ivoire to include energy, oil and gas and telecommunications advisory work.