Thierno Diallo

Senior Fellow – Senegal

Thierno Diallo is a legal expert in international business law and a mediator for the Institut de Médiation et d’Arbitrage du Québec (IMAQ).

About Thierno Diallo

Thierno Diallo is a legal expert in international business law and a mediator for the Institut de Médiation et d’Arbitrage du Québec (IMAQ). He is also an arbitrator at a number of arbitration institutions and has served as a legal expert in contract law at TechGen International SA (1991-2000). Mr. Diallo presently sits as a member of the National Mediation and Conciliation Committee of Senegal.

Mr. Diallo is committed to the development of mediation and oversees a number of projects within his home country and abroad. Since 2006, he has managed and represented the Center for Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation of Dakar in Senegal (CAMC). Through his work with the Dakar center, Mr. Diallo has facilitated seminars and trainings on mediation, as well as managed partnerships between the center and various mediation and arbitration institutions worldwide. In addition, he has facilitated the creation of six new regional branches of CAMC across Senegal. Mr. Diallo was also instrumental in the drafting of mediation legislation in Senegal, including a new law on mediation, in collaboration with magistrates from the Ministry of Justice.

Litigation Practice

  • Legal expert, associate of Maître Georges Flecheux, attorney at the Paris Bar, 2000-2006

Mediation Practice

  • Mediator in at least 50 mediation proceedings at the headquarters of the Center for Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation of Dakar (CAMC)
  • Selected partners and managed collaborations and partnerships between CAMC and various mediation and arbitration institutions worldwide
  • Participated in the Weinstein Fellowship Program, 2012-2013
  • Participated in the preparation, management, and resolution of mediation and arbitration matters in the New York and San Francisco JAMS Resolution Centers as an observing fellow with prominent JAMS panelists
  • As a Weinstein Fellow, participated as an observing arbitrator in arbitration proceedings at the JAMS Resolution Center in New York
ADR Achievements and Training

  • Participated in the drafting of a new law on mediation in Senegal in collaboration with magistrates from the Ministry of Justice
  • Oversaw more than 250 arbitration proceedings in various legal matters
  • International Weinstein Fellow of the Jams Foundation of San Francisco/New York (2012)
  • Mediation Internship at the Institut de Médiation et d’Arbitrage du Québec (2008)

ADR Teaching and Mentoring

  • Facilitator of over 20 seminars organized in Senegal for attorneys, magistrates, notaries, and other court officers by the Center for Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation of Dakar (CAMC)
  • Participant in the training of 60 mediators in Benin and 70 mediators in Burkina Faso in collaboration with the Université de Sherbrooke and IMAQ
  • Creator and facilitator of four regional branches of CAMC in Thiès, Saint-Louis, Kaolack, and Ziguinchor with funds from the European Union
  • Creator and facilitator of two regional branches of CAMC Conciliation in Tambacounda and Kédougou with funds from the World Bank
  • Creator and facilitator of regional branches of CAMC focusing on raising awareness and managing mining and land-related conflicts in border areas with funds from Amnesty International Senegal
  • Organizer of a training for 80 mediators in collaboration with the Institut de Médiation et d’Arbitrage du Québec (IMAQ) and the Université de Sherbrooke of Montreal, in April 2008, in Saly, Senegal with funding from the World Bank

Publications and Education

Publications

  • Compagnie Française des Pétroles [French Oil Company], Direction du Service Juridique [Legal Services Directorate], Department of International Contract Law and Arbitration in collaboration with Xavier Dompgnac Latour: co-wrote multiple International Commercial Arbitration reports on oil and shipping contracts (1988)
  • In collaboration with the International Trade Center of Geneva, produced a publication on the new Business Law in the Organisation for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) space aimed at business executives in Senegal

Educational Qualifications

  • Degree of Mediation from the Université de Sherbrooke (2007)
  • Law Office of Philippe Leboulanger, Attorney at the Paris Bar (1989)
  • E.S.S. (Post-graduate degree) in Foreign Trade, (Legal Careers in International Trade) from the Université de Dijon Bourgogne with a concentration in Commercial Arbitration Law (Eric Loquin) and International Contract Law (Philippe Fouchard) (1988)
  • E.S.S. in International Administration, Université de Sceaux – Paris XI (1987)
  • Master’s Degree in International Law from the Université d’Aix Marseille III (1986)
  • Licence (Bachelor’s Degree) in Law from the Université de Dijon Bourgogne (1984)

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