Mouna Moussaoui

Counsel

Areas of Focus

Mouna Moussaoui

Counsel

mouna.moussaoui@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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Biography
  • Advises on complex, high-value and cross-border commercial disputes across a range of sectors.
  • Particular experience in commercial and financial services litigation and contentious restructuring matters.

Mouna Moussaoui advises in complex cross-border disputes across a range of sectors.

Earlier in her career, Mouna trained in the London office of an international law firm, which included a six-month secondment at the headquarters of a global commodities trading house.

Representative Work
  • Acting for the opposing ad hoc group of noteholders in the restructuring of the Adler group, involving the first fully contested valuation challenge of a restructuring plan under Part 26A of the Companies Act and the first restructuring plan to be considered by the Court of Appeal.
  • Acted in the Commercial Court for one of central Europe's largest supermarket retailers in a novel application of the law of equitable redemption, in the context of a EUR +1 bn refinancing, following issues arising from the existence of sanctioned holders in its capital structure.
  • Acted for an ad hoc committee of bondholders of US$230 million convertible bonds on a restructuring plan under Part 26A of the Companies Act.
  • Acted for a top oil and gas companies in a US$300 million complex fraud claim in the Commercial Court against four high-net-worth individuals.
  • Advising the majority bondholder in respect of US$88 million defaulted secured bonds in the context of a creditor’s winding up petition.
  • Successfully acted for an individual defendant with respect to allegations of fraud brought by Yukos Finance in the Commercial Court. The case was widely reported and described in the legal press as one of the ‘Top 20 Cases’ to be heard in the UK in 2019.
  • Acted for a London-based investment fund in the Financial List with respect to the contractual interpretation of a put option and issues under the Market Abuse Regulation for the trading of debt securities.

Languages
  • English

  • French

Education
  • L.P.C., BPP University Law School, England, 2016

  • LL.B. with French Law, University College, London, 2014

  • Bachelor's Degree in French Law, Université Paris II Panthéon - Assas, 2013

Bar Admissions
  • Solicitor, England and Wales

Affiliations and Public Service
  • Insolvency Lawyers Association
  • Member, Arbitral Women

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