Maître Ali NEYA, Lawyer, Arbitrator, Manager, and Founder of the Ali NEYA Law Firm. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Law and two postgraduate degrees (DESS in International Affairs, Master’s Degree in International Law).

As a legal and tax expert, Maître Ali NEYA has been accredited by the Burkina Faso Business Association since December 30, 2006.
As a former member of the Burkina Faso Bar Association, he has over 24 years of experience in the legal and judicial fields. He has over a thousand court decisions (labor, civil, commercial, administrative, and criminal) to his credit and has drafted over a hundred various contracts.

Registered arbitrator at the Ouagadougou Center for Arbitration, Conciliation, and Mediation (CAMC-O) since 2012, he has handled numerous arbitration cases, as sole arbitrator, president or member of the arbitral tribunal, or legal counsel.
He also has international experience in this specific field. He has issued approximately twenty arbitral awards. He has conducted numerous arbitration, mediation, and judicial assignments both in Burkina Faso and abroad.
Registered arbitrator at the Paris International Arbitration Center since September 2025, he serves as an arbitrator there.

This international experience, built on his past successes and a perfect mastery of procedural techniques, allows him to provide excellent legal analysis, based on effective strategy and relevant arguments.

Attorney Zarata OUEDRAOGO, A senior associate lawyer at Ali NEYA, she is registered with the Burkina Faso Bar. She has significant professional experience spanning over twelve years in the legal and judicial fields.

She holds a Master 1 in Business Law from the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense (France), an MBA in Business Management and Law (Corporate Lawyer) from the École Supérieure de Gestion (ESG) (France), and a Master 2 in Business Law with a specialization in Corporate Law from the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense (France).

She completed six years of internship as a lawyer in companies and law firms before being admitted to the Haute École des Avocats Conseils (HEDAC) in France.

Additionally, before joining the Ali NEYA law firm in 2016, she was a lawyer registered with the Paris Bar (France) for three years, working as an associate at the SOCIÉTÉ DE CONSEIL JURIDIQUE ET JUDICIAIRE (C2J) in France.

Mrs SAWADOGO/TRAORE Geneviève, Head of the Legal Department and Staff Representative at the Ali NEYA law firm. She has over ten years of experience in the legal and judicial fields within the firm.

She holds a Master’s degree in Judicial Law from the University of Ouagadougou and a Master’s II in Management and International Trade from IAELYON at Jean Moulin 3 University (Lyon). She specializes in international trade and investment law.