Stéphane Brabant is the Senior Partner in Paris at Trinity International. Prior to joining Trinity International, Stéphane was a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills where he was the co-Chair of the firm's Africa practice, Chair of Global Mining, co-Head of the firm's Business and Human Rights group and Head of the Crisis Management group for Africa. Stéphane has 30 years of experience as a projects and transactional lawyer, primarily in the energy and natural resources sectors in Africa. As well as advising on the structuring of complex investments between multinationals and States, Stéphane has developed a strong practice in recent years advising clients on crisis prevention and management, dispute resolution (including arbitration), corporate social responsibility and business and human rights, and was one of the experts advising John Ruggie (former UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises) on the human rights capacity building obligations and responsibilities of States and multinationals. Stéphane is a member of the Advisory Board of the Business & Human Rights Project of the American Bar Association's Center for Human Rights, as well as former co-Chair of the International Bar Association's CSR work group.Stéphane is consistently ranked by the leading legal directories as a leading individual for Africa. Chambers Global 2019 says that Stéphane is widely acclaimed by sources, who say that "He really knows the culture of Africa very, very well. Beyond his legal expertise, he is very, very strong on knowing how to advise clients when they invest in Africa." He is currently the only lawyer singled out by Chambers Global in its highest "Senior Statesman" ranking for Africa-wide Projects & Energy and he is ranked in Band 1 for Business and Human Rights. Stéphane was selected as a "Global Elite Thought Leader" for Mining by Who's Who Legal 2019. He also received a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from Chambers and Partners (announced at the Chambers Africa Awards 2021 webinar -12 January 2021) in recognition of his contribution to the legal profession and to the practice of law across the African continent.