Africa

Over the past 30 years, our team, together with selected local counsel, has advised clients on numerous large-scale international transactions across the African continent, providing an integrated service for clients doing business in the region. We advise international organisations, investors, banks and African corporations on their business activities across the continent – in the past two years we have advised in 45+ jurisdictions in Africa.

Drawing on both common and civil law capability, our team assists on projects, banking, corporate, litigation and arbitration matters, with particular expertise in the financial, energy, infrastructure, mining, telecoms and technology sectors. From an infrastructure perspective, we act for sponsors, developers, project companies and financiers on all aspects of development, construction operation and maintenance, feedstock supply, offtake and financing of an asset. In addition, we work on mandates across all major product lines, including corporate/M&A, restructuring, general lending, arbitration and disputes.

Clients who are working on deals in Africa need an all-round vision and awareness of the African market. We understand issues from various perspectives and can apply this experience to the advice we provide; anticipating potential problems to save time and money. Our clients can tap into our knowledge of African issues acquired through significant local experience, with the result that our lawyers understand the legal, political, socio-economic, and commercial environments of the different African countries where our clients do business. In addition, we have developed longstanding relationships with local counsel across Africa through direct transactional experience, secondments, training programmes, and know-how initiatives, which in turn gives clients access to high-quality local legal advice as part of a consistent and seamless service.

Our exposure to transactions in each sub-region throughout Africa means that we are familiar with the various intricacies that present themselves on-and off-deal, as well as the legal and regulatory landscape. Our unrivalled experience and market insight means that we know what our clients in this region want and how they like to work.

Countries we cover in Africa:

• Morocco
• South Africa