The firm has expanded its energy and natural resources offering with a lawyer from HSF Kramer. DLA Piper has hired former HSF Kramer lawyer Patrick Leyden as a partner in its Johannesburg mergers and ...

Competition Commission opens consultation after President Ramaphosa’s call to cut regulation that stifles small businesses. South Africa’s competition regulator has begun a review of business ...

In a global economy defined by geopolitical tensions and rapid digital transformation, nobody has unlimited resources. Joyce Karanja and Heather Irvine at African law firm Bowmans explain how, for ...

A leading in-house lawyer has been appointed as chair of the African Corporate & Government Counsel Forum, alongside six new board members from across Africa. The African Corporate & Government ...

The Italian energy company has signed a new agreement with the West African nation, settling the notorious OPL 245 claim which dates back to a 1998 contract. The government of Nigeria has signed a new ...

The international firm is among the professional services providers selected to scrutinise the USD 9 billion Sino-Congolaise des Mines project on behalf of the central African country’s government, ...

A ruling which unfroze a customer’s bank account clarified banks’ powers to act on suspicious financial activity. The High Court of Uganda has reaffirmed the limits on a bank’s power to freeze a ...

Gender inequality and ‘old boys clubs’ are preventing female African lawyers from advancing in the profession says a new report, with top judicial and decision-making positions occupied by men from ...

The UK consumer goods giant has recruited a lawyer with extensive experience of consumer goods, and food and drink brands, to be its top legal adviser in Africa. London-headquartered consumer goods ...

The firm has taken a ‘strategic choice’ to anchor its new direction to its historic name after severing ties with Norton Rose Fulbright. Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa (NRF) has announced its new ...

Egyptian and Nigerian lawyers are the latest hires to the secretariat of the London-based arbitral institution, bringing experience of public international law in the wider MENA region and beyond. The ...

The country aims to close remaining gaps in its financial crime framework before its next evaluation by the Financial Action Task Force. South Africa has proposed revisions to its financial crime ...