Africa

EXPANSION

Andersen Global heads to Nigeria with new partnership

Andersen Global is to have a presence in Nigeria with the addition of the practice formerly run under WTS ADEBIYI & Associates.

EXPANSION

Herbert Smith Freehills to open ALT office in South Africa

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills is set to extend its Alternative Legal Services (ALT) business to Johannesburg, South Africa.

POLITICS

Bowmans partner Africa's first Insol International President

Adam Harris, a partner at pan-African law firm Bowmans, is the new president of Insol International - which also represents the first time Africa has produced the top office-bearer at the world's leading insolvency association.

DEALS

South Sudan welcomes first international law firm

Pan-African legal services provider Centurion Law Group has entered into a strategic alliance with South Sudanese law firm Awatkeer Law Chambers in Juba, making it the first international law firm to enter the country.

PEOPLE

KAA appoints eight partners to become East Africa's top firm

Eight new partners have been admitted at Kampala Associated Advocates (KAA) in efforts to to inject 'renewed energy' into the 17-year-old company and make it the number one legal firm in the East Africa region.

PRIVATE EQUITY

Private equity set to boom in Africa

Africa looks set for a bright future on the private equity front with activity on the rise, according to a new report which predicts that around a billion dollars could be invested in the next five years.

DEALS

Bowmans advise in one of largest sub-Saharan Africa financing deals

Pan-African law firm Bowmans advised Helios Credit Partners on a landmark transaction representing one of the first significant financings by a private credit fund in sub-Saharan Africa.

POLITICS

Egyptian lawyers hold nationwide strike

Lawyers in Egypt held a nationwide one-day strike on Saturday to protest a jail sentence against eight of their colleagues.

POLITICS

South Africa cancels withdrawal from ICC - for now

South Africa has informed the UN that it is cancelling its decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).

POLITICS

Congo's lawyers strike in support of arrested colleague

The Association of Lawyers in Congo are to suspend their professional activities for three days to denounce the detention of their colleague, Ludovic Desire Essou.