Africa

APPOINTMENTS

New Partner for Bowmans African Oil & Gas group

Pan-African law firm Bowmans has appointed London-based lawyer, Nicolas Bonnefoy, as a partner in its Oil & Gas Sector Group.

DEALS

Bowmans facilitates US$30 million African financing deal

Bowmans represented and advised Standard Bank and Stanbic Bank Botswana Limited in connection with a senior secured US$30 million multi-currency term, revolving and overdraft financing made available to eco-tourism company Wilderness Holdings Limited

PARTNERSHIP UPDATE

B&I Partnership Announcement

Nigerian law firm Banwo & Ighodalo (B&I) has embarked on a phase of organic growth with the news it has promoted four new partners.

OFFICE OPENINGS

Pan-African firm Bowmans opens new office in Tanzania

Bowmans is deepening its East African footprint with a new offering in Dar es Salaam.

TAXATION

Tunisian lawyers take to the streets to protest proposed new taxes

Thousands of lawyers have staged protests in Tunisia against proposed new taxes that will weigh hard on lawyers and others in high-end professions.

LATERAL HIRES

Pinsents gears up for Johannesburg launch with eight-strong team hire

Pinsent Masons has taken two more partners from African firm Bowmans ahead of its January launch in Johannesburg.

BUSINESS

The employment relationship and how it is affected by business transfers in countries across Africa

The Employment & Benefits team at pan-African law firm Bowmans has put together a guide covering the employment consequences in business transfers in Botswana, Cameroon, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.

LAWSUITS

Shell threatened with Dutch lawsuit over activist's death in Nigeria

The widow of a slain Nigerian activist has accused Royal Dutch Shell of complicity in her husband's death.

CLOSURES

Clyde & Co shutters office in Libya

Insurance-focused firm Clyde & Co has closed its office in the Libyan capital of Tripoli.

COMPETITION

High Court of Kenya litigates its first competition case

The High Court of Kenya handed down judgement on the first competition case in the country this August, in the matter between Mea Limited and the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK).