DEALS
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
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
Bowmans is deepening its East African footprint with a new offering in Dar es Salaam.
TAXATION
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
Pinsent Masons has taken two more partners from African firm Bowmans ahead of its January launch in Johannesburg.
BUSINESS
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
The widow of a slain Nigerian activist has accused Royal Dutch Shell of complicity in her husband's death.
CLOSURES
Insurance-focused firm Clyde & Co has closed its office in the Libyan capital of Tripoli.
COMPETITION
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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).
CRIME
The Kenyan High Court has affirmed that local human rights lawyer Willie Kimani, his client and his taxi driver were tortured and murdered at the hands of police in Nairobi.