A week after A&O Shearman said it was closing its Johannesburg office, Hogan Lovells is to do the same with closures in another two global cities. Hogan Lovells is to exit Sydney and Warsaw also, leaving it with no offices in Australia or South Africa. Warsaw is the largest office of the trio, with three […]
White & Case is opening an office in Cairo after announcing an association with new Egyptian law firm MHR & Partners.
East Africa’s M&A market has grown in recent years as dealmakers flock to the region to get a slice of growing business and lawyers are starting to follow. A number of multinationals have been making major bids from African nations over the last 18 months.
Places such as London and Singapore are still the main hubs for international arbitration but Nigeria has been attempting to raise its status in the past few years
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has launched a South African corporate practice with the hire of Bowman Gilfillan partner Rudolph du Plessis.
International law firms have been flocking to Africa in the past few years, with the continent’s growth potential coupled with tougher trading conditions elsewhere in the world spurring them on.
Having a presence in Africa has not necessarily been of benefit when it comes to acting on the profusion of energy and power deals that have taken place across the continent in the past 10 years
Baker & McKenzie and Hogan Lovells have bolstered their South African practices with a series of hires from local heavyweights.
Increased interest in the energy sector may spell further direct foreign investment into North Africa in 2016
Renewable energy has given southern Africa a new lease of life, while firms with specialist teams have capitalised on the growing client base.
South African firm ENSafrica has merged with Ghana’s Oxford & Beaumont to form ENSafrica Ghana, its seventh African jurisdiction. Oxford & Beaumont was founded in 2006 and currently has three partners and another 25 fee-earners, including a tax consultant. In 2010 the firm launched a representative office in London. ENSafrica deputy chief executive Mzi Mgudlwa […]
Baker & McKenzie has launched a South African employment practice with the hire of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s director of employment, Johan Botes. Botes joins Bakers’ Johannesburg office as a partner. He is bringing associate Lauren Salt with him from Cliffe Dekker. His practice covers a wide range of employment law and labour relations issues, including […]