A transactional lawyer with near two decades’ practice has left a local firm to join Herbert Smith Freehills in Johannesburg, adding high-level experience in cross-border, private equity and Black ...

The move follows the London-headquartered firm’s exit from the South African legal sector. ALN Tanzania has hired former Hogan Lovells South Africa managing partner Chris Green as a partner. The firm ...

The African state has been rewarded with USD 53 million for joining forces with the US to fight oil industry corruption. The investigation by the DoJ Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative exposed a ...

The deal expands the UAE mining company’s copper extraction capabilities in the North African state. Purple Hedge Resources Morocco, a subsidiary of United Arab Emirates mining group Purple Hedge DWC, ...

Canadian company Barrick Gold has filed an ICSID request for arbitration, as the Malian government seeks a greater share of mining proceeds under a 2023 law. Toronto-headquartered listed mining ...

Regime change can bring about changes for foreign investors. Jasmine Curtoni of King & Spalding considers the measures through which those investors can protect their investments. In 2024, half the ...

The firm has snapped up an executive with 16 years of experience across local and international IP work. ENS has grown its commercial IP practice with the addition of executive Craig Shapiro, one of ...

The Canadian uranium company has filed a dispute against the African state regarding its mining operations in the region. The companies are pursuing ICSID proceedings under the arbitration clause of ...

The US technology company has refuted allegations that it is complicit in the unethical supply of minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lawyers representing the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

The fresh guidelines aim to bolster the detection and reporting of suspicious transactions. Financial institutions in Nigeria will be required to meet new reporting standards as the country augments ...

The Emirati-Lebanese company embroiled in the long-running scandal had sought to appeal against July’s USD 2 billion judgment. The court decided that none of the six proposed grounds were sufficient ...

A multimillion-dollar power transaction should greatly improve the supply of electricity in the West African country. International parties have come together to support CECA SL Generation in the ...