Africa

Our deep understanding of African markets, built over decades across our global network, means we can deliver services across all product and sector lines, combining local insight with international best practice. Our long-standing and market-leading presence on the ground in Casablanca, Morocco, a strategic hub for the continent, is a key differentiator and indicative of the importance that we attach to Africa as a firm. 

Our lawyers have advised on many of Africa’s most ground-breaking and complex transactions, and our long-standing and ongoing involvement across sectors and product lines gives us the unrivalled insight that comes from both having shaped precedent-setting deals across jurisdictions and asset classes and our deeply entrenched, ongoing involvement as markets and transaction structures and approaches have subsequently evolved.

Cross-border matters in Africa demand coordinated expertise across multiple jurisdictions. We work alongside leading national law firms across the continent, leveraging our long-standing relationships to deliver seamless, high-quality integrated advice as part of a truly pan-African service.

Our Global Experts and Markets (GEM) network in Africa, including over 100 relationship law firms and strategic partnerships, ensures agile, on-the-ground support wherever our clients operate.   

Our lawyers are fluent in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish, and possess deep expertise in both common and civil law systems. This enables us to navigate the legal, political, socio-economic, and commercial landscapes unique to each African jurisdiction.