Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has hired a Bowmans transactional senior associate in Johannesburg, with the firm recently celebrating its 10-year anniversary in the city. International firm Herbert ...

The renewables project by Seriti Green aims to align South Africa with the green energy transition and redirect the coal-reliant country away from fossil fuels. Renewable energy company Seriti Green ...

South Africa, Nigeria, Mozambique and Burkina Faso are removed from the list after bolstering their anti-financial crime regimes – while others including Cameroon and Kenya remain under the microscope ...

New legislation aims to capitalise on the untapped potential of Algeria’s mining sector and make it more appealing to foreign investors, writes Nora Djeraba of King & Spalding. Algeria’s economy has ...

The deal was signed in May and finalised in October, with Norton Rose Fulbright acting as legal advisers for Paradigm. Paradigm Tower Ventures has acquired 100% of IHS Rwanda from IHS Holding for USD ...

Galp’s ongoing tax dispute with the southeast African nation stems from the lucrative sale of the company’s stake in Mozambique Area 4 – a major offshore natural gas block in the Rovuma Basin.

The Constitutional Court has given male and female parents equal right to parental leave in a groundbreaking decision. Parents in South Africa have been granted a total of four months and 10 days of ...

Siphokazi Kayana and Nomfundo Mkatshwa of CMS South Africa explain why South Africa is an increasingly credible forum on the global disputes stage. Business does not operate in a vacuum, and neither ...

Vanessa Jacklin-Levin and Rachel Potter of Bowmans look at artificial intelligence tools and the risks they pose in litigation under South African law. As artificial intelligence (AI) tools become ...

The firm has poached a disputes lawyer from Squire Patton Boggs for its Africa-focused group. Balogun joined Fladgate along with fellow dispute resolution partner Tatiana Menshenina, who transferred ...

Musa Dudhai & Co has added a partner from a Lusaka-based firm to its offering. Phiri concentrates on complex and high value litigation and arbitration, and has almost a decade of legal experience. ALN ...

The arbitration organisation has contributed to nationwide efforts to alleviate the chronic backlog in the South African court system. The Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA) has launched ...