Access Bank Nigeria has been one of the most active acquirers in the African financial sector. Among its recent deals, the bank launched an initial public offering for its Ghanaian...

Balancing commercial risks with potential gains is a challenge for many legal teams in the investment sector, but the team at Actis – a leading growth markets investor with a...

AFGRI is a leading South African agricultural products and processing company that offers a wide range of products and services to farmers, producers and manufacturers. The legal team, headed by...

Led by general counsel Hélène N’Garnim-Ganga, the legal team at African Development Bank is made up of experts that each bring a unique talent. Founded in 1964 to contribute to...

Founded in 1994 and part of Integra Group, AfricInvest is an investment and financial services company that operates in Tunisia. As one of the most experienced investment businesses on the...

Earlier this year, in the face of weak commodity prices and a slowdown in China, mining giant Anglo American announced that it would undergo a radical restructuring, cutting more than...

Formed in 2004 via a merger between AngloGold and Ashanti Goldfields, AngloGold Ashanti is one of the ten largest gold producers in the world. Operating in a highly scrutinised and...

Led by award winning Group Legal Officer & Group Compliance Officer Kurt Drieselmann, Aspen Pharmacare Holding Limited’s legal team in 10 jurisdictions, consists of approximately 30 professionals and 20 support...

US-based industrial services company Baker Hughes has been one of the leading oil field service providers in Africa for the past 50 years and now employs around 2,500 staff across...

The sale of part of Barclays’ stake in its South Africa-based Barclays Africa Group earlier this year has accelerated the pace of change many of its banks are facing in...

Head of emerging markets legal Amol Prabhu leads the interaction of Barclays Investment Banking with its Barclays Africa franchise. This involves extensive co-ordination and collaboration with multiple legal teams comprising...

Barloworld has been involved in a large number of businesses in the course of its more than 100 years in the African market, including manufacturing and mining, but has in...

Operating in the country since 1904, British American Tobacco (BAT) South Africa employs over 1,800 staff and has achieved the exclusive Top Employers South Africa 2016 certification for the past...

The activities of Chevron Nigeria, a subsidiary of American multinational energy company, are supported by a legal team headed by Ned Mojuetan, a well-recognised lawyer in Nigeria with 20 years’...

Citibank in Egypt has undergone major changes to its business strategy over the past few years. The parent company decided to take the major step of ending its retail banking...

The second largest bank in Kenya measured by customer base, the Co-operative Bank of Kenya consists of a number of member companies and has traded publicly on the Nairobi Securities...

Government-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia is the country’s largest commercial bank. Holding over half of the country’s deposits and responsible for more than half of all its loans, the bank...

Based in Lagos and with revenues of over $2.6bn, Dangote Industries is the largest conglomerate in West Africa. As a multinational corporation it operates in diverse markets through its subsidiaries,...

Debswana, a Botswanan mining company, which is the world’s leading diamond producer by value, controls all diamond mining activities in the country. Operating the country’s four diamond mines, whose production...

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is a government-owned development finance body providing and encouraging financial and non-financial investments in a range of sectors. A team of four lawyers,...

Guinness in Cameroon has a history dating back to the 19th century, when European traders first brought stout to the African continent. The traditional Irish alcoholic beverage has since become...

Nigerian financial services provider Diamond Bank is one of the country’s largest banks and forms an important part of the West African banking sector. The legal team handles a challenging...

Djezzy is Algeria’s leading mobile network operator with over 17 million subscribers and covering 95% of the country’s national territory. Since 2013, Djezzy’s legal team has been led by Sophie...

East African Breweries – which operates as a subsidiary of global drinks producer Diageo – is a Kenya-based producer of beverages including the famous Tusker Lager brand of beer. The...

Ecobank Ghana’s legal team, led by Awuraa Abena Asafo-Boakye, consists of seven lawyers and four non-legal employees. The team has recently received acclaim for the introduction of a ground-breaking project...

Over the past two years, Ecobank Nigeria’s legal team has modified its focus to accelerate the realisation of the bank’s strategic objectives. The legal department now has specialised teams, which...

The 10 lawyer team at leading Egyptian integrated energy company Elsewedy Electric is responsible for handling the legal affairs of around 50 companies. A particular focus of the team’s activities...

With a slowing global economy and falling oil prices, the pressure to reduce costs and improve operational performance has been nowhere more keenly felt than in the extractives sector. The...

Telecoms and technology giant Ericsson’s presence in Africa is significant and growing, as it seeks to capitalise on increasing mobile phone usage across the continent. Their five person legal team...

Eskom, the South African electricity public utility, generates 95% of the electricity used in South Africa and 45% of the electricity used across Africa. Zingisa Motloba, senior legal manager at...

Ethiopian Airlines is Africa’s largest airline and is part of a group of large state-owned Ethiopian companies, known as the “Big Five”. As African’s most profitable airline, Ethiopian Airlines earns...

The Nigerian arm of UAE-based telecoms service provider Etisalat is a pioneering force in the region, responsible for one of the first major broadband networks in Nigeria, significant investment in...

One of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, Exxon Mobil has invested over $24bn into Africa, split primarily between Nigeria, Angola, Chad and Equatorial Guinea. The company continues its...

Ezz Steel is the largest independent steel company in Egypt, the Middle East and North Africa, which has a growing presence around the world. The company’s focus on customer service...

First Bank of Nigeria’s UK subsidiary FBN UK Limited has been undergoing a particularly active period lately, and a strategy of expansion into new jurisdictions has been skilfully enabled by...

The Nigerian banking group First City Monument Bank (FCMB) offers retail, corporate and investment banking services to both institutional and retail clients. The bank has captured headlines recently with the...

A subsidiary of South African banking institution FirstRand, First National Bank of Botswana (FNBB) is a financial institution operating in the Botswanan commercial banking sector. The bank, through its “Pick...

FirstRand occupies a position at the top of the South African financial market, employing over 40,000 individual and operating with licensed status from the Reserve Bank of South Africa. In...

At a time when traditional pay-TV markets are becoming disrupted by online content and changing viewer habits, the still-growing pay-TV market in Africa is becoming increasingly important to media networks....

Multinational conglomerate GE entered Sub-Saharan Africa more than 100 years ago and today has a vast footprint in the region, which consists of over 2,600 employees, revenues of approximately $3.3bn...

The West African operation of historic gold mining company Gold Fields, consisting of Gold Fields Ghana Limited and Ghana-registered Abosso Goldfields Limited, is responsible for a significant portion of the...

SIFCA, one of Côte d’Ivoire’s first private-sector groups, was founded in 1964 as a merger between Société Financière de la Côte Africaine and Société Immobilière de l’Indénié. It is now...

As part of the largest single economy in the East African Community, Kenya-based Gulf African Bank is notable as one of the first Kenyan banks to receive clearance to provide...

Hernic Ferrochrome is one of the world’s largest producers of ferrochrome, an important alloy primarily used in the production of stainless steel and a significant export product for South Africa....

The legal department of the HF Group, a major East African mortgage provider, is divided into two separate units: a commercial unit that handles documentation and a litigation unit. Reacting...

It is not easy to stand out as a legal team in a large global organisation famed for the quality of its legal advisers, but according to an independent survey...

As the largest telecommunications manufacturer in the world, and an organisation with a truly global reach, Huawei operates a significant presence Africa and has activities in in around 40 countries...

Lagos-headquartered IHS Towers began life in 2001 as a builder of telecoms towers for mobile network operators. Since that time it has expanded into the management and maintenance of telecoms...

Since it was founded in 1991, the South Africa-based asset management arm of Investec has developed a worldwide reputation for market-leading investment products. The company has grown rapidly and, as...

Keystone Bank was established in Nigeria in 2011 after taking over the assets, including subsidiaries and liabilities, of the now defunct BankPHB. It currently operates 184 branches located across the...

Operating as a subsidiary of Lafarge S.A., Lafarge Egypt is a leading producer of building materials in North Africa. The legal department, led by general counsel Ahmed Barakat, is part...

The legal team at South African private hospital operator Life Healthcare Group has been particularly busy recently, as the company has engaged in a number of complex deals over the...

The 20-strong legal team at Massmart Holdings – a holding company which controls a large number of diverse brands and retail outlets across a number of sectors, including high-profile brands...

As one of the most recognisable global names in the information technology sector, Microsoft Africa has been dedicated to enhancing computer literacy in Africa through various initiatives, helping millions of...

Luxembourg headquartered Millicom International Cellular has operations in several African countries, including Chad, Ghana, Senegal, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Rwanda. Its products are sold under the brand name...

When charismatic entrepreneur Mohammed Dewji joined his father’s trading company in 1999, it was the beginning of Tanzania’s greatest business success story. A little over fifteen years later, the company...

Multichoice Africa is a leading internet and video entertainment company with a significant presence on the African continent. The company’s legal team provides support across four distinct regions: South Africa,...

Nedbank is a financial holding company that is one of the four largest banking groups in South Africa. One of South Africa’s newest banks to be incorporated, Nedbank offers a...

Nestlé Equatorial African Region (EAR) is active in 21 countries within Equatorial Africa. The legal team, led by Kenya-based legal manager Reena Shah is involved in a wide range of...

Netcare is the largest provider of private healthcare in South Africa and, through its controlling stake in General Health Care, the owner of the largest private hospital group in the...

Owned collectively by the Central Bank of Nigeria and all licenced banks operating within the country, the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) provides the infrastructure for the automated processing, settlement...

The largest brewing company in Nigeria and one of the largest in Africa overall, Nigerian Breweries produces some of the most recognisable brands in Nigeria and West Africa. In November...

As one of Africa’s leading fertiliser and agro-chemicals manufacturers and one of the only producers of urea fertiliser in Africa, Lagos-based Notore Chemical Industries is playing a big part in...

The Nigeria-based Novartis Africa cluster legal team, led by Vivian Osayande, received nominations from dozens of external clients across the continent. The wide geography in which Novartis operates – covering...

The Oando Group is Nigeria’s largest independent conglomerate in the energy industry, and the first Nigerian company to achieve a dual listing on both the Nigerian and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges....

International financial services provider Old Mutual traces its business operations in Africa back to the 19th century, and though it is best known as an insurer, it today conducts a...

The 28-strong legal team at Egypt’s major mobile phone operator Orange Egypt (formerly known as Mobinil) has produced legal opinions and vital advice that have shaped the strategic direction of...

Orascom Construction Industries is an Egyptian global engineering and construction contractor, focused primarily on infrastructure, industrial and high-end commercial projects for private clients in 25 countries across the Middle East,...

Anglo-French oil company Perenco has been active in Cameroon since 1993, acting in conjunction with state hydrocarbon producer SNH. Perenco’s Cameroon-based legal function is led by head of legal Alexandra...

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s South African subsidiary offers a leading portfolio of products and medicines across the region, as well as an innovative approach to therapeutics and research. Overseeing the broad...

The Pivotal Property Fund is a property development company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Pivotal is part of the Abcon Group, which includes property developer Abland, property, facilities...

Procter & Gamble (P&G) has a vast international presence that spans approximately 70 countries worldwide, and its various brands enter nine out of 10 homes in Egypt. The Egyptian legal...

Rand Merchant Bank is part of the investment banking group of FirstRand, one of South Africa’s largest listed financial services groups. As a leading African corporate and investment bank, Rand...

The legal services divisions of Rand Water, the largest water utility in Africa, is part of the “Group Governance Portfolio” business unit and consists of three departments: a department for...

Rio Tinto is one of the largest materials and mining companies in the world. The downturn in the mining industry has lent a further level of urgency to the team’s...

South Africa has one of the highest road traffic accident rates in the world, making the work of Road Accident Fund (RAF), which provides compulsory insurance cover to all users...

Nairobi-based mobile network operator Safaricom is one of the leading players in the Kenyan economy and has seen consistent growth in profits over the last decade, topping approximately $375m as...

Headquartered in Cape Town, Sanlam Insurance provides a broad range of financial products and services to a global customer base; in addition to South Africa, Sanlam have a presence in...

The changing landscape of regulation in Africa has seen a number of African countries adopting competition legislation, with wider regional developments like the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa...

Parastatal organisation Sentech operates as the signal distributor for the South African broadcasting sector. Executive head of legal services Zunaid Adams leads a team of two lawyers overseeing its activities,...

With a focus on the Nigerian market and extensive operations in the Niger Delta, integrated oil and gas infrastructure company Seven Energy has found itself having to negotiate a number...

Shoreline Energy International maintains a diversified portfolio in telecoms, energy and power, investment and trading, and infrastructure and engineering. The business is most known for its series of oil field...

Siemens is an engineering company, headquartered in Germany, and is Europe’s largest engineering business. Over the past several decades, Siemens has invested immensely in Africa, striving to bring new technology,...

Sonangol Group is a state-owned business entity composed of a Sonangol EP and a large number of smaller subsidiaries. Responsible for all natural gas and oil production in the hydrocarbon-rich...

As the largest company in Africa and one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, Algerian government-owned Sonatrach is a vast and complex entity. Responsible for the location, extraction,...

Nigeria-based Stanbic IBTC is an end-to-end financial services holding company with subsidiaries operating in banking, stock brokerage and investment advisory. The holding was formed as a result of the merger...

Founded 154 years ago, Standard Bank is one of the largest financial service providers in Africa, operating in 20 countries across the continent and other key locations across the world....

Standard Chartered’s Africa legal team has responsibility for 15 jurisdictions and offers transactional support across the region, including in jurisdictions where the bank has no on-the-ground lawyers. The team forms...

As an emerging markets bank with the vast majority of its client base located in Asia and Africa, Standard Chartered has to contend with market dynamics and risks that are...

According to Achadu David Attah, chief legal advisor and company secretary of Taleveras Group, the biggest challenge faced by in-house teams in Nigeria is ‘the external solicitor conundrum’, namely, ‘the...

Telecom Egypt has a portfolio that makes it the largest provider of fixed line services in the Middle East and Africa. The telecommunications company, which has a history spanning over...

One of the seven oil “supermajors” that dominate global production, Total’s exploration and production operations in Nigeria are undertaken by Total E&P Nigeria Limited and Total Upstream Nigeria Limited, which...

Transnet Freight Rail (TFR), the largest operating division of Transnet, forms part of the backbone of the South African economy via its freight services, innovation and investment in strategic infrastructure....

The African market is a significant one for Unilever’s vast and diverse product range, and Unilever has in turn become one of the most important multinationals operating on the Continent....

United Bank for Africa (UBA) is one of Africa’s leading banks and has been operating in the continent since 1949. Considered one of Africa’s largest banks UBA offers financial services...

Luanda-headquartered mobile telecoms operator Unitel was established in 2001, but did not appoint its first internal lawyers until 2010. Initially consisting of general counsel Tidiane Santos and two senior lawyers,...

Vodacom is an African mobile communications company providing services to over 61 million customers on a range of different platforms. The company has expanded from its initial roots in South...

Vodafone, the second largest mobile operator in the world with over 460 million customers, has maintained a long standing commitment to delivering useful and inspiring innovations to emerging markets around...

Cape-Town based Woolworths Holdings is a retailing group with a diverse range of activities including grocery stores, clothing lines and in-store restaurants. Head of legal Mateboho Rantofi oversees a function...

Despite operating in a challenging economic environment that saw the Nigerian economy move into recession in August 2016, Zenith Bank has shown its resilience and versatility to remain one of...