Africa
Overview
Experience
Our People
Publications
Areas of Focus
News
Contacts:
Andrew
Gamble
Olivier
Fille-Lambie
Related Experience
Africa is gaining increasing significance as one of the world's key emerging markets. Hogan Lovells regularly advises on a wide range of transactions in this region, including trade and export financing, debt restructuring, prefinancing, project finance, mergers and acquisitions, the establishment of investment funds, and capital markets.
We provide clear, succinct and practical advice based upon an in-depth knowledge of the legal, regulatory, and commercial environments within Africa, coupled with a full understanding of our clients’ business objectives.
We are committed to expanding our client base in Africa. In particular we are able to assist African corporates looking to invest outside the continent or obtain a listing on one of the major international markets. We also assist clients based outside Africa with their investment activities within the continent.
We have represented clients in both Anglophone and Francophone countries of Africa. Transactions in French-speaking and civil law countries are handled from our Paris office where we have an in-depth practical knowledge of the unified legal system that applies in 16 sub-Saharan jurisdictions, the Organisation pour l'Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires (OHADA) system.
We believe that an important aspect of being able to provide a comprehensive legal service is to have established contacts in those jurisdictions where we do not have a local office. Hogan Lovells enjoys excellent contacts with reputable African law firms. We carefully select those with whom we work, taking into consideration the tasks to be undertaken and the nature of any given transaction.
Representative Clients
- African Development Bank
- African Export-Import Bank
- Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
- Central African Development Bank
- DEG
- Deutsche Bank
- EIB
- Islamic Development Bank
- OPIC
- Sanlam
- Standard Chartered Bank
- Union Bank of Nigeria
- West African Development Bank
Awards and Rankings
- 'African Transport Deal of the Year' for the Djibouti port terminal, Project Finance
- 'Deal of the Year' for Lonestar Drilling Nigeria Limited, Trade Finance
- 'Deal of the Year' for SIAT, Trade Finance