Africa has a strong appetite for arbitration and mediation, but lawyers and states around the continent want a bigger say in how these processes are run, as the IBA promises better engagement.

Charles Russell Speechlys partners Thomas Snider and Adrian Mayer explore the Middle Eastern country’s increasingly close relationship with the African continent amid rising levels of private ...

Egypt’s new data protection law will place new duties on companies at home and abroad. Aissatou Sylla of Hogan Lovells, and Ahmed El Sharkawy and Naila Ramsay of Sharkawy & Sarhan consider the law’s ...

The divisive Bill has now been signed into law, but various political parties have slammed the law for being unconstitutional and enforcing expropriation without compensation. South Africa President ...

The law firm said its strategy and priorities had changed following this year’s merger, and that it would continue to offer advice on African matters from its offices in Casablanca, Europe and the ...

A new report by the international police organisation has revealed escalating levels of cyber-crime across the continent and inadequate capabilities to fight it. INTERPOL has confirmed spiking rates ...

Paul Morton and Connal Dunsmuir of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer recount a reawakening of the African upstream industry. One of the key events on the African energy calendar, AOW Energy, moved from ...

Benin has been one of Africa’s front-runners when it comes to data protection law. Aissatou Sylla of Hogan Lovells and Etienne-Marie Fifatin and Marieannick Ouendo of the country’s data protection ...

The legislation has been years in the making, however environmental experts have raised concerns over its efficacy. South Africa has passed its Climate Change Act, signalling a pivotal moment for the ...

Five African countries are making improvements to their anti-money laundering measures after being added to the European Commission’s list of high-risk jurisdictions. The European Parliament has ...

Mauritius-headquartered developers are seeking USD 500 million in compensation from the government of Tanzania for allegedly withholding licences and attempting to expropriate a power plant. Two ...

Nigeria’s government has entered into an agreement with leading law firm King & Spalding to provide legal services in support of implementing Nigeria’s trade remedy legislation. The agreement was ...