The firm has hired a returning lawyer to its Egypt branch after a nine-month absence. Matouk Bassiouny has added Khaled Diaa as a partner in its Cairo corporate and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) ...

Christopher Burke, a senior adviser at WMC Africa, explores how greater IP recognition can help young people enter the formal economy. A 23-year-old fashion designer sells hand-printed t-shirts with ...

A leading Kenyan arbitration lawyer and one of the country’s top judges have called for Africa to take a lead in international arbitration, and predicted that ESG will remain a prominent issue in ...

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 ...

The North African country has updated its labour legislation for the first time in 22 years, aligning the state with international standards. Egypt has passed new labour legislation to update its ...

A shipping disputes specialist has left Clyde & Co to join Norton Rose Fulbright in Cape Town as a director. Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has hired a shipping and transport litigation and arbitration ...

ICC Kenya’s Nikhil Desai and JMiles & Co associate Maurice Masiga write about arbitration’s bright future in the East African jurisdiction. Arbitration is an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) ...

Tumultuous political circumstances have sparked disputes over uranium resources in the West African state, placing French and Canadian nuclear operations in the balance. Niger has entered a tug of war ...

The Morocco-founded law firm has welcomed a New York-qualified counsel with considerable experience at international professional services providers. Multi-jurisdictional African law firm Bennani & ...

The French mining company has filed proceedings at ICSID as its financial situation spirals over a uranium mining dispute. French mining company Orano has filed for arbitration against Niger over its ...

A multi-million dollar claim by a Nigerian oil company for interest and losses following a contractual dispute between the companies, has failed at London’s High Court. Cameroon’s state-owned oil ...

The state’s trade policies will be updated over the coming months by a nine-member committee. The Nigerian administration has begun a review of its Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs). The process ...