The Italian energy company has signed a new agreement with the West African nation, settling the notorious OPL 245 claim which dates back to a 1998 contract.

New report warns of social and economic harm caused by deteriorating rule of law across Africa. A study published by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and Hague Institute for Innovation of Law has highlighted ...

The firm has unveiled its new group to tackle rising and complex instances of fraud across the country. ENS has launched a dedicated forensics team in its Ghana office, announced by the firm at a 27 ...

A ruling which unfroze a customer’s bank account clarified banks’ powers to act on suspicious financial activity. The High Court of Uganda has reaffirmed the limits on a bank’s power to freeze a ...

A lawyer with over a decade’s energy, mining and infrastructure experience is the latest partner-level lateral hire for the Zambian firm. Zambian law firm Mulenga Mundashi Legal Practitioners (MMLP) ...

The global legal network has grown its African footprint with a corporate and commercial firm. On 25 February legal network Multilaw unveiled Venture Law as its member firm for Mauritius. Venture Law ...

A Los Angeles-based lawyer with dual citizenship has received an 87-month custodial sentence for corruption in the Nigerian oil and gas sector. Paulinus ‘Pollie’ Iheanacho Okoronkwo, a lawyer admitted ...

The firm has decided to spin out its AI and innovation arm as its own separate entity. Webber Wentzel has demerged Fusion, its AI and innovation group, as an autonomous subsidiary. The firm announced ...

The African firm has merged with the French operation to strengthen its offering across Francophone Africa. Asafo & Co has announced its merger with Paris-headquartered firm Stork Avocats in a move to ...

Tech giant Meta is under investigation by the competition authority for East and Southern Africa, following a complaint by a campaign organisation. The competition regulator for the Common Market for ...