07/16/2013
The Public Investment Corp., the biggest shareholder in Ecobank Transnational Inc. urged the largest bank by branches in Africa to resolve a dispute involving businesses associated with Chairman Kolapo Lawson.
07/15/2013
“We see economic growth activity and more importantly activity for existing clients,” Amendoeira told The Lawyer. “Over the years we’ve got enquiries from clients regarding activities in Cameroon.
07/03/2013
A court denied bail to the two heads of Sierra Leone's largest commercial bank accused of fraud.
06/30/2013
Global law firm Baker & McKenzie announced the election of 71 new partners across the Firm worldwide.
06/20/2013
DLA Piper is drawing up a new Africa strategy with the Nigerian market top of the agenda
06/19/2013
Over 150 senior executives will attend the conference, which is now in its fourth year
06/16/2013
Norton Rose Fulbright's London arm has acted for telecoms operator
06/16/2013
Eversheds is setting out to grow its network of African best friend firms as work coming into the continent continues to boom.
06/10/2013
More than a billion dollars in cash, gold and diamonds believed looted by late Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi during his 40-year reign
06/09/2013
International arbitration head Emmanuel Gaillard is interviewing at associate level and is thought to be after at least two more Arabic speakers to service cases in the Gulf Region.
06/08/2013
We have a strong presence in Africa and we constantly keep further opportunities under review.
03/25/2013
This year's promotions come after the firm's EMEA arm made up three lawyers last year, with all of which were based in the UK, including two in London and one in Milton Keynes.
03/10/2013
The Investment Management teams of Loyens & Loeff in Dubai and Luxembourg advised AMCL on the structuring, drafting and operational setup of the new umbrella fund.
11/19/2012
Model 2 essentially builds upon the foundation of Model 1 with some significant differences
09/10/2012
The MENA Infrastructure Fund is a $300m Dubai-based specialist asset manager established in 2007 to invest in infrastructure and energy projects in the Middle East and North Africa.
07/10/2012
Legislation to thwart such abuses of the U.S. financial system has failed to get traction in Congress over the years, but two Senators are pushing it again this year.
05/30/2012
Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, as well as the two chief executive officers and a former CEO of the Cairo-based investment bank EFG-Hermes, are being charged with corrupt stock exchange dealings worth more than $400m in connection with the 2007 sale of Al-Watany
04/26/2012
Italian financial police had seized the assets saying they belonged to members of the Gaddafi family, but the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) said that was not true.
09/07/2011
A Brazilian court blocked dividend payments from a bank indirectly controlled by the Libyan central bank to prevent the proceeds from funding supporters of ousted leader Muammar Qaddafi.
09/01/2011
Libyan citizens in UK have funds unfrozen