Sponsored briefing: Angola – getting back in the game

Sponsored briefing: Angola – getting back in the game

Morais Leitão’s Claudia Santos Cruz on recent legal developments and the future of the Angolan oil industry in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic For a brief period in 2009, Angola was Africa’s largest oil producer with production reaching two million barrels per day. Current production is around 1.37 million barrels per day. This reduction …

Sponsored briefing: Pre-contractual negotiations during M&A transactions in Turkey

Sponsored briefing: Pre-contractual negotiations during M&A transactions in Turkey

The pre-contractual phase of the acquisition of a company or merger of companies typically begins with the first contact between the parties and ends in the best case scenario with the conclusion of the contract. This phase plays a vital role for the wellbeing of the transaction: parties reach various, usually non-binding, but possibly also …

Sponsored briefing: Closing a project finance transaction in Mozambique during a worldwide pandemic

Sponsored briefing: Closing a project finance transaction in Mozambique during a worldwide pandemic

The world shut down in 2020, but the largest project finance in Africa could not stop. The discovery of vast quantities of natural gas off the coast of northern Mozambique in 2010 was the starting point for the Mozambique LNG Project, which led to a $20bn final investment decision in June 2019. In September of …

Sponsored briefing: Acquisition of properties in Turkey by foreign-capitalised companies

Sponsored briefing: Acquisition of properties in Turkey by foreign-capitalised companies

Starting from the early 2000s, Turkey became increasingly popular in the eyes of foreign investors. By increasing their market share every following year, the real estate investments reached a significant level as a result of such foreign investments, which include different types of investments and investors. Direct investment by acquisition of a property following the …

Sponsored briefing: Privatisations in Cabo Verde and Angola – the new El Dorado?

Sponsored briefing: Privatisations in Cabo Verde and Angola – the new El Dorado?

Both Angola and Cabo Verde have recently announced important privatisation programmes involving companies active in key sectors in the two countries’ economies. In Angola, the programme involves 195 companies and assets and was originally planned to be concluded in 2022. Several tenders have already been launched or implemented and 14 companies/assets have already been privatised. …

Sponsored briefing: Q&A with partner Egemen Egemenoglu

Sponsored briefing: Q&A with partner Egemen Egemenoglu

1. Given Turkey’s recent economic problems and the problems created by the Covid-19 pandemic, how is this affecting your firm? We can proudly say that we have successfully surpassed the challenging position that came along with the Covid-19 pandemic in all respectable matters thanks to our comprehensive experience gained throughout the 53 years in which …

Sponsored briefing: Piloting maritime law in Egypt

Sponsored briefing: Piloting maritime law in Egypt

Hisham Eldib and Nada Eldib of Eldib Advocates on how the firm’s core values and network of offices align with Africa’s ever-growing infrastructure We would like to take this opportunity to express our firm’s keenness in co-operating with Legal Business magazine and being recognised among other esteemed law firms as well as the maritime and …

Sponsored briefing: Changing roles and expectations on the relationship between in-house legal counsels and law firms

Sponsored briefing: Changing roles and expectations on the relationship between in-house legal counsels and law firms

The position of in-house legal counsel has been taking place effectively across the world since the beginning of the ’80s. This position comes forward with the headlines as in-house legal counsel, chief legal counsel (CLO), and head of legal are titles in common use nowadays. As these positions become widespread and with the proliferation of …

Sponsored briefing: Challenges facing the cement industry in Egypt

Sponsored briefing: Challenges facing the cement industry in Egypt

The cement industry is one of the oldest industries in Egypt, with more than a century of experience, and a total of 18 plants throughout the country. For decades, the cement industry was one of the most profitable business in Egypt, with EBITDA margin above 30%. Following the Arab Spring in early 2011, the cement …

Sponsored briefing: Surprise decision ban as a novelty in Turkish labour law

Sponsored briefing: Surprise decision ban as a novelty in Turkish labour law

Yavuz & Uyanik & Akalin’s Murat Uyanik on the importance of the rule of law and the right to legal certainty in Turkish law Labour Law in Turkey is one of the areas of law in which the most lawsuits are filed and with the highest number of file transfers to the Supreme Court, until …