AFRICA M&A OUTLOOK 2021

15 January, 2021
The following brief discussing our M&A predictions in Africa in 2021 accompanies our latest global M&A report, M&A in 2021, which you can download here. Covid and its consequences   It is still too early to know the full impact of COVID-19 given the heterogeneity of the continent, the uncertainty surrounding the evolution of the pandemic … Read more

NOTABLE DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICAN AND AFRICAN COMPETITION LAW IN 2020

20 November, 2020
This brief addresses notable developments in competition law in South Africa and across the rest of Africa during the course of 2020. It includes the measures introduced by various competition law regulators in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and related cases and prosecutions. Please click here for the detailed report. For more information, please contact … Read more

AfCFTA PROTOCOL MUST PROVIDE A FAIR REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT AND PROTECTION FOR INVESTORS

13 October, 2020
Authors: Peter Leon, Ernst Muller and Natasha Rachwal Negotiators have an opportunity to fashion a regime that supports modern investment policies by promoting sustainable development.  With less than three months before the expected conclusion of negotiations on the African Continental Free Trade Area’s (AfCFTA) protocol on investment increasing attention is being paid to the protocol’s … Read more

CATALYST // EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES – M&A l BACK BUT DIFFERENT

14 September, 2020
Rarely have events accelerated so rapidly or so radically as they have in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic. We expect the crisis to operate as a catalyst for change and, as a result, there will be opportunities for those with capital to invest or a desire to expand. In this briefing we look at … Read more

RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT BROCHURE

03 September, 2020
Authors: Nila Wilde, Martin Kavanagh, Rebecca Major and Joanne Elson For Africa-focused developers and sponsors in the renewable energy market, ESG is likely in the forefront of your minds and it is important to show knowledge of what is expected in the responsible investing market in order to ensure swift project development and to enhance … Read more

SA LIKELY TO RETURN TO IMF FOR A MUCH BIGGER LOAN – LEON

12 June, 2020
Author: Peter Fabricius, Daily Maverick But the reforms that the IMF would impose as conditions for the loan would save the economy, says Peter Leon. South Africa will probably have to go back to the IMF for a much bigger loan than it has just got and this would come with conditions such as deep … Read more

COVID-19: PRESSURE POINTS: EXACERBATING AFRICAN ECONOMIC INSTABILITY (AFRICA)

15 May, 2020
Countries in sub-Saharan Africa were dealing with a myriad of economic and other challenges prior to the outbreak of Covid-19 and these will continue to impact on the outlook of countries in the region. The pandemic will further exacerbate the challenges faced by the region, speakers participating in international legal practice Herbert Smith Freehills’ ‘Sub-Saharan … Read more

WEBINAR: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: THE DYNAMICS THAT MATTER RIGHT NOW

06 May, 2020
Thursday 14 May 2020, 11:00 – 12:00am UK time The challenges that countries in sub-Saharan Africa were dealing with prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic have not disappeared and are continuing to alter the outlook in the region. This webinar will consider the trajectories of politics, industry and investment in sub-Saharan Africa amidst … Read more

“RESOURCE NATIONALISM IS BOTH CYCLICAL AND CONTAGIOUS”

02 April, 2020
Author: OLIVIER BINYINGO  Interview with Olivier Binyingo, Director, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, SA. At the upcoming DRC Mining Week in Lubumbashi from 17-19 June 2020, Mr Binyingo will address the conference on “An asserted Rule-of-law for a conducive investment climate” which will be followed by a panel discussion. The company is also a bronze sponsor … Read more