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Baker McKenzie Wins Three Accolades at the African Legal Awards

Baker McKenzie has won Capital Markets Team of the Year and TMT Team of the Year, and Kamal Nasrollah has been named Partner of the Year (North Africa) at Law.com's 2024 African Legal Awards.
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With more than 40 years of experience and having a presence in the African market, we leverage our Firm’s global footprint to provide first-class legal and commercial advice to foreign multinational investors in Africa, as well as some of Africa’s largest regional companies. We take a regional approach to advising clients across the continent, tailor our approach to each individual matter given the unique nature of doing business in Africa, and have established Africa Hubs in strategic global locations for seamless integration and coordination. We act as transactional and international counsel for clients engaged in major deals and projects, collaborating with colleagues across our global network to provide guidance on inbound and outbound pan-African investments.

We have over 100 lawyers on the ground in Africa and nearly 200 lawyers working on African matters in our regional hubs in key global financial centres: we offer a presence in Africa that few international law firms can match. We have developed a solid network of African Relationship Firms (ARFs) across the continent, in order to meet our clients' needs in countries where we don’t have an office. Our strong and trusted relationships with our ARFs go beyond partnering on legal matters; we bring a “one firm” approach to support our clients’ businesses across Africa and maintain strength in these key investment markets.

Our global, regional and local expertise helps us to deliver a comprehensive service. We provide clients with the insight they need to overcome their legal, regulatory and market challenges in Africa and beyond.

We were delighted to be recognised as the “Best Law Firm in Africa” in 2023, 2022 and 2021 by EMEA Finance. We were also named Banking & Finance Legal Advisor of the Year at the Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets in 2024, 2023 and 2021, Capital Markets Team of the Year and TMT Team of the Year at the African Legal Awards 2024, and Southern and East Africa Team of the Year at the IFLR Africa Awards 2024. Our commitment to CSR in Africa has been recognised through winning the Future Generations Award, supported by Save the Children at the African Legal Awards 2022 and the Children’s Advocate Award at the African Legal Awards 2021.

Our Africa Banking & Finance Team of the Year have recently advised on the Infrastructure Deal of the Year, Debt Deal of the Year and Equity Deal of the Year at the African Banker Awards 2024 and the Africa Export Finance Deal of the Year at the TXF Perfect Deals Awards 2023.

We are market leaders in energy and infrastructure projects and finance matters in Africa, working on some of the most significant projects across the continent. Recently we advised on a multi-source financing for one of the largest road infrastructure projects in Africa (Debt Deal of the Year – African Banker Awards) and the multi-award winning Tanzania SGR project.

Recently, we have advised on several strategically important M&A transactions for our clients, such as Galp’s divestment of its upstream assets in Angola, and ZCCM Investments Holdings on its USD 1.1 Billion Partnership for Mopani Copper Mines.

Our clients doing transactions in Africa are further supported through our range of Africa-focused advisory teams such as Dispute Resolution, Antitrust & Competition, Compliance & Investigations, Employment, IP and International Commercial & Trade. Our Africa Tax Group provide continent-wide advice on tax issues.

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  • Best Law Firm in Africa - EMEA Finance's African Banking Awards 2023, 2022 and 2021
  • Banking & Finance Legal Adviser of the Year - GFC's Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards 2024, 2023 and 2021
  • Southern and East Africa Capital Markets Team of the Year - IFLR Africa Awards 2024
  • Capital Markets Team of the Year - African Legal Awards 2024
  • TMT Team of the Year - African Legal Awards 2024
  • Deal of the Year - Infrastructure - African Banker Awards 2024
  • Deal of the Year - Debt - African Banker Awards 2024
  • Deal of the Year - Equity - African Banker Awards 2024
  • Infrastructure Finance Deal of the Year - Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards 2024
  • ECA, DFI and IFI Deal of the Year - Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards 2024
  • Local Currency Loan Deal of the Year - Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards 2024
  • South Africa Tax Team of the Year - ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2024
  • Africa Export Finance Deal of the Year - TXF Perfect 10 Deals 2023
  • Energy Transition Deal of the Year in Africa - IJGlobal Awards Africa 2023
  • ESG Renewable Energy Award - Solar MENA and Wind MENA - IJGlobal EST Awards 2023
  • Local Currency Sovereign, Supra & Agency Bond Deal of the Year - Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards 2023
  • Project Loan Deal of the Year - Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards 2023
  • Power Finance Deal of the Year - Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards 2023
  • Export Finance Deal of the Year - Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards 2023

Egypt

With more than 30 years’ experience in the local market, our Egyptian lawyers have deep knowledge of the local legal, business, social and cultural environment, and work closely with colleagues across all of our offices to help clients navigate the intricacies of Egypt’s regulatory environment and achieve their global objectives.

 

Morocco

As one of the country’s leading international law firms, we support multinationals, financial institutions and investors that use Morocco as the hub for their African operations and financing deals. Our Morocco lawyers have worked on some of the country's most significant corporate transactions and complex deals spanning North Africa, West Africa and the Middle East.

 

South Africa

With more than 60 lawyers on the ground, our Johannesburg office works closely with colleagues from our other African offices, while leveraging know-how from Africa subject matter experts based in our global offices, to provide domestic and cross-border African and international legal advice on a range of top-ranked legal areas.

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