OTHER JURISDICTIONS FIRM BRIEFINGS
SENEGAL Cabinet Maître Cheikh Fall
2012 Firm Overview Cross-border matters
Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo
Highlight clients Shell-Vitol, Teranga Gold Corporation, Socetra
Most active disciplines
Litigation, company and commercial, corporate restructuring, employment, IP
Key sectors Mining and metals
Key partners Cheikh Fall
Cabinet Maître Cheikh Fall is primarily a Senegalese firm but boasts a strong regional capacity, as exemplified by its role as local counsel for Mali law on the Shell divestment of its downstream business to Vitol. The team has formal alliances with firms and lawyers in the Republic of Congo, Mali, Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire. Cheikh Fall and Mamadou Faye are the senior lawyers and together
advise on all manner of energy and infrastructure projects. The other key contacts are Seynabou Faye, who advises on energy and mining law, Aminata Gueye, who has an energy practice, and Abdoul Aziz Ndi- aye, whose practice also spans energy and infrastructure. The office cov- ers all aspects of corporate finance, regulatory, representation before public authorities, document drafting and reviewing, compliance and tax.
Matters A team led by Cheikh Fall was active providing advice in Mali in rela- tion to Vitol’s acquisition of Shell and change of the company’s name from Shell to Vitol. The firm was busy in 2013 working with Teranga Gold Corporation to draft and review documents for local law (Sene- gal) and represent the client before tax and administrative authorities. Another notable matter saw a team assisting Bureau Veritas on similar local law documents a regulatory representation for its work in Senegal.
SIERRA LEONE Cole & Co Solicitors
2012 Firm Overview
Cross-border matters Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa
Most active disciplines Company and commercial, M&A and joint-ventures, corporate restructuring, banking, project finance (energy, resources and infrastructure), employment, land, tax
Key sectors Mining and metals, oil and gas, ports and shipping
Key partners Gerald Cole
Gerald Cole is acting manager of Cole & Co Solicitors, which emerged from CLAS Legal Solicitors in 2012. Cole himself specialises in tele-
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coms, mining, corporate and litigation and the office has a collaborative relationship Amie Bensouda & Co in the Gambia, and one of the most established Nigerian firms Abdulai Taiwo & Co. As with is predecessor CLAS Legal, Cole & Co provides all manner
of general corporate advice to local energy and infrastructure players in Sierra Leone and international clients.
Matters While at CLAS Legal Solicitors the office has been involved in advising in the Addax Bio-energy project finance and acting for Talisman Energy on the acquisition of a petroleum block in Sierra Leone.
SUDAN Dr Adam & Associates
2012 Firm Overview Highlight clients
Eridania Sadam, Trafigura Beheer, Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Most active disciplines Arbitration and ADR, company and commercial, joint-ventures, banking and finance, asset finance, project finance, EPC, employment, IP
Key sectors Mining and metals
Key partners Mohamed Ibrahim Adam
Dr Adam & Associates is led by Mohamed Ibrahim Adam. The office works across the spectrum on arbitration and ADR, company and com- mercial, joint-ventures, banking and asset finance, projects, construc- tion, employment and IP. Adam is supported by three associates that cover IP, land law, litigation and commercial. The key sectorial strength is in oil and gas and mining, metals and
minerals, where the firm often assists on regulatory matters; it also han- dles mining projects from start to finish and advises clients in the up- stream and downstream sectors. The team is well versed in advising international law firms and is a member of various organisations in- cluding the International Bar Association, Asociación Europea de Abo- gados (AEA), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, AIPPI and the Pharmaceutical Trade Mark Group (PTMG).
Matters The office, led by Mohamed Ibrahim Adam, was working on joint- venture for the construction and operation of a sugar refinery in the Port Sudan area. The client was Italian company Eridania Sadam and the project is valued at $128 million. The team was also working with Herbert Smith Freehills to assist British Tobacco on the acquisition of two tobacco factories from Blue Nile Cigarettes Company. The firm advised Trafigura Beheer on a contract for the sale and pur-
chase of crude oil with the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining of South Sudan and was acting for Toyota Tsusho Corporation on commercial transactions.
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