Across the continent, countries in Africa are gearing up for the energy transition by implementing policy and legislative frameworks that take into account the energy […]
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Ten reasons to consider African trade and investment opportunities in 2022
By Lerisha Naidu, Partner, Competition & Antitrust; Lodewyk Meyer, Partner, Banking and Finance; Mike van Rensburg, Partner, M&A; and Virusha Subban, Partner, Customs and Trade, […]
Africa: COMESA Competition Commission publishes draft guidelines on penalty, settlement and hearing procedures
By Lerisha Naidu, Partner, Sphesihle Nxumalo, Associate, and Zareenah Rasool, Candidate Attorney, Competition & Antitrust Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg The COMESA Competition Commission (Commission) published […]
Increasing competition policy enforcement across Africa
By Angelo Tzarevski, Associate Director, and Zareenah Rasool, Candidate Attorney, Competition & Antitrust Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg Competition policy continues to be viewed by regulators […]
Deal value increases in South Africa and Nigeria in the first half of this year
Baker McKenzie’s latest analysis of Refinitiv data shows that the value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the first half 2021 (H1 2021) soared in […]
No IPOs in Africa in the first half of 2021, but global IPO Activity on Pace to Hit Historic Highs in 2021
There were no cross-border Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) on African exchanges in the first half of 2021 (H1 2021) according to new Baker McKenzie analysis, H1 […]
Implementation of cybersecurity and data protection law urgent across Africa
South Africa recently enacted cybersecurity law Darryl Bernstein, Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution, and Janet MacKenzie, Partner and Head of Technology, Media and Telecommunications, […]
Competition law in post-pandemic Africa a key driver for market participation, consumer protection and fair practices
With the growth of economies across Africa, competition law has remained one of the key drivers for effective market participation, consumer protection and fair business […]
Challenges remain for Industrials, but calculus shifts
Disruption arising from COVID-19 has accelerated trends already apparent in the industrials market –– particularly digitalisation and trade volatility –– and transformation has gone from […]
Smart Power lights up Africa’s road to pandemic recovery
Kieran Whyte, Partner, Head of the Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Practice, Johannesburg, and Marc Fèvre, Partner, London, Baker McKenzie. Across Africa, access to power is […]