Home / Africa

Africa

Africa as a continent has consistently delivered elevated growth rates over the last decade and is increasingly being seen as a major growth opportunity for corporates and investors who are looking to expand into new markets and build global businesses. Benefitting from these new opportunities across key sectors requires guidance through the diverse challenges of this vast continent. For over 50 years, CMS’s lawyers have developed a track record of significant deals in Africa. This means we know the legal systems, the economies and the professionals on the ground.

CMS brings together our firms with local roots and experts around a unique model and aligned practices to provide our clients with the best support in Africa. We have a presence in the most dynamic regional hubs – Casablanca, Johannesburg and Nairobi – providing us with strong regional footprint, sustained by offices in Algiers, Luanda and Mombasa. CMS Africa offers the ideal alternative for tax and legal services in Africa, a position that is being reinforced through new expansions.

CMS has over 4,800 lawyers working in more than 40 countries worldwide. Our Africa practice utilises the experience of this global coverage to advise on African matters with local and international clients who wish to invest in the region. The diverse approach comes from our position as one of the largest law firms worldwide. This means we are able to cover your needs across the whole continent.

CMS can provide you with advice on local laws across most jurisdictions as well as pan-African laws and structures such as OHADA, WAEMU and CEMAC. Our Africa practice has a deep understanding of the key financial and economic shifts in the region. This includes the emergence of agriculture and agribusiness, leisure, consumer goods, services and telecommunications and infrastructure development and operation as key growth areas for the continent. Our market-leading energy, infrastructure and natural resources practice also provides a significant insight into the development of the energy, oil and gas and mining sectors in Africa.

Contact us via our online form or give us a call if you are seeking experienced legal experts to help you successfully grow and expand your business interests in Africa.

Jurisdiction

Angola Kenya Mauritius Morocco Mozambique South Africa
Belt and Road: The View from Africa
Our experts analyse what BRI means for the Africa region, highlight legal...
11/08/2021
Legal precision in privacy, data security and data protection - Expert...
Expert legal advisers in Africa
Brochures
Africa on Law-Now
Learn more & register to receive eAlerts

Feed

Select a jurisdiction

Clear all filters
Angola Kenya Mauritius Morocco Mozambique South Africa
07/01/2025
CMS Expert Guide to UCITS passporting
The UCITS Directive was established to harmonise retail collective investment schemes in the EU through the introduction of a common investment vehicle known as a “UCITS”. One of the key benefits...
Expert Guide Funds
07/01/2025
CMS Expert Guide to private placement of funds rules and law
When implementing the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD”), some EU States have tightened or severely restricted their private placement regimes, which is important when non EU...
Expert Guide Funds
07/01/2025
CMS Expert Guide to AIFM passporting
The EU Commission promoted passporting rights as one of the key benefits for hedge, private equity, real estate and other alternative investment fund managers authorised under the Alternative Investment...
Expert Guide Funds
06/01/2025
The balance between AI innovation and oversight
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become accessible and user-friendly, accelerating global development. However, rapid advances raise complex issues, from ethics to cybersecurity and governance; and many...
South Africa Publication
06/01/2025
CMS Expert Guide on Beauty
With a highly circumspect online and IRL consumer, the beauty industry is facing increasing scrutiny on everything from ingredients to their supply chain. For those offering treatment services in particular...
Expert Guide Life Sciences & Healthcare
27/12/2024
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays
Mozambique News
23/12/2024
CMS Expert Guide to International Arbitration
We live in a connected global environment where the number and complexity of international transactions is ever increasing.  As a consequence, the policies and activities in one area of the world can...
Expert Guide Dispute Resolution
10/12/2024
Humans Right Day
Humans Right Day
Mozambique News
01/12/2024
December 1st - World Aids Day
December 1st - World Aids Day
Mozambique News
29/11/2024
CMS Expert Guide to Hydrogen Law and Regulation
Since we last reported on the hydrogen sector in 2021, the pace of developments in the sector has kicked up a couple of gears. While the scale of the challenges that still need to be overcome should not...
Expert Guide Energy & Climate Change
Comparable
27/11/2024
Carbon Markets Regulations Appointment of the Multi-Sectoral Technical...
The Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry recently published in the Kenya Gazette the appointment of the Multi Sectoral Technical Committee (the MSTC) in accordance with the Climate...
Kenya News
26/11/2024
Technology Transformation: Drive innovation, mitigate the risks
 
United Kingdom Publication
Load more articles