Our team shares perspectives on the deals, regulatory shifts, and strategic questions shaping finance and law across Africa and beyond.
Africa's private equity market is maturing fast. Capital is concentrating in fintech, healthcare, and agribusiness — but the real edge goes to investors who understand the regulatory and exit landscape. Here is where the opportunity sits in 2025.
Operating across jurisdictions creates compounding tax obligations that most businesses discover too late. Understanding treaty networks, transfer pricing rules, and permanent establishment risk is essential for anyone with cross-border African exposure.
Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service has tightened its transfer pricing documentation requirements. Here's what multinational groups operating in Nigeria need to know to stay compliant and avoid penalties.
High-net-worth families with assets split between the UK and Nigeria face a uniquely complex estate planning landscape. Two inheritance tax regimes, competing succession laws, and differing probate processes demand a coordinated strategy.
Despite global headwinds, private equity activity in sub-Saharan Africa remains resilient. We examine the sectors attracting the most capital, the fund structures gaining traction, and what founders need to know before entering a PE conversation.
Cross-border M&A in Africa presents a due diligence challenge that goes far beyond standard legal and financial review. Regulatory approvals, land tenure, related-party exposures, and informal workforce arrangements can all derail a deal post-signing.
Wealth created in one generation is too often lost by the third. The families who successfully preserve and grow assets across generations share a common set of principles — and they involve far more than investment selection.
For Nigerians and Africans living abroad, estate planning is not straightforward. Assets spanning multiple jurisdictions, conflicting inheritance laws, and family obligations at home create unique challenges. Here is what you need to know.
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