In 2014, the concept of Primerio was born. Two years later, Primerio, the first Pan-African boutique competition law firm, commenced trading. With a team of experienced competition law practitioners, former regulators and economists on board, Primerio offers first class competition and antitrust counsel to clients across the African continent.

With the growth of Primerio, as well as our clients’ requirements for an African wide offering, Primerio’s services and jurisdictional reach expanded considerably.

In 2021, Primerio decided to open a dedicated South African office from which Primerio is operationally headquartered.

From our regional hubs in South Africa, Mauritius and Kenya, Primerio is well poised to advise clients across several key African jurisdictions.

The Legal Team is a software-based compliance management tool, which performs a number of functions, allowing an organization to understand its compliance and regulatory responsibilities and obligations, map its compliance duties, and assess whether these duties are being followed and that compliance with the applicable laws is occurring.

Contact Alison Lee on alison.lee@mweb.co.za or Sarah Russell on admin@compliancetools.co.za or 011 476 3217 (ext. 2) for more information.

With over 600 specialist practitioners, ENS is Africa’s largest law firm and has the capacity to deliver on your business requirements across all major industries and the African continent. We are able to leverage our resources to deliver legal solutions that suit your pricing preferences and timeframes.

Over many years, ENS has developed a large knowledge base of resources and a deep understanding of local nuances and ways of doing business. We have practical experience working on the ground and direct access to high-end, professional contacts across the continent, assuring you of consistent quality and world-class service. We have practitioners who are qualified to practise English law and French law and we have extensive experience in the legal codes of OHADA used in West and Central Africa.

ENS is recognised by top ranking agencies such as Chambers Global Guide, Legal 500 EMEA Guide, IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide and International Tax Review’s World Tax Guide, as well as by the African Legal Awards, for achieving consistently high standards when working on the continent.

We will work to find innovative solutions to ensure you achieve your commercial goals, whether it be successfully executing a strategy, maintaining a competitive edge or defending your position. Our aim is to deliver in the manner that best suits your business requirements, preferences and pricing structures. We can advise you directly, or work closely with your in-house legal teams.

With more than 200 years’ experience, ENS has significant expertise across the breadth of commercial areas and covering the African continent. We are committed to creating enduring client relationships, which are founded in a values-driven culture, and to providing you with to-the-point, jargon-free advice. We harness our deep specialist expertise in areas relevant to the project and at the correct level. This enables us to tailor-make solutions for you, with the desired turnaround times and cost efficiencies.

We have an enviable track record of providing legal services to the highest professional standards in Africa. We work for clients across numerous African jurisdictions on corporate, finance, competition, taxation, employment, technology and dispute resolution matters.

With seven offices in five African countries and over 500 specialist lawyers, we draw on our unique knowledge of the business and socio-political environment to advise clients on a wide range of legal issues.

Everywhere we work, we offer clients a service that uniquely blends expertise in the law, knowledge of the local market, and an understanding of their businesses. Our aim is to assist clients to achieve their objectives as smoothly and efficiently as possible while minimising the legal and regulatory risks.

Our clients include domestic and foreign corporates, multinationals, funds and financial institutions, across almost all sectors of the economy, as well as state-owned enterprises and governments.

Our expertise is frequently recognised by independent research organisations. Most recently, Bowmans won the 2023 Africa Legal Awards M&A Team of the Year Award and our South African Practice was named South African Law Firm of the Year for 2023 by Chambers and Partners.

Afriwise is Africa’s leading Legal Intelligence platform. We support corporate lawyers within multinational and pan-African companies with comprehensive legal insights across Africa.

By leveraging AI technology and a network of top local law firms, Afriwise empowers legal professionals to stay up to date with legal developments at all times. Using Afriwise, busy corporate counsel is relieved from tediously gathering and double-checking legal intelligence and has time to spend on those high-value tasks that really make a difference to their business.

Afriwise currently has about 30 collaborators and is active in 25 African jurisdictions, covering more than 80% of the African economy. Afriwise is being used at companies such as Coca-Cola, MTN or StandardBank. Afriwise is the only three-time winner of the “Innovation Award” at the African Legal Awards and is included in both Stanford’s Code X and Deloitte’s RegTech universes.

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Contract Corridor, your AI-powered co-pilot, facilitates next generation contract management enabling enterprises to automate the entire contract lifecycle. Developed by Legal Interact, the solution enables enterprises to automate content creation, negotiation, storage, and obligation tracking. Experience improved productivity, minimized risks and enhanced collaboration.

Established in 1993, LEX Africa is a legal Alliance of leading African law firms managed by South African member Werksmans Attorneys for the purpose of advising local and international clients on their trade, business, investment and other activities in Africa.

We are proud to be the first and largest African legal Alliance with a Pan African legal team of more than 700 lawyers providing cross-border and local African legal services for clients. Our track record speaks to our experience, expertise and success over the years, being consistently ranked as a Band 1 Leading Regional law firm Network by Chambers and Partners.

This year, LEX Africa proudly celebrates 30 years of its existence, and we thank our lawyers, clients and friends who have contributed to our success.

Looking to the future, we will continue to provide world class legal services, empower our lawyers and encourage sustainability, diversity, inclusivity and collaboration between our lawyers. These principles have guided us in building successful long-term partnerships with members and clients since our formation in 1993.