On Thursday 16 May 2013 at 12.45 - 1.45pm (BST) Herbert Smith Freehills will deliver a live audio webinar entitled: "Deals and Disputes in Africa: Latest Trends, Practical Workarounds and Handling Risk".
Partners in our leading Africa practice have over the past 30 years been advising on transactions and disputes in Africa, working in nearly all of its 54 jurisdictions. 2013 marks the publication of our comprehensive Guide to dispute resolution in Africa, and the opening of our office in Guinea - our first on-the-ground presence.
Traditionally, investors have emanated from the energy, mining and infrastructure sectors, but in recent years they have been joined by a much wider group of corporates and financial buyers keen to invest in the huge opportunities Africa presents. This webinar (which is an abridged version of our seminar on 19 March) offers invaluable insights to professionals both familiar with and new to cross-border deals and disputes in Africa.
We will:
- summarise current investment trends, legal frameworks and operating environments
- highlight the risks most often encountered in M&A and financing in Africa drawing on real-life deals
- introduce the Herbert Smith Freehills' Guide to dispute resolution in Africa summarising the legal systems across Africa's 54 jurisdictions and how litigation and arbitration operates in each of them.
Speakers:
Stéphane Brabant, Head of HSF global Africa practice, Paris
Gavin Davies, co-head of global private equity practice, London
Helena Anderson, senior associate, project finance, London
John Ogilvie, partner, dispute resolution, London
Paula Hodges, Head of global arbitration practice, London
The webinar is an online seminar delivered to your desktop.
To register for this event please contact Prudence Heidemans.
The webinar will be recorded. If you are unable to listen to the event on the day please still register and then you will be able to access the recorded version later.
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