CLKA Law Firm

FIRM NAME: CLKA LAW FIRM

Website: www.clkavocats.com

Tel: 00225 27 22 52 52 25

Fax: 00225 27 22 52 53 25

Managing Partners: Lassiney-Kathann CAMARA

Number of partners: 02

Number of lawyers: 07

Languages: English, French

FIRM OVERVIEW:

Ranked among the best business law firms in West Africa, that it covered from its headquarters in Abidjan, CLKA promotes, since its creation, an integrated practice and a creative vision of the law profession. Far from stereotypes, the firm strongly believes in the emergence of an Africa of talent, innovation and success like its founder CAMARA Lassiney-Kathann.

With an excellent understanding of its clients’ businesses, the firm has established a good reputation in the following sectors: agriculture, industry, real estate , tourism, Hotelerie, infrastructure, telecom, media and technology, natural resources, Energy, banking, insurance, fintech...etc.

At the source of its success, CLKA relies on a dynamic and highly competent team, combining expertise in Consulting and Litigation. CLKA intervenes with the same rigor, in West Africa sub-region (ECOWAS State members), OHADA state members (18 countries across Africa), either from its headquartered at Abidjan or its spot in New York , Paris, Lomé and Ouagadougou.

During these last years, CLKA has been marked by :

– The admission of his managing partner, Lawyer CAMARA, to New York Bar as a Foreign Legal Counsel;

– The establishment of CLKA New York;

– CLKA ranking by LEX4 as the 2nd Best law firm in OHADA Law and countries.

After 15 years of existence, CLKA still owes its success to its members involvement. Its growth has been driven by an unwavering determination to have in place the know-how and processes to ensure a high level of services in line with international standards and the expectations of global business stakeholders. The firm is one of the rare firms in the region with the ability to provide both advisory and litigation services, in short delay with efficiency. As working standard, CLKA prioritise proactive and close working relationship with its clients, to their best interests.

MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE:

Corporate & M&A

01 partner; 03 fee earners based in Côte d’Ivoire and New York City

• Legal assistance to the world largest online retailer and a prominent cloud service provider that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered pay-as-you-go basis with regard to its activities expansion in Côte d’Ivoire.
• Legal assistance to a global company operating in infrastructure, with regard to the sales of 25 % of its share to an African leadingDevelopment Financial Institution.
• Legal assistance to the world’s leading specialist in air transport communications and information technology with regard to a contract negotiation for the provision of electronic Visa (eVisa) with an Ivorian Private company.

Key clients: AMAZON, DANONE NUTRICIA AFRICA & OVERSEAS, HAINAN RUBBER, CFCAI, PEFACO, MAJOREL, KGL GROUP, ARLA FOOD , SIKA, THE HEART FUND,DAIMER TRUCK, ZEPZ, CEVA LOGISTICS, RESPONSABILITY INVESTMENT AG, CHILDREN INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION (CIFF), The WORLD WIDE FUND,SITA, VISA INTERNATIONAL, MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL, MONEYGRAM, UBER, YANDEX, LUNDIN FOUNDATION, ABB TECHNOLOGY, MCKINSEY INTERNATIONAL, , APAVE, KEOLIS, MOLY COP SPAIN HOLDINGS SLU, ARGUS, AMETHIS WEST AFRICA, SGTM, ALMA, TRIDEM PHARMA, CEMENGAL SA, CREDITINFO, SAVE THE CHILDREN, BITLISH LIMITED, KOREA TOBACCO & GINSENG CORPORATION ‘’KT&G’’ SCANNING SYSTEMS, PURATOS BELGIUM, etc….

Contact: Lassiney Kathann CAMARA

Tel: +225 07 07 04 93 24, +225 27 22 52 52 25

Email: [email protected]

Corporate & Investment Banking

01 partner; 03 fee earners based in Côte d’Ivoire

• Legal assistance to an important European Bank in a structured financing project of an amount of 27 709 281,90 USD.
• Legal assistance to an international company, leader in West Africa in joint boarder post in a structured financing project of an amount of 17 053 869,177 USD.
• Legal assistance to the major Islamic fund in Islamic structured financing to an ivorian local bank. Amount of the deal: 9 606 236, 57 USD.
• Drafting of the legal and operating framework for numeric finance interoperability in WAEMU countries In consortium with other international Law Firms.

Key Clients: BANCO SANTANDER, INTERNATIONAL TRADE FINANCE CORPORATION (Subsidiary of Islamic Bank of Development), TIMMON, SCANNING SYSTEMS, TASSEC INVESTMENT AFRICA, GOLDMAN SACHS, GNA ASSURANCES, RIPPLE etc ...

Contact: Lassiney Kathann CAMARA,

Tel: +225 07 07 04 93 24, +225 27 22 52 52 25

Email: [email protected]

NAtural Resources & ESG

01 partner ; 04 fee earners based in Côte d’Ivoire:

• Advising a global company operating in oil and gas with regards to itsAssets sales transaction to an Ivorian important oil and gas company.
• Legal assistance to a leading norway-based drillship-owning company in the negotiation, signature and conclusion of a bareboat charter contract for a mobile offshore drilling rig.
• Conduction of a due diligence for an African oil & gas exploration and production company with regards to its acquisition project of a Swedish based oil and gas company.
• Legal Assistance to SCHLUMBERGER OILFIELD Eastern Limited with regard in labor Law with regards to the agreement signed with the representatives of its employees in Côte d’Ivoire.
• Advising a global market leader in the manufacture and supply of mining, chemicals and rail consumables with regard to the setting up of a joint-venture (JV) and supply arrangement with an Ivorian Company, for its activities expenditure in Côte d’Ivoire.
• Advising a leading worldwide group in electricity, industrial automation and motion, robotic and heavy electrical equipment operating in more than 100 countries with regards to their global restructuring especially the West Africa French speaking countries.

Key Clients: PUMA ENERGY, HITACHI, ACWA POWER, ARROWRESOURCES AG, EDF ENERGY, DEEP VALUE DRILLER, SCLUMBERGER, VEOLIA WATER, VOLTALIA, ROSETTI MARINO,ABB TECHNOLOGY etc ...

Contact: Lassiney Kathann CAMARA,,

Tel: +225 07 07 04 93 24, +225 27 22 52 52 25

Email: [email protected]

Public Procurement, PPP & Infrastructure

01 partner ; 03 fee earners based in Côte d’Ivoire

• Legal assistance for a public-private partnership project which aim at rehabilitate a government building as part of the renovation of Côte d'Ivoire's government assets.
• Revision of Directive n° 04-2005-CM/UEMOA on awarding, executing and regulating public procurement and delegation of public services in WAEMU and Directive n° 05-2005-CM/UEMOA on controlling and regulating public procurement and delegation of public services in WAEMU.
• Legal assistance for drafting contractual documentation pertaining to a major housing project and land planification involving a private group and Guinea state.
• – Legal assistance with regards to a holding company’s public & Private partnership project.

Key Clients: WAEMU (WEST AFRICAN AND MONETARY UNION) COMMISSION, SCANNING SYSTEMS, THE STATE OF COTE D'IVOIRE, COTE D’IVOIRE’s MINISTRY OF SPORT, TASSEC INVESTMENT HOLDING, SCI JAWARA etc…

Contact: Eloi K. YAO

Tel: +225 01 43 70 03 86, +225 27 22 52 52 25

Email:[email protected]

Litigation & Dispute resolution

01 partner; 05 fee earners based in Côte d’Ivoire

• Judicial and legal assistance in front of the WAEMU Commission (West African Economic and Monetary Union) of a consortium comprising ICTSI, CMA CGM, NCT NECOTRANS, MOVIS and TERMINAL LlNK for the tender regarding the second container terminal implementation and operation at the Ivorian Port. This comes to a gain of 7 310 865,99 USD realised by CLKA for for the said Consortium.
• For a worldwide leading company specializes in therapeutic food and infant formula, including medical nutrition for babies with specific needs. Legal and judicial assistance to the Ivorian subsidiary of this company in the context of the examination of a possible distortion of competition resulting from regulations recently adopted by the Ivorian authorities in the milk sector.
• For a leading worldwide company registered under Maltese law which installs and operates slot machine in leisure & Gaming spaces. Legal assistance and representation before the Ivorian jurisdictions to regain control of its subsidiary, a leading Ivorian company in leisure & gaming spaces. A deal value of 08 million USD.
• Legal and judicial assistance of an international shipping company offering container and break-bulk shipping services worldwide for their debt recovery of an amount of 1 000 000 US dollars from an international insurance company.
• Legal and judicial assistance to a company under swedish law and operating as a finance company specialized in offering originating mortgage loans, selling mortgage loans to permanent investors, and servicing loans with regards to their debt collection from two of their major client in Côte d’Ivoire. These debts are respectively of an amount of: 591000 USD and 296000 USD.

Key Clients: SAFMARINE CONTAINERS LINE, MAERSK LINE, ICTSI, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, NMS INFRASTRUCTURE, PEFACO INTERNATIONAL, SCANIA CREDIT AB, CREDITINFO, GETMA INTERNATIONAL, NECOTRANS, CAPTITAL BANKING AND SOLUTIONS, SANDRILIONA, AXA ASSURANCE, AGGREKO, NMS INFRASTRUCTURE, ENTREPRISE DOSSOU,SAVE THE CHILDREN, QNET, APAVE CI, AMETHIS, CABINET CONTINENTAL, AGGREKO, SIKA, MAJOREL, LUNDIN FOUNDATION, KUYOPIPELINE CONSTRUCTION, etc….

Contact: Isabelle NIAMKEY,

Tel: +225 27 22 52 52 25, +225 01 43 70 03 91

Email: [email protected]

Tax, Customs & International Trade

01 partner; 03 fee earners based in Côte d’Ivoire

• Legal and judicial assistance to The Worldwide Leader in the Cosmetics industry for a litigationagainst the Ivorian Customs Services and ainternationalcompliance checking company which aim at enabling international trade.
• Legal and judicial assistance to the ivorian branch of A world leader in third-party logistics, whichprovides andoperates transportation and supply-chain solutions for large ormedium size national and multinational companies in a litigation opposing it to the Ivoriancustoms authorities with regard to the customsdeclaration of imported goods.
• Legal and tax assistance to an Ivorian pharmaceutical leading company for the acquisition of a new line production from a French company.
• Procurement of tax exemption from CEPICI (Ivorian Promotion and Investments Center) to the largest Ivorian oil and gas company.This accreditation provide the client with an important saving of 19 % on the total investment cost like VATand customs tax.

Key Clients: L'OREAL, CEVA LOGISTICS,LEBHERR, GESTOCI, etc ...

Contact: Lassiney Kathann CAMARA,,

Tel: +225 07 07 04 93 24, +225 27 22 52 52 25

Email: [email protected]

OFFICES:

Abidjan Cocody - Deux Plateaux –

Boulevard Latrille/Rue de la Polyclinique des Deux Plateaux

CLK BUILDING – Côte d’Ivoire

Tel: +225 27 22 52 52 25

E-mail: [email protected]

Website:www.clkavocats.com

International Offices:

515 Madison Avenue 9th Floor#81284

New York City, NY 10022

UNITED STATE OF AMERICA

Tel: +1 (646) 684-8896 (646) 684-8896

E-mail:[email protected]

Website:www.clkavocats.com