Global Africa-wide Capital Markets

White & Case operates a first-class capital markets practice with a stellar reputation in both the equity and debt markets. The team draws plaudits for its long-standing presence on sophisticated sovereign bond issuances, and for its counsel on offerings across Africa. The department has an outstanding track record acting for sovereign entities, as well as financial institutions and investors, on complex debt finance and structuring mandates. The Africa practice is spread across numerous offices in the USA, Europe and the Middle East, with the firm additionally maintaining offices in both Cairo and Johannesburg.

Through its acclaimed capital markets practice group, Clifford Chance is regularly instructed by African sovereign entities and major corporate issuers on various arrangements and issuances across the continent. The team possesses impressive expertise in a range of financial instruments, with particular strength in structured finance and derivatives, and an equally distinguished reputation for its counsel on debt restructuring. In addition to its strong client roster of sovereigns, the firm acts for a range of international financial institutions and development banks. Alongside its formidable groups in London and Paris, Clifford Chance also has experience on the African continent itself in the form of a team in Casablanca.

Linklaters operates a highly experienced Africa practice, renowned for its wide-ranging corporate offering on the continent, covering both debt and equity capital markets. The group is well versed in providing counsel on IPOs, secondary and dual listings, convertible bonds and sovereign bonds. The firm is noted for its coverage of anglophone, francophone and lusophone regions from its London, Paris and Lisbon offices, with considerable capability handling multi-jurisdictional mandates. In addition to its worldwide offices, the firm maintains close relationships with a number of law firms across the continent.

A widely respected Africa group, Norton Rose Fulbright possesses deep experience in complex cross-border transactions and wide-ranging expertise in both equity and debt capital markets mandates. The firm is well known for its representation of sovereigns, major banking bodies and corporations operating in Africa. The group offers considerable strength across the continent through its offices in South Africa and Morocco, and affiliates in Zimbabwe, Burundi, Kenya and Uganda. The firm's African capabilities are further augmented by its renowned global network of offices.