BCI joins Mozambique Gas & Energy Summit
Alliance for South African and Mozambican law firms
8:05 CAT | 21 Jun 2021
An alliance has been formed between South African law firm Webber Wentzel and Mozambican firm Avillez Bacar Centeio & Cambule (ABCC).
Described in a statement as “a bilateral collaboration”, it has formalised the existing relationship between the firms and established a joint framework for best practice, thought leadership, training and secondments.
Webber Wentzel senior partner said: “Mozambique continues to be a key jurisdiction for our clients. We are strong believers in the prospects of our key strategic neighbour, Mozambique and its people, and we expect, in the medium to long term, an increase in economic growth and opportunities in the country and activity in the oil and gas sector to resume.”
The South African firm has offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town and has had an alliance with London-headquartered international firm Linklaters since 2012.
ABCC was renamed from SCAN in 2016, to comply with changing local regulations regarding law firm names. The Maputo-headquartered firm’s managing partner Francisco Avillez explained that “for ABCC, the partnership represents a strategic advance from the point of view of positioning with our international clients, it enhances our project for exponential and sustainable growth, organised around an innovative business model and advanced technology”.
“The partnership allows, on the other hand, a mutual gain and access to the best legal solutions available for the global corporate legal market, in addition to access to a wider range of services and new legal solutions,” he added.
The Mozambican firm has a range of practice areas, including corporate, commercial, foreign investment, banking and finance, public law, real estate, employment, tax, project infrastructure, energy and technology, media and telecommunications, as well as litigation and arbitration, an area in which the firm saw plenty of growth over the past few years, as reported by partner Gil Cambule .
This month, four law firms across Algeria, Morocco, Ivory Coast and Guinea , affiliated with the Africa Legal Network, while Kenyan firm Oraro & Company Advocates Ghana-headquartered African firm AB & David.
In April, Dentons with a local firm, Zambia and Angola , around the same time that Clyde & Co a Kenyan firm.
Source: African Law and Business
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