TMT
Global Guide 2024 : Africa-wide
Band 3
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Provided by Gide Loyrette Nouel
The Gide Africa team relies on a team of some 90 lawyers mostly dedicated to Africa and distributed between two key offices in Europe (Paris and London) and three in North Africa (Algiers, Casablanca and Tunis), liaising with our offices in China (Beijing and Shanghai) and Turkey (Istanbul) to develop its strong and growing practice. Our African desk is supported by an extensive and well-established local network of contacts and leading law firms throughout the continent that have been carefully selected not only for their legal expertise, but also for their relationships with government departments and agencies. The multilingual Africa team has very wide expertise of both French law and English law governed transactions and their associated documentation.
Our experience and expertise extends across the entire continent, not only in French-speaking Western and Central Africa but also in Southern and Eastern Africa and in Portuguese-speaking countries. Our lawyers possess extensive and detailed knowledge of both national and regional African legal systems and regimes, enabling them to advise notably on the policies and objectives of regional communities and laws such as those of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), CEMAC (Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa), UEMOA (West African Economic and Monetary Union), SADC (Southern African Development Community) and OHADA (Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa).
Chambers Review
Gide Loyrette Nouel is widely respected for its expertise across francophone Africa, with an impressive depth of experience in a variety of jurisdictions, as well as an on-the-ground presence in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. The firm is well regarded for its work across an array of transactional and regulatory matters in the TMT space, including cybersecurity, fintech and data protection matters. It has an excellent track record of acting for public authorities and government entities, in addition to corporate clients. Since 2021, Gide Loyrette Nouel has maintained an alliance with South Africa-headquartered law firm Bowmans.
Work Highlights
- Gide Loyrette Nouel counselled the Government of Niger on its formulation of a new ICT policy for 2022-2031.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team at Gide Loyrette Nouel is consistently able to concisely distil complex telecom matters into easily digestible and cogent advice."
"They were very responsive and handled significant assignments under a short turnaround."
"The team at Gide Loyrette Nouel is consistently able to concisely distil complex telecom matters into easily digestible and cogent advice."
"They were very responsive and handled significant assignments under a short turnaround."
Notable Practitioners
Paris-based partner Thierry Dor has a strong track record when it comes to both data protection and information technology mandates.
"Thierry Dor is very knowledgeable and helpful."
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