Local Insights

After ratification of the first sustainable investment facilitation agreement, between the EU and Angola, Carla Gonçalves Borges, Mariana França Gouveia, and Assunção Cristas of Vieira de Almeida analyse ESG considerations in African states’ investment treaties

Lauretta Otoo, Selasie Atuwo, and Frank Amuh of CQ Legal and Consulting report on the rapid increase in cryptocurrency ownership in Ghana and the security and money laundering risks involved

Authors from Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie highlight trends, developments, topical challenges and issues, and key regulatory and market changes impacting the Nigerian financial and corporate markets

Miguel Ventura of Vieira de Almeida & Associados explores the complex and potentially highly significant interplay between a company’s value chain and the EU’s Taxonomy Regulation

Salvador Abecasis de Carvalho of Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados presents several dos and don’ts as companies ponder how to create value using AI and avoid standing still

Authors from Morais Leitão analyse the wide-ranging standards enacted across the EU to encourage uniform and transparent sustainability reporting from companies

Fernando Vargas-Winiker, EY Law

Edmond Grieger of Von Wobeser & Sierra explains why an effective game plan is crucial for investors, sponsors and developers working on clean energy projects

Alejandro Sainz Orantes and Ana Gabriela Avendaño Fernández, Sainz Abogados

Steven Brown, Sherif Saad Eldin and Ahmed Al-Saeed of ASAR – AI Ruwayeh & Partners discuss the factors attracting foreign investment to Bahrain and consider foreign ownership restrictions

Steven Brown and Rahul Sud, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners

Steven Brown and Rahul Sud, ASAR – Al Ruwayeh & Partners