Liberia

Sherman & Sherman is a full service law firm in Liberia and is arguably the most visible on the country’s recent energy and infrastructure projects. The firm advises on banking and corporate matters, maritime and telecoms and a range of other investment support. Key contacts are Varney Sherman and Moses Paegar, while Johnny Momoh focuses on litigation. 

“It is our preferred firm in Liberia,” says a mining client, “they are pretty good, we’ve worked with them on various occasions in the past and they are superior to some others in the market”. 

The firm recently acted as local counsel advising an international oil and gas E&P company on its proposed bid for an oil and gas block, which included due diligence and a draft share purchase agreement. 

Sherman & Sherman is a full service law firm and generally recommended as the first port of call to most foreign investors for corporate ventures and energy and infrastructure projects. The office advises on banking and corporate matters, maritime and telecoms and a range of other investment issues. Key contacts are Varney Sherman and Moses Paegar, while Johnny Momoh focuses on litigation. 

The firm recently acted as local counsel advising an international oil and gas E&P company on its proposed bid for an oil and gas block, which included due diligence and a draft share purchase agreement.

Pierre Tweh & Associates is led by three partners: James Pierre, Natu Oswald Tweh and Scheaplor Dunbar. The office as a whole handles all manner of commercial work and commercial disputes. 

In 2014 the firm acted as local counsel to a global law firm advising lenders Nedbank Capital, FirstRand Bank, RMB Resources and RMB Australia Holdings in relation to a $100 million financing to Bea Mountain Mining Corporation for the New Liberty gold mine. The transaction included taking security over the borrower’s assets including its mining rights, making it a novel transaction for the market.