Africa Legal Podcast

Your Go-To Finance Team Corpus Legal Practitioners recently received high acclaim for their expertise in the banking and finance sector, winning Best Finance Team – Small Firm, at this year’s African Legal Awards. In this podcast, Lupiya Simusokwe, Head of Banking and Mergers & Acquisitions at Corpus, chats to Tom Pearson on why they are the go-to firm in this arena. Assembling the best talent in...

Fresh from scooping the title of Alternative Service Provider of the Year at the recently held African Legal Awards, Vanessa Kingsmill and Naseem Ameer-Mia of Herbert Smith Freehills chatted to Africa Legal’s Tom Pearson about their recipe for success. Vanessa heads up the Johannesburg practice of the Alternative Legal Services (ALT) business, leading a team of lawyers and legal analysts who combi...

Integrity. Diligence. Respect. Commercial law and how to keep clients ahead of the game and productive when doing business in Africa is the topic of this week’s podcast with the team from Lagos law firm, DETAIL. Managing Partner Dolapo Kukoyi is joined by partners Chukwudi Ofili and Abiodun Oyeledun in this conversation with Africa Legal’s Tom Pearson. Dolapo Kukoyi is the Managing Partner at Deta...

The Africa Legal podcast series moves to Nigeria this week where the leadership team from Olaniwun Ajayi LP chat to Tom Pearson on recent changes in the Management of the Firm. Taking part in the conversation are Dr Tominiyi Owolabi, the firm’s new Managing Partner, alongside Wolemi Esan, the new Deputy Managing Partner and Konyin Ajayi, SAN, outgoing Managing Partner. Olaniwun Ajayi LP has been i...

In this episode of the Africa Legal podcast series, Warren Beech, one of Africa's most experienced and enormously pragmatic mining lawyers, joins his colleague Koketso Molope, to speak about what lawyers need to do to keep relevant and hands-on in this time of global change.

In this podcast, which is part of Africa Legal’s Ubuntu Mental Health Series, Kenyan lawyer and mental health campaigner, Lynette Etemesi, speaks to Tom Pearson about why so many lawyers suffer with mental health issues and what can be done to change this. The incredible pressure on lawyers – to win, to bill big, to never fail – is having consequences for their mental health. Excessive drinking, d...

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Webber Wentzel Senior Partner Christo Els and Managing Partner, Sally Hutton, chat to Tom Pearson in a podcast focussing on the growth and success of one of Africa’s foremost law firms. An exciting new addition to this podcast is an “infovid”, an easy-to-follow presentation on this firm's exceptional story. Christo Els and Sally Hutton, a formidable duo, have been working together for the past 25...

Rian Hancock of Africa New Law joins the Africa Legal Podcast to discuss the exciting new Innovation Index. Visit the Africa New Law Innovation Index here:https://africanewlaw.com/africa-newlaw-innovation-index/ Contact Rian here: https://africanewlaw.com/contact/

Mental health issues such as anxiety and depression have no place in the legal workspace - at least that’s the perception. In this podcast discussion, between two of the International Bar Association’s Mental Wellbeing Task Force Heads for Africa, Isibor Aigbe and Banke Olagbegi-Oloba and George Artley, Bar Issues Commission project manager at the IBA, Tom Pearson learns about what is being done t...

A desire to build a global law firm with an African focus has propelled the growth of Asafo & Co. In this podcast the firm’s managing and founding partner, Pascal Agboyibor, speaks to Africa Legal’s Tom Pearson about disrupting the status quo and extending the law firm’s reach. Asafo & Co has offices in Paris, London, Washington DC, Casablanca, Abidjan, Nairobi, Mombasa and Johannesburg with more...

Extractives in Focus International lawyer Jacqueline Musiitwa, the founder and director of Kalene Hill Resources, speaks to Tom Pearson, Africa Legal’s Chief Commercial Officer, in a podcast introducing the Extractives GC Forum on June 29 and 30. Jacqueline is a global expert in African commercial affairs working across jurisdictions. Her unique insights into the complexities and challenges of the...

Our Africa Legal podcast series returns to Rwanda this week for a conversation with the Kigali International Financial Centre’s new Chief Investment Officer, Ntoudi Mouyelo. Ntoudi’s interview with Africa Legal’s Tom Pearson is intended to shine a spotlight on the survey, “Realising and facilitating pan-African investment” that is currently underway and aimed at the global business community. To p...

This edition of the Africa Legal podcast series moves to Uganda for a conversation with Bernard Oundo, the president of the East Africa Law Society and the managing partner of Citadel Advocates. Bernard is an alumni of the University of Dundee in Scotland and the Harvard Executive Programme. Mentorship is an issue close to his heart and in this conversation with Africa Legal’s Tom Pearson he speak...

While East Africa is teeming with young entrepreneurs maximising on the prospects that presents itself with the 4th Industrial Revolution, such advancement does not come without risks.

This special edition podcast brings together two leading figures in pan-African Financial Services and M&A. Karim Anjarwalla of Anjarwalla & Khanna and Titus Edjua of Watson Farley & Williams are our nominated 'Sector Champions' for Financial Services aligned with the UK-Africa Legal Services Spring Conference coming April 22 2021. Africa Legal are proud to partner with the UK Ministry of Justice...

This special edition podcast brings together two leading figures in the field of International Trade in relation to UK and African markets. Nigel Boardman of Slaughter & May and Daryl Dingley of Webber Wentzel are our nominated 'Sector Champions' for the topic of International Trade aligned with the UK-Africa Legal Services Spring Conference coming April 22 2021. Africa Legal are proud to partner...

This special edition podcast brings together two leading figures in the UK and African Telecoms, Media and Technology (TMT) sector together for a lively discussion looking at key trends and opportunities in this vibrant market. Sandra Oyewole and Jennifer Mbaluto are the nominated 'Sector Champions' for the TMT aligned with the UK-Africa Legal Services Spring Conference coming April 22 2021. Afric...

What is the global legal community demanding of a modern African International Financial Centre? Africa Legal recently partnered with Rwanda Finance Limited to answer this question, amongst others, as part of the launch of the Kigali International Financial Centre via ground-breaking research and data analysis. Listen to this riveting conversation between Africa Legal’s Chief Commercial Officer, T...

This week the Africa Legal podcast series turns to matters of high finance with an easy-to- follow interview with Nicholas Kuria, a counsel at Conyers law firm and who is based in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) in the Caribbean. Nicholas and Africa Legal’s Tom Pearson talk through how an offshore financial centre operates and explain the tax implications for investors. Misconceptions about dodgi...

Take a Breath! An active training session on mental wellness is the topic for this week’s podcast. Resilience coach Jenny Canau takes Tom Pearson through steps to becoming more mindful and positive, giving him the techniques to change his way of thinking and being. The session is part of Africa Legal’s Ubuntu series on mental health and is an introduction to Jenny’s eight-week virtual resilience c...

A Moral Compass This week the Africa Legal podcast series is in Nigeria for a conversation with Bisi Adeyemi, Chief Executive of DCSL Corporate Services. Bisi and Africa Legal’s Tom Pearson chat about how an inhouse legal team can be the moral compass for a business and why being accountable is the key to good governance. Bisi says her role at DCSL has shown her how important it is for those in le...

Expanding Horizons In this week’s podcast, BARBRI legal co-ordinator Naima Zayla and Africa Legal’s Tom Pearson examine changes to how lawyers can become qualified to practise as solicitors in England and Wales. Increasingly, African lawyers working on international transactions or with clients represented in multiple jurisdictions, are seeking to become dual qualified – able to practise at home b...

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will create the largest free trade zone in the world. For law firm Webber Wentzel this heralds a time of innovation and opportunity. In an insights series (of podcasts and digital content), Webber Wentzel explores the impact the free trade zone will have on the continent and for intra-African business relationships. In this kick-off conversatio...

A deep appreciation for the opportunity to work across Africa shines through in this easy-flowing podcast conversation with the team from DLA Piper. The firm is represented in 20 countries on the continent and double that across the globe. Understanding the nuances that come with cultural difference is what has seen it take root and grow in Africa and what saw it named International Law Firm of th...