Dentons

Kenya
The business ventures of Ruto's children

While George Ruto is busy in the sporting world, his older brother, the president's first son, is a lawyer by training who has successfully forged his own path in agriculture.

The New Guard
Egypt, Ivory Coast, Nigeria

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

EgyptFirst COP youth envoy Omnia El Omrani prepares to hand over

NigeriaAdeleke Alao pleads for rural electricity

Ivory CoastFatoumata Sanogo's plans at head of PETROCI

Nigeria
ENI's hopes for smooth ride at ICSID over OPL 245 dashed by new stakeholders

Despite the Italian major's efforts to exclude them, three NGOs will now be involved in its arbitration proceedings with Nigeria, through which it hopes to prove that Abuja unfairly prevented it from developing the oil block.

Somalia
Jubba Airways under threat of liquidation

The fate of the Somali airline Jubba Airways, which operates in several countries in the Horn, will be decided this month by the Kenyan courts.

Congo
$8.76 billion arbitration: Sundance opens a second iron ore battlefront against Brazzaville

Its subsidiary Congo Iron initiated arbitration against Congo in March over its unilateral withdrawal from its Nabeba iron project, and in late June the parent company Australian Sundance followed suit and has requested that the two actions be judged together.

Congo
WNR proposes legal heavyweight from Dentons for Marine XI arbitration with Brazzaville

Engaged in proceedings against the Congolese state at the international arbitration tribunal ICSID since 12 May, World Natural Resources has already chosen its judge to sit on the panel.

Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Behind the scenes of Panoro Energy's purchase of Tullow Oil blocks

Scandanavian juinor Panoro Energy is growing its portfolio of African licences, making the most of pandemic bargains.

Spotlight | Rwanda, Zimbabwe
Marc Holtzman, African leaders' favourite financier

In the starting blocks for the future offshore Kigali Financial Centre, US financier Marc Holtzman has secured several key financial positions in Rwanda and Zimbabwe.

Africa
Asafo & Co's Maurel & Prom-branded oil whizz

International law firm Asafo & Co, a company with a [...]

Spotlight | Libya
Jones Group draws up Sarraj's militia withdrawal plan

Mercenaires? American agents? The arrival of a group of Americans in Tripoli in a Libyan Airlines jet on February 2 provoked wild speculation. In fact, the delegation was from security consulting company Jones Group International (JGI), which is helping government [.

Guinea
Schedule set for Dentons vs. Conakry match over Simandou

Following the dismissal of the Guinean state's request to have its suit against law firm Dentons accelerated under a summary [...]

Morocco
Jeremy Cohen to replace Larrive provisionally at Dentons

Lawyer Patrick Larrive, who has just left the Moroccan office [...]

Spotlight | Guinea
Operators from near and far interested in BSGR's former Simandou blocks

Other than a set of international mining giants, the bidding round launched by the Guinean government in July for the blocks formerly owned by Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) on the Simandou iron ore deposit has caught the attention of [.

Guinea
Conakry made to face Dentons in court

Guinea's attempt to dodge a full-blown trial from Dentons over $10 million in unpaid fees has been rejected by the US court magistrate.

Guinea
Nimba iron ore: P. Agboyibor's Asafo backs Conakry-Friedland deal

For the agreement signed on September 5 for Canadian mining magnet Robert Friedland's firm High Power Exploration (HPX) to take [...]

Guinea
Conakry still fighting it out with Dentons over Simandou

The Guinean state may have put its arbitration against Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) over the Simandou mine behind it [...]

Kenya
A conflict of interest for the Attorney General?

The contract signed in early December between the Attorney General [...]

Africa
Energy joker Eversheds settles back in at Dentons

After joining London law firm Eversheds as a partner in [...]

Africa, Mali
Raphael Wagner, now all in for B2Gold

A few days ago, French lawyer Raphael Wagner became the [...]