{"id":130,"date":"2026-05-19T15:37:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofori-law.com\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2026-06-09T06:35:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:35:38","slug":"corporate-ma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ofori-law.com\/en\/corporate-ma\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate M&A"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Corporate M&A <\/em><\/h1>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ofori Law Africa LLP has extensive experience advising on complex corporate and M&A transactions across West and Central Africa. The firm acts alongside strategic investors, multinational groups, private equity funds, financial institutions, and international law firms at every stage of the transaction lifecycle, from structuring and due diligence through to negotiation, signing, closing, and post-acquisition integration.<\/p>\n

\nOur team combines deep OHADA expertise with a strong understanding of WAEMU competition rules and sector-specific regulatory frameworks across the jurisdictions in which we operate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nThe practice covers the full range of cross-border corporate transactions across Francophone Africa, including acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, private equity investments, SPA transactions and change-of-control processes in regulated industries.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n \n <\/div>

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  • Cross-border M&A transactions<\/li>\n
  • Joint ventures<\/li>\n
  • Private equity investments<\/li>\n
  • Shareholders' Agreement <\/li>\n
  • Corporate restructurings<\/li>\n
  • Regulatory approvals<\/li>\n
  • Due diligence<\/li>\n
  • Post-acquisition integration<\/li>\n \n \n <\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    \n \n Recent Mandates<\/span>\n Select Experience<\/span><\/h3>\n
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    Banking M&A \u00b7 Cameroon \u00b7 Gambia \u00b7 Sierra Leone \u00b7 CIV \u00b7 Coris \/ StanChart<\/div>\n \n

    Advised Coris Holding Group in connection with its proposed acquisition of the local subsidiaries of Standard Chartered Bank (UK) in Cameroon, Gambia and Sierra Leone, and the private banking activities of Standard Bank in C\u00f4te d'Ivoire, including legal and regulatory due diligence, preparation of binding offers, drafting and negotiation of transaction documents, and assistance through signing and closing.<\/p>\n <\/div>

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    Share acquisition \u00b7 Agribusiness \u00b7 YARA Ivory Coast \u00b7 ETG<\/div>\n \n

    Advised ETG (Dubai-based fertiliser trader) in connection with its acquisition of 100% of the shares of YARA Ivory Coast, including legal due diligence, drafting and negotiation of the share purchase agreement, and notification to the UEMOA Competition Commission.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>

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    IP transfer \u00b7 OAPI \u00b7 West Africa \u00b7 BAT<\/div>\n \n

    Advised British American Tobacco (BAT) in connection with the transfer of trademarks registered with the African Intellectual Property Organisation (OAPI) and commercialised across West Africa (Niger, Guinea, Togo, Guinea-Bissau, Benin).<\/p>\n <\/div>

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    Licence transfer \u00b7 Telecoms \u00b7 CIV \u00b7 DRC \u00b7 Eutelsat<\/div>\n \n

    Co-counsel to Eutelsat in connection with the acquisition and transfer of telecommunications licences in C\u00f4te d'Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo, including regulatory analysis on change of control requirements and applicable OHADA law.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>

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    SPAC \u00b7 Nasdaq \u00b7 6 jurisdictions \u00b7 Globis \/ Forafric<\/div>\n \n

    Acted as local counsel to Globis Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq-listed SPAC) in connection with its acquisition of Forafric Agro Holdings Limited's sub-Saharan subsidiaries across Benin, Burkina Faso, C\u00f4te d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger and Guinea-Bissau.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>

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    WAEMU competition clearance \u00b7 Energy \u00b7 Vitol \/ Vivo Energy<\/div>\n \n

    Co-counsel to Vitol and Vivo Energy in connection with the WAEMU competition clearance of Vitol's acquisition of Vivo Energy subsidiaries across Burkina Faso, C\u00f4te d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger and Senegal.<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Insurance disposal \u00b7 Senegal \u00b7 Salama \/ Groupe Duval<\/div>\n \n

    Advised Salama \u2013 Islamic Arab Insurance Company PSC (UAE) in connection with the sale of its Senegalese subsidiary Salama Senegal to Groupe Duval.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Corporate M&A Ofori Law Africa LLP dispose d\u2019une solide exp\u00e9rience dans l\u2019accompagnement d\u2019op\u00e9rations complexes de Corporate et de M&A \u00e0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-130","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofori-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofori-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofori-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofori-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofori-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofori-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1606,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofori-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130\/revisions\/1606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofori-law.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}