Our Practice Areas
Comprehensive legal solutions across diverse sectors with innovative expertise
Corporate & Commercial Law
We provide comprehensive legal support for local and cross-border corporate structuring, M&A transactions, shareholder agreements, joint ventures, and corporate governance advisory. Our services extend to contract negotiations, franchising, regulatory compliance, and corporate finance matters across sectors.
Taxation Advisory Services
Our dedicated Tax Practice is one of the most prominent in the region, trusted by governments, financial institutions and multinational corporations alike. We proactively engage on policy reforms, cross-border tax planning and provide solutions that anticipate future regulatory shifts.
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Energy & Natural Resources
Our firm is experienced in the legal, regulatory, and transactional aspects of oil and gas, power generation, renewable energy, and mining operations. We advise multinational corporations, energy developers, and host governments on licensing, concessions, joint operating agreements, production sharing contracts, environmental compliance, and local content obligations.
Financial Services & Regulation
We advise commercial banks, investment firms, fintech platforms, insurers, and regulators on complex financial transactions, regulatory licensing, securities compliance, capital raising, and structured finance. Our work includes drafting loan documentation, regulatory opinions, fintech sandbox compliance, and risk management policies.
Infrastructure & PPPs
We provide end-to-end legal advice for large-scale infrastructure projects, including airports, roads, ports, rail, and digital infrastructure. Our services include project structuring, concession agreements, EPC contracts, land acquisition, environmental review, and government negotiations. We regularly assist in structuring PPPs, BOTs, and hybrid financing models.
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Our litigation and arbitration practice represents domestic and international clients in commercial disputes, administrative claims, investment arbitration, and enforcement proceedings. We operate before national courts, regional tribunals, and global arbitration panels, and are known for our strategic advocacy and ability to resolve high-value disputes.
Investment, Trade & AfCFTA
We support foreign direct investment (FDI), trade compliance, and regional integration advisory with a special focus on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Our team handles investment protection, bilateral investment treaties (BITs), customs advisory, market entry structuring, and trade facilitation frameworks for the private and public sectors.
Real Estate & Construction
Our real estate team advises on acquisitions, development finance, leasing, title verification, zoning compliance, and land use regulation. We support infrastructure developers, real estate funds, REITs, and commercial landlords in navigating legal risks and structuring transactions across residential, industrial, and commercial properties.
Technology, Digital & Innovation
We offer legal support to technology-driven businesses, telecom providers, startups, and investors on data protection, e-commerce regulation, digital assets, platform governance, IP protection, cybersecurity compliance, and innovation policy. We assist in licensing, regulatory sandbox participation, and structuring digital investment transactions.
Public Sector & Government Advisory
Fitch Attorneys advises national governments, SOEs, and multilateral institutions on legal reform, legislative drafting, procurement structuring, institutional mandates, and cross-border public transactions. We provide counsel for sovereign negotiations, public policy implementation, and governance-enhancing legal frameworks.
Legal Compliance & Risk Management
Our compliance team works with financial institutions, corporate boards, and public entities to build robust regulatory frameworks, perform legal audits, mitigate operational risks, and develop anti-corruption policies. We advise on ESG compliance, anti-money laundering (AML), data privacy regimes, and sanctions governance.
Taxation Advisory Services
Our dedicated Tax Practice is one of the most prominent in the region, trusted by governments, financial institutions and multinational corporations alike. We proactively engage on policy reforms, cross-border tax planning and provide solutions that anticipate future regulatory shifts.
We highlight taxation as a key element of business law, providing thought leadership that anticipates reforms and empowers executives to act ahead of regulatory change. We offer expert legal and tax advice to corporations, individuals and consultants, providing strategic solutions that go beyond simple compliance.
Our services are tailored to help clients navigate complex tax laws, from providing guidance on tax implications of annual budgets to assisting with cross-border business reorganizations and acquisitions. Our team is proficient in managing personal and corporate tax matters, including expatriate payroll, tax computations and audit management.
We are committed to providing integrated and tax efficient solutions that protect the wealth of our clients.