Africa Business Group

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Africa’s markets are transforming, with broad-based economic growth and urbanisation unlocking unprecedented opportunities. But with this comes complex challenges: corruption, money laundering, regulatory uncertainty, and more.

With an unrivalled blend of global expertise and deep local insight, we provide seamless, market-leading support to businesses and government organisations operating across Africa. Where others see these barriers, we see opportunities.

By working in close collaboration with local experts across Africa and key offshore centres, we deliver tailored services to help you overcome challenges and meet your ambitions. Your dedicated UK contact will ensure clarity, consistency, and quality at every stage throughout our partnership.

Our support evolves as your requirements change. From investigating financial crime, to helping you to navigate complex regulatory environments, we provide the connections, expertise and solutions to keep you ahead of the curve.

Established, expansive footprint

We have 44 offices in 21 countries across Africa and nearly 3,000 professionals across Anglophone, Lusophone, and Francophone regions.

Local market insights

Our experts bring deep local knowledge, cultural fluency, and hands-on experience of operating in markets across Africa.

Our network is your network

Gain immediate access to our extensive connections with investors, bankers, and legal advisers in Africa and the UK.

We support you across the continent in the following areas:

Debt Advisory

We advise you on raising, refinancing or restructuring debt facilities, corporate or creditor.

Debt advisory

Public company advisory

We are nominated advisers for AIM listed companies; a market-leading nominated adviser to mining companies on AIM; and we provide advice on flotations, mergers, takeovers and de-listings.

Public company advisory

Corporate finance advisory

We provide advice on the development and implementation of optimal strategies to enhance and realise stakeholder value and work on both buy and sell side M&A advisory mandates.

Corporate finance advisory

Transaction Advisory

We work across both sell and buy side diligence mandates with our services and give you a competitive edge during transactions with concise outputs and a focus on value.

Transaction advisory

Valuations

We use a variety of methodologies and models that reflect best practice to provide valuations to support transactions with particular specialist expertise around renewables and natural resources in Africa.

Valuations

Insolvency and asset recovery

We get to know you personally to deliver complex and international asset tracing and insolvency services. We frequently unravel complex, cross-border matters, leading to recoveries for both public and private parties, having retrieved £4bn globally in the last eight years.

Insolvency and asset recovery

Restructuring

We help you navigate with sensitivity when you are in difficult or distressed financial situations, and provide a range of solutions that support you when and where you need it most.

Restructuring

Investigations

We lead independent investigations ranging from targeted enquiries through to large, complex and multi-jurisdictional cases, with particular expertise on the African region.

Investigations

Dispute resolution

We support you in the resolution of disputes, including investor-state actions and commercial arbitration.

Dispute resolution