Eversheds Sutherland Africa Group - events

Date: 10-11 December 2019

Venue: Hotel The Residence Tunisa, La Marsa, Tunisia, 2070

Client event: A two-day Francophone Africa Summit with Eversheds Sutherland Africa Alliance members meeting on the first day and Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) conference for in-house counsel on the second day. The ACC conference will include presentations and panel discussions to ACC and ESAA members on the following topics:

• in-house counsel skills and development
• financial institution and difficulty to hire legal counsel in Africa
• competition committee: role, status and prerogative
• recent trends in structuring M&A transactions in North Africa
• legal challenges in the Oil & Gas sector in Tunisia 
• crisis management and litigation prevention

Note: Both events will be held in French.

For more information, please contact  Farès Koussay El Heni or Wesley Pydiamah.

Arbitration in Southern Africa: New Horizons

Senegal: Opportunities and Risk for Western Business in West Africa

Date: 18 October 2019

Venue: Eversheds Sutherland, 1 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7WS

Client event: Senegal’s opportunity comes, however, with some complexity and risk. It has little experience dealing with an oil and gas sector which makes it ripe for politicisation and the government has already experienced some growing pains in its past handling of oil and gas contracts. Although Senegal is stable, regional terrorism and violence will continue and probably escalate in the foreseeable future. China also has influence and economic interests in Senegal as it does elsewhere in Africa. Fortunately, with understanding and insight, Western businesses can position themselves to take advantage of the major opportunities in Senegal.

This breakfast briefing will address:

• Oil & Gas sector

• Energy sector – reform and opportunity

• Governance, stability, and security

• China and other influences

• Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, and the wider region

Speakers: William Linder

This event is in partnership with Menas Associates. To register and for more information contact John Kemkers 

Cybersecurity: Securing Africa’s Businesses

Date: 11 September 2019

Venue: Eversheds Sutherland, 1 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7WS

Client event : Africa is a region often overlooked when it comes to cybersecurity. Although cyber infrastructure is not as developed as in other regions, African companies must look to secure their business in order to protect from data leaks and cyber-attacks, such as the Wannacry ransomware in 2017.

How best then to protect from cyber-attacks?

Invest Africa and Eversheds Sutherland invite you to join the discussion with industry leaders, tech experts, and businesses on the cutting edge of cybersecurity in London and across Africa.

Invest Africa will be collecting your details once registered for event purposes only.

Register your interest