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Legal Services and Activities in Southern Africa 2024

Stephen Timm | Angola; Botswana; Eswatini (formerly Swaziland); Lesotho; Madagascar; Malawi; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia; Zambia; Zimbabwe | 22 August 2024

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Report Coverage

This report on legal services and activities in Southern Africa (excluding South Africa, which is covered in a separate report), includes information on the size of the industry by number of lawyers, law firms and the judiciary, and state of the industry, including growth in the number of lawyers, legal services costs, regional integration and demand. The report examines challenges such as court backlogs, the independence of the judiciary, crime and corruption and attacks on lawyers. There are profiles of 78 law firms including 5 St James Court and Appleby Global Services in Mauritius, Advogados Carvalho & Associados and Fatima Freitas & Associados in Angola, Armstrongs, Baoleki and Laurence Khupe Attorneys in Botswana, Atherstone & Cook, Coghlan, Welsh and Guest, and Dube, Manikai and Hwacha in Zimbabwe, Kawelo Lawyers Malawi, Mulenga Mundashi Legal Practitioners in Zambia, Pimenta e Associados in Mozambique, and partner firms of major law firms such as Bowmans, DLA Piper, Dentons, ENS Africa, Eversheds and Bowmans. \r\n

Introduction

• There are about 20,000 lawyers in Southern Africa (excluding South Africa, which is covered in a separate report).\r\n
• Angola and Zambia together account for about half of lawyers in the region.\r\n
• Foreign law firms have expanded into the region due to increasing demand from multinational clients.\r\n
• The region’s share of the number of lawyers employed by the continent’s 100 largest law firms declined in 2022.\r\n
• Challenges include questions over the independence of the judiciary, corruption, attacks on lawyers and court backlogs.\r\n
• There is limited use of foreign lawyers as most countries demand that lawyers need to be citizens or permanent residents.

Trends

• Law bodies are promoting the use of alternative dispute resolution.
• M&A is set to increase, driven by recent oil and gas finds, renewable energy projects, the AfCFTA, privatisation, economic growth and new laws.
• The number of lawyers has increased significantly in a number of countries.
• The number training institutions providing LLB degrees has increased in recent years.
• There is an increase in multinational and South African law firms entering the region in recent years.
• To improve access to justice, several countries have launched e-court systems and made pro-bono programmes mandatory.

Opportunities

• Expansion into fast-growing countries such as Zambia and Mozambique.
• Multinationals are entering the region and looking for established South African or foreign law firms.
• Offering alternative dispute resolution services.
• Providing legal advice in growth areas such as ESG, oil and gas and renewable energy.
• Running legal training programmes.

Challenges

• Court backlogs, and lack of court infrastructure and vehicles.
• Crime and corruption, including money laundering and cybercrime are major challenges.
• Economic growth in some countries remains poor.
• Law associations are investigating the entry of foreign law firms.
• Legal education is often poor.
• Limited use of foreign lawyers.
• Political instability with elections in four countries expected in H2 2024.
• The cost of access to justice is high.
• The independence of the judiciary continues to be in question.
• The lack of rule of law, including attacks on lawyers, remains a serious challenge.
• There is concern over the number of fake attorneys.

Outlook

• Interest by South African law firms is growing, given the low economic growth forecast for South Africa.\r\n
• South Africa and Angola are expected to be the biggest legal markets in the region by 2033.\r\n
• Factors that are expected to drive M&A are recent oil and gas developments in Namibia and Mozambique, renewable energy projects and privatisation programmes in Angola.\r\n
• Foreign law firms can expect challenges, given probes by law associations in Zambia and Namibia on whether they are illegally taking profits rather than fees from their local offices.

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Legal Services and Activities in Southern Africa
Legal Services and Activities in Southern Africa 2024

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Table of Contents

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. REGIONAL INFORMATION 1
3. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 3
3.1 Industry Value Chain 4
3.2 Geographic Position 4
3.3 Size of the Industry 5
4. LOCAL 7
4.1 State of the Industry 7
4.2 Key Trends 19
4.3 Key Issues 19
4.4 Notable Players 20
4.5 Corporate Actions 21
4.6 Regulations 21
4.7 Enterprise Development and Social Development 23
5. AFRICA 23
6. INTERNATIONAL 25
7. INFLUENCING FACTORS 27
7.1 Economic Environment 27
7.2 Labour 28
7.3 Environmental Issues 30
7.4 Technology, R&D, Innovation 30
7.5 Input Costs 31
8. COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT 32
8.1 Competition 32
8.2 Ownership Structure of the Industry 32
8.3 Barriers to Entry 32
9. INDUSTRY SUMMARY 32
10. OUTLOOK 33
11. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 34
12. REFERENCES 34
12.1 Publications 34
12.2 Websites 35
APPENDIX 1 38
Summary of Notable Players 38
COMPANY PROFILES 44
5 ST JAMES COURT 44
ABCC - SOCIEDADE DE ADVOGADOS LDA 46
ADOM & BOTHA ATTORNEYS 48
ADVOGADOS CARVALHO & ASSOCIADOS - ADCA (DLA PIPER AFRICA ANGOLA) 49
AG ADVOGADOS (EVERSHEDS MOZAMBIQUE) 50
AKHEEL JINABHAI AND ASSOCIATES 52
ALC & ASSOCIADOS - SOCIEDADE DE ADVOGADOS (ALC ADVOGADOS) 54
APPLEBY GLOBAL SERVICES (MAURITIUS) LTD 56
ARMSTRONGS ATTORNEYS 58
ASP - SOCIEDADE DE ADVOGADOS, RL (ASP ADVOGADOS) 60
ATHERSTONE & COOK 62
B&M LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (BOWMANS ZAMBIA) 64
BAOLEKI ATTORNEYS 65
BERAMASAMBA 67
BLC ROBERT & ASSOCIATES LTD (ALN MAURITIUS) 69
BOOKBINDER BUSINESS LAW 72
BOWMANS (MAURITIUS) 74
CHIBESAKUNDA & CO (DLA PIPER ZAMBIA) 76
CKA ADVOGADOS 78
COGHLAN, WELSH AND GUEST 80
COLLINS NEWMAN & CO 82
COUTO, GRACA E ASSOCIADOS LDA 84
CRONJE INC 86
DENTONS (MAURITIUS) LLP 88
DENTONS BROCKERHOFF 90
DENTONS LEAD 92
DESAI LAW GROUP 94
DR WEDER, KAUTA AND HOVEKA INC 96
DUBE, MANIKAI AND HWACHA 98
DYNASTY INC 100
ELLIS SHILENGUDWA INC (DLA PIPER AFRICA NAMIBIA) 102
ENGLING, STRITTER & PARTNERS 104
ENSAFRICA (MAURITIUS) 106
ENSAFRICA NAMIBIA 108
ERIC SILWAMBA, JALASI & LINYAMA LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (DENTONS ZAMBIA) 110
ETUDE DYA GHOSE 112
ETUDE GUY RIVALLAND LTD 114
EVERSHEDS (MAURITIUS) LTD 116
FATIMA FREITAS & ASSOCIADOS 118
FBL ADVOGADOS 120
FISHER, QUARMBY & PFEIFER 122
FRANCOIS ERASMUS AND PARTNERS 124
GDA ADVOGADOS 126
HENRY SHIMUTWIKENI & CO INC 128
HONEY & BLANCKENBERG 130
JLA ADVOGADOS 132
JURIDIS LTD 134
JURISTCONSULT CHAMBERS (DLA PIPER AFRICA MAURITIUS) 136
KANTOR AND IMMERMAN 138
KAWELO LAWYERS 140
KHAN CORPORATE LAW 142
KOEP & PARTNERS (BOWMANS NAMIBIA) 144
LAURENCE KHUPE ATTORNEYS (INC KELOBANG GODISANG ATTORNEYS) 146
MADAGASCAR CONSEIL INTERNATIONAL (MCI LAW FIRM) 148
MADAGASCAR LAW OFFICES (ALN MADAGASCAR) 150
MANOKORE ATTORNEYS (DLA PIPER AFRICA ZIMBABWE) 152
MAWERESIBANDA COMMERCIAL LAWYERS 154
MAY AND COMPANY 156
MAYET & ASSOCIATES 158
MDR ADVOGADOS 160
MINCHIN & KELLY (BOTSWANA) 162
MULENGA MUNDASHI LEGAL PRACTITIONERS 164
MUSA DUDHIA & COMPANY (ALN ZAMBIA) 166
NDADI LAW FIRM 168
OSEI-OFEI LEGAL 170
PIMENTA E ASSOCIADOS 171
PIYUSH SHARMA ATTORNEYS 173
PUNDU AND COMPANY LEGAL PRACTITIONERS 175
RAMALEPA ATTORNEYS 177
RITZ ATTORNEYS AT LAW 178
RJS PERRY ATTORNEYS 181
ROBINSON BETRAM ATTORNEYS 183
RTM LAW OFFICE 185
SAL & CALDEIRA ADVOGADOS LDA (DLA PIPER AFRICA MOZAMBIQUE) 187
SAUTI & COMPANY LAW CONSULTANTS 190
SCANLEN & HOLDERNESS LEGAL PRACTITIONERS 192
SEBEGO ATTORNEYS 194
SHIKONGO LAW CHAMBERS INC 195
SIMEZA SANGWA AND ASSOCIATES 197
SINGANO PURSHOTAM LAW CONSULTANTS 199
SISA NAMANDJE & CO INC 201
TTA - SOCIEDADE DE ADVOGADOS 203
VAN DER MERWE-GREEFF ANDIMA INC 205
WEBBER NEWDIGATE ATTORNEYS 207
WINTERTONS LEGAL PRACTITIONERS 209
WORTELS LEXUS LTD 211
YKJ LEGAL 213