Business Law and Corporate Law

Wealthy African families are shifting their approach to family offices, prioritizing governance frameworks and ownership structures over investment strategy as they transition from founder-led wealth to multigenerational stewardship. This distinctly African model addresses the structural gaps that emerge when significant portfolios grow across operating businesses, real estate, and global investments without coordinated ownership frameworks or formal governance systems.

In today’s residential property environment, how you own property is often as important as what you buy. Increasingly, South African investors and high-value homeowners are re-examining traditional ownership...

Under the Act, settlors who are typically petroleum operators, are required to establish and fund these trusts for the benefit of host communities.

South Africa's Competition Commission has published a comprehensive impact study examining Employee Share Ownership Plans mandated as merger remedies, revealing that while all assessed ESOPs held shares with voting rights...

Mergers and acquisitions teams often overlook critical IT dependencies until late in the transaction process, creating significant post-completion risks.

Modern businesses depend on technology infrastructure that is often overlooked during M&A transactions, yet IT systems, software licenses, and data management frameworks are fundamental to operational continuity and business value.

Governance failure often manifests not through headline crises, but through subtle operational inconsistencies—conflicting board papers, delayed regulatory responses, or inadequate record-keeping. While organizations invest heavily in digital transformation and cybersecurity, a critical question remains: who bears accountability for the integrity, traceability, and defensibility of information underpinning board decisions?

South Africa's Companies Amendment Act introduces sweeping changes to corporate governance, mandating individualised director remuneration disclosure and implementing a binding "say-on-pay" framework for public and state-owned companies.

Lagos State is one of Nigeria’s most active gaming markets, covering online sports betting, lottery, casino, promotional competitions, gaming machines, pools betting, scratch cards, interactive games, remote gaming and other related gaming activities.

Loyens & Loeff has launched its Sustainability Strategy 2025-2027, built around four pillars: Client Centricity, Excellent Employment Practices, Supporting Civil Society and Environmental Responsibility. The firm's latest CSR Report details investments in people development, community engagement through volunteering and pro bono work, and progress toward CSRD compliance as part of its ongoing sustainability journey.

Women across the globe are rising into leadership positions with remarkable intensity and brilliance, yet beneath their excellence lies an unspoken fatigue from carrying the weight of holding everything together. This exploration examines how the family office model can provide African women leaders with the support ecosystems they need to protect their resilience rather than drain it, creating sustainable structures that allow them to thrive without exhaustion.

This session explores the progress made in advancing women into leadership roles — and why sustaining momentum remains essential. Although representation has grown in many regions, global figures show a slight decline in senior‑management roles, reminding us that progress is not always linear.