Clyde & Co in Africa

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Client highlights

Victory for plant-based meat producers in South Africa

Guinea telecommunications infrastructure dispute

Representing the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa in successfully stopping the seizure of meat analogue products (vegetarian and vegan products), and overturning a directive that banned them from using processed meat naming conventions.

Acting for a telecommunication infrastructure company in an ICC arbitration against the Government of Guinea in relation to a debt recovery.

Tanzania arbitration

Cameroon ICSID claim

Representing Heritage Oil in a multi-million pound international arbitration in Tanzania.

Successfully defeating an ICSID claim against the Republic of Cameroon by Hope Services LLC which aimed to gather donations to fund community projects in Cameroon.

Morocco ICC arbitration

Advising a Moroccan real estate developer in an ICC arbitration regarding the termination of a joint development and funding agreement.

Algeria whistleblowing claim

Nigeria ICC arbitration

Advising a leading Algerian headquartered oil and gas company on a whistleblowing and unfair dismissal tribunal claim.

Advising on an ICC arbitration relating to a joint venture dispute concerning an infrastructure project in Nigeria.

Gambia ICSID arbitration

Kenya salvage claim and ship arrest

Representing Carnegie Minerals (Gambia) Limited (Carnegie Minerals) in ICSID arbitration proceedings relating to The Gambia’s alleged wrongful termination of Carnegie Mineral’s mining interests (heavy mineral sands) in The Gambia and the seizure of its mining equipment and assets.

Advising a large international marine salvage company in a claim for unpaid salvage leading to the arrest of 277 cargo containers on a large marine vessel and the successful recovery of outstanding salvage.

Egypt ICC arbitration

Real estate disputes in a prime residential location in Ghana

Conducting an ICC arbitration in Cairo on behalf of a contractor in respect of a construction project in Alexandria.

Represented an international contractor in a real estate dispute relating to the construction of a high- rise building in a prime location in Ghana worth USD 22,000,000.

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