We are a full-service corporate law firm with a footprint across the African content , providing specialised legal services to local and international clients. Through our in-country and regional expertise, combined with our network of high-quality correspondent firms, we are able to assist you with all your legal and tax requirements, no matter where in Africa you choose to do business. As Africa’s largest law firm, we are able to harness the expertise of our more than 600 practitioners based at 12 offices spread throughout the continent. Should your matter be situated in countries in Africa where we do not have presence or regional expertise, we are able to take advantage of our longstanding partnerships with formidable correspondent firms whom we work alongside in order to ensure the utmost quality of service is provided.
Our cross-border, continent-wide expertise is augmented by this broad network of firms with deeply local expertise, meaning that you receive expert legal advice from the most qualified legal advisors in each country. This approach makes us the African law firm of choice for cross-border legal advice throughout the continent. We harness our deep specialist expertise in practice areas relevant to the project and at the correct level. This approach enables us to tailor-make solutions for your business needs, with the desired turnaround times and cost efficiencies.
You have the flexibility to choose a working arrangement with us that is best for your business, be it through a single point of contact, your own small, dedicated team of practitioners, or selected individuals. We can advise you directly or work closely with your in-house legal team on projects so as to ensure that the end goal is achieved in the manner that best suits the assignment.
Prior to the firm’s admission as a full member of the Andersen Global network in January 2021, the firm previously operated under the name ATax Advisors. However, the tax practice of 30 professionals offers a full tax service covering direct and indirect tax, compliance, FATCA, and tax controversy. Tax partner Joe Chan leads the practice.
The boutique law firm assistis multinational enterprises, blue chip companies, HNWI, family offices and listed companies on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius in all tax matters. The firm offers a variety of tax services (whether its contentious, advisory, or tax compliance) with extensive experience in cross-border transactional tax. Managing director Johanne Hague leads the tax practice comprising three barristers at law.
In November 2022, the tax team represented a building material company in a precedential case before the tax tribunal regarding environmental protection fee, which the Mauritius Tax authority argues the client is subject to pay tax on its wholesale turnover and not partial to the turnover from the designated impugn activities.
The full-service law firm’s tax practice has a mixture of lawyers and accountants with tax expertise. Thierry Koenig, Maxime Sauzier and Shrivan Dabee are the senior figures leading the practice, which offers a comprehensive tax service with extensive experience in disputes cases and in cross-border projects acting as the single point of contact.
Case studies show the tax team is acting as the legal advisor for MCB Leasing Limited and MCB Capital Markets before the Mauritius tax authority regarding the disagreement of the taxpayers’ partial exemption of income tax in respect of their interest income.
The Ukrainian law firm specialises in tax legal and compliance with extensive experience in tax dispute resolution. Some of the key tax areas the team specialises in are post-audit, tax due diligence, customs, VAT and more. There are five tax partners in the team led by senior partner Alexander Minin.