- Centurion Law Group acknowledges the need for an insufferable amount of pressure on Africa’s investment grid
As an innovative and client-focused firm, Centurion Law Group is pleased to announce its upcoming webinar, titled: “Investing in Africa with Centurion Law Group” on 21st February 2023.
Centurion Law Group acknowledges the need for an insufferable amount of pressure on Africa’s investment grid. With a rigid foundation on investment techniques and financing solutions, the African continent could reach its optimal economic potential.
During the webinar, a panel of high-level speakers will discuss the prying issues of local infrastructure, and incentives for investments beyond African borders. Specifically, the webinar will investigate how investments can be accelerated, beyond the borders of South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Mauritius, and Equatorial Guinea. The speakers will explore the ease of doing business, and the incorporation thereof; an improvement in banking systems; incentives for diversification; tax incentives for investors; real estate opportunities, etc, while making a strong case for an alternative, expert-backed solutions to current economic issues.
Panellists will Include:
1. Yorm Abledu (Ghana)—Senior International Attorney
Yorm is a Senior International Attorney at Centurion Law Group and a Harvard-certified negotiator with considerable experience in Project Finance, Infrastructure Development, tax, real estate, and other notable key practice areas.
She is a corporate lawyer and legal academic who specializes in corporate law, energy, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, corporate governance, and company secretarial services. Yorm has advised on several high-profile transactions. She is a seasoned advocate with extensive experience navigating regulatory affairs in Ghana and throughout Africa.
She was recently named the 2022 LexisNexis International Bar Association (IBA) Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year in recognition of her work mentoring the next generation of legal minds, a commitment to professional and ethical standards, and dedication to the community at large and demonstrating excellence in her field.
2. Achare Takor (Cameroon)- Senior Attorney
Achare is an Associate Attorney and Head of the Intellectual Property Desk at Centurion Law Group.
As a skilled corporate lawyer with broad experience in varied legal jurisdictions, she shares her expertise to help clients navigate complexities in the oil and gas industry, debt recovery, immigration, Intellectual Property, Compliance and Transfer Pricing across Africa. Achare has vast experience in advising local and international clients in all areas of Intellectual Property law in many African jurisdictions. She provides invaluable guidance and oversight in matters related to business start-ups, established corporate negotiations and transactional mergers and acquisitions.
3. Ashiv Parianen (Mauritius)- Senior Legal Advisor
“Ashiv is an articulate, organised and driven senior legal advisor with more than ten years of diverse experience in providing legal assistance to various sectors of the corporate field in Mauritius. He specializes in contract drafting and review, real estate legal services and arbitration. Ashiv is an accomplished analytical thinker and passionate problem solver with the ability to read and interpret complex regulations and derive appropriate decisions and policies as a self-directed and driven advisor with a comprehensive background leading commercial lease negotiations, litigation, compliance, M&A closing and cross-functional teams to achieve goals and ensure success.”
4. Pablo Obama Mitogo (Equatorial Guinea) – Associate Attorney
Pablo is an Associate Attorney at Centurion’s Malabo office and Coordinator of the firms’ AfCFTA Desk. He advises clients on cross-border trade within the AfCTA area. Moreover, he advises clients on commercial and corporate law as well as litigation in related matters. Pablo has vast experience in contract negotiations and has successfully closed dozens of agreements. He focuses on negotiating difficult contracts between government agencies and companies in the construction, service delivery and energy sector and has negotiated various MOUs and joint venture agreements.
5. Mlunghisi Tlemo (South Africa) – Senior Associate
Mlunghisi is a senior associate at Centurion Law Group, with over 7 years post-articles experience in large infrastructure development projects, including, but not limited to energy and power transactions (such as renewable energy, oil & gas: local and cross-border and LNG), rolled-up through multi-faceted models namely Limited Recourse, PPP, Concessions, Private and Public Procurement. Mlunghisi also possess experience in general Corporate and Commercial work (M&A), Regulatory & Compliance, as well as Banking & Finance.
6. Tamararemi Jombai (Nigeria) – International Associate
Tamaraemi is an accomplished lawyer with over a decade of legal experience. She has extensive experience in a myriad of sectors including Oil & Gas, Project Finance, and emerging areas. She is eminently qualified in advising international entities on regulatory compliance, stakeholder engagement and overall legal matters.
Her experience in working as an International Associate at Centurion Law Group has gained her a reputation as one of the market leaders in Regulatory Compliance.
Tamaraemi has frequently led teams in the execution of highly complex transactions including the regulatory team in the historic transition of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (Africa’s largest national oil corporation) to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and has shown a pervasive ability in providing proficient and efficient legal advice.
Date: 21 February 2023 at 12pm SAST
