Leading British and US law firms are spending more of their time eagerly chasing business in fast-growing Africa, but many are still puzzling over whether to seek local ‘best friends’, set up alliances, open offices or just carry on trying to do it from London and Paris. Caroline Thorpe reports
Andrew Jones of Linklaters is doing it. Kem Ihenacho of Clifford Chance (CC) is doing it. Philip Stopford and Stuart Matty of White & Case, Dentons’ Paul Bugingo, Covington & Burling’s Witney Schneidman – turns out they’re all at it too. Regularly.
