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Environmental Law and Policy Advisory in Africa

We help governments, businesses, NGOs and development partners across Africa comply with environmental laws and shape the policies that put them into practice.

These include:

Regulatory compliance across national and regional frameworks
Environmental, sustainability and ESG policy drafting and review
National, county and regional policy development and harmonisation
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and licence conditions advice
Environmental law training and capacity building

Strategic Environmental Public Interest Litigation

We use national, regional and continental forums to protect Africa’s environment and the communities who depend on it, enforcing environmental rights under national constitutions and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

These include:

Constitutional petitions on environmental rights
Environment and land court litigation and judicial review
Challenges to EIA licences and project approvals
Representation of communities and conservancies
Strategic case design and amicus briefs before regional and continental courts

Corporate and Transactional Structuring for Natural Resource Governance

We design legal structures that help conservation, land and natural resource projects across Africa run well and share benefits fairly.

These include:

Entity set-up and restructuring for conservancies, trusts and NGOs
Benefit-sharing and community land agreements
Conservation leases, easements and land transactions
Board, governance and constitutional documents
Legal due diligence on natural resource projects

Data Protection and Governance for Natural Resources Management

Conservation and carbon projects collect sensitive community, land and biodiversity data, often across borders. We help you manage it lawfully under African national data protection laws and regional frameworks.

Our work here traverses:

Data protection compliance audits and regulator registration
Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs)
Cross-border data transfer and data-sharing agreements, including for MRV systems
Consent frameworks for community data
Governance of geospatial and biodiversity data

Climate Change and Finance Law in Africa

We advise on the legal side of Africa’s carbon markets and climate finance, so projects attract investment while protecting communities.

Our particular expertise lies in:

Carbon project agreement drafting and review
Compliance with national carbon market rules and Paris Agreement Article 6 mechanisms
Community benefit-sharing arrangements
Structuring of green, blended and results-based governance and finance
Advice to project developers, buyers, investors and governments

Talk to us about your environmental or climate legal matter

Whether you need advice, representation or a legal structure for your project, our team is ready to help.