John W Ffooks & Co

Address: John W Ffooks & Co
Madagascar - Head Office
Immeuble Assist - 1st Floor
Ivandry
Antananarivo
101 Madagascar

Tel: (+261) 20 224 3247
Fax: (+261) 20 224 3248

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John W Ffooks & Co (JWF) was established in 2005 and remains the largest independent full service commercial law firm in Francophone Africa. Since then, JWF has grown exponentially both in terms of size and its service offering – the firm now boasts over 40 lawyers each of whom are qualified to advise in their home jurisdiction, as well as office locations in Madagascar, Mauritius Senegal, Guinea and Togo. They are the only international law firm in Francophone Africa offering combined Napoleonic and English law expertise, making them the obvious choice as local counsel for transactions in French speaking, sub-Saharan Africa.

They advise on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters in OHADA Francophone Africa and specialise in aviation, employment, natural resources, energy, finance, telecommunications and banking sectors in these jurisdictions. Working with lawyers across the European Union and the UK, as well as with law firms from Asia, Australia, North America and South Africa, they are able to respond to clients’ needs at every level from on-site operational matters to head office issues.

Their international and multilingual legal team spanning across 20 countries in Africa – including in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal and Togo, – allows them to provide on-the-ground local law advice that other firms are unable to match.

Unlike many firms in the region, they have both strength and depth – giving them the capacity to take on the largest of transactions and deliver results within the tightest timeframes.

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