The Meridian

172 transactions on the record

DateTransactionSectorJurisdictionAdvisers
Nov 2025HAU Energy: 1.2GW solar + 720MWh battery storage, EgyptPower and Renewables, Real EstateEgypt
Nov 2025Simandou iron-ore complex (Guinea): mines, 600km Trans-Guinean railway and Morebaya portMining, Transport and LogisticsGuineaADNA, Allens, Clifford Chance, Hogan Lovells, Kabele Law Group, Linklaters, Norton Rose Fulbright, Thiam & Associés, Watson Farley & Williams
Oct 2025Mozambique LNG: force majeure lifted; US$20bn project restartedOil and GasMozambique
Oct 2025Eni’s Coral North / Rovuma gas FID (Mozambique)Oil and GasMozambique
Jun 2025First Quantum’s Kansanshi S3 expansion (Zambia)Mining, TechnologyZambia
Jan 2025Marampa Mines’ M3.75 expansion (Sierra Leone): largest-ever investment by the operatorMiningSierra Leone
Nov 2024Resolute Mining’s Mali settlement and the detained-CEO episodeMiningMali
Jul 2024Kuvimba Mining House’s Sandawana lithium concentrator (Zimbabwe)MiningZimbabwe
Jun 2024Air Sénégal’s recapitalisation and lease reset: state rescuePublic Sector, Transport and LogisticsSenegal
Jun 2024Sangomar field development, SenegalOil and GasSenegal
Mar 2024Chalco’s US$1bn alumina refinery in Guinea: first outside ChinaManufacturing, MiningGuinea
Dec 2023Société Générale’s West African exit complex: Burkina Faso and Mozambique to Vista; Chad and Mauritania to Coris; Benin and Togo to the State of Benin; Côte d’Ivoire planned; Guinea announcedBanking and Financial ServicesBurkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea
Nov 2023Rosetti US$300m offshore gas EPC contract in LibyaOil and GasLibya
Jul 2023SLB drilling contract for three wells at Nesr and Al Waha, LibyaLibya
Jun 2023Xlinks Morocco–UK Power ProjectPower and RenewablesMorocco
Jun 2023B2Gold’s Fekola state agreement and the 2023 Code roll-out: Fekola complexMiningMali
Jun 2023Sasol’s Temane/Pande gas PSA extension and expansion (Mozambique)Oil and GasMozambique
Jun 2023Azule Energy’s Agogo Integrated West Hub (Angola)Oil and GasAngola
Mar 2023Honeywell UOP contract for a 30,000 bpd refinery in LibyaOil and GasLibya
Jun 2022Burger King South Africa’s saleSouth Africa
Jun 2022Egypt’s national high-speed rail (Siemens Mobility consortium)Transport and LogisticsEgypt
Jun 2022SAB Zenzele Kabili: R5.4bn BEE transaction (SAB/AB InBev)South Africa

Deal activity · South and East Africa

Most active firms on the Meridian record

Law firms by number of deals advised in South Africa and East Africa, October 2023 to October 2026.

1. Bowmans51 deals · US$83.9bn
2. Webber Wentzel27 deals · US$89.0bn
3. ENSafrica27 deals · US$7.6bn
4. Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr16 deals · US$5.7bn
5. Werksmans14 deals · US$3.8bn
6. Anjarwalla & Khanna (ALN Kenya)10 deals · US$160m
7. DLA Piper Africa (South Africa)9 deals · US$3.7bn
8. BLC Robert & Associates (ALN Mauritius)8 deals · US$95m
9. Iseme, Kamau & Maema Advocates (DLA Piper Africa, Kenya)7 deals · US$267m
10. Kaplan & Stratton7 deals · value n/d
11. DLA Piper5 deals · US$3.2bn
12. Engoru, Mutebi Advocates5 deals · value n/d
13. ALN Uganda | MMAKS Advocates5 deals · US$8m
14. White & Case4 deals · US$360m
15. Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer3 deals · US$5.6bn
View as a table
#FirmDealsSouth AfricaEast AfricaDisclosed value (USD)
1Bowmans513120US$83.9bn
2Webber Wentzel27270US$89.0bn
3ENSafrica27189US$7.6bn
4Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr16124US$5.7bn
5Werksmans14140US$3.8bn
6Anjarwalla & Khanna (ALN Kenya)10010US$160m
7DLA Piper Africa (South Africa)990US$3.7bn
8BLC Robert & Associates (ALN Mauritius)808US$95m
9Iseme, Kamau & Maema Advocates (DLA Piper Africa, Kenya)707US$267m
10Kaplan & Stratton707value n/d
11DLA Piper550US$3.2bn
12Engoru, Mutebi Advocates505value n/d
13ALN Uganda | MMAKS Advocates505US$8m
14White & Case440US$360m
15Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer330US$5.6bn

Sources: firm releases, trade press and external researchers. Imported 3 October 2026. Browse the transactions.

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