Africa Business+ has released the 10th edition of its annual 100 Legal Powerlist, ranking the most influential business lawyers in French-speaking Africa, with mining, infrastructure, and energy transactions emerging as the biggest drivers of legal activity across the continent.
The report, produced by the Jeune Afrique Media Group, said this year’s ranking reflects a record level of dealmaking, after analysing more than 4,500 transactions handled by over 1,700 lawyers from nearly 100 law firms between 2025 and the first quarter of 2026.
The ranking, now in its tenth year, identifies lawyers advising on some of Africa’s largest mergers and acquisitions, project finance deals, sovereign transactions, arbitrations and cross-border investments.
According to Africa Business+, mining dominated the legal landscape during the review period, fuelled by large-scale transactions surrounding Guinea’s Simandou iron ore project, developments in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mining sector and ownership changes across the Birimian gold belt in
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