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Charles Russell Speechlys wins best Legal Services: Private Equity at the Africa Global Funds Awards 2021

12 October 2021

Charles Russell Speechlys wins best Legal Services: Private Equity at the Africa Global Funds Awards 2021

The Charles Russell Speechlys Africa team is delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Legal Services: Private Equity award at the AGF Service Providers Awards 2021.

The awards honour and generate both industry and public recognition of the outstanding efforts and accomplishments of Fund Service Providers and Legal Advisors covering Africa.

Adrian Mayer, Head of our Africa Team, said “we are delighted to have won the Legal Services: Private Equity award at the AGF Awards 2021. This award reflects the hard work and endeavour of our team across all of our offices, particularly in the UK, Luxembourg and Dubai, which work with multi-national clients undertaking a range of cross-border private equity transactions across Africa.”

View the full Winners list here.

Adrian Mayer

Partner

Corporate

Africa

Our firm has been advising clients operating in Sub-Saharan Africa for many years.

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