Financial Services

JEE Sectors
Financial Services

Financial Services

JEE is the trusted advisor to major players in the Financial Services sector as our expertise, experience, local knowledge, and 6 offices across Africa make us well placed to help clients navigate the continent’s sometimes complex business terrain.

Our Expertise

Cutting-edge financial transactions in a fast-moving global marketplace require innovative legal representation. Our financial-services sector boasts a multi-disciplinary team of lawyers from Banking & Finance, Banking Regulations, Corporate, Commercial & General Legal Advisory, Capital Markets, Business Advisory & Regulatory, Intellectual Property, and Litigation & Dispute Resolution, with unparalleled expertise serving regional and international clients.

Our Expertise

Africa has some of the highest global growth rates within several market parameters for digital transformation of its economies. JEE can enable traditional players to diversify, rebrand their service offerings, and reap rewards. We regularly advise major payment service providers, regulators, and other fintech players that leverage disruptive technology to offer financial services.  

JEE is the natural home for insurance, banking, private equity, capital markets, and fintech. We advise on how to enhance, leverage, and protect your technological innovations while establishing efficient compliance with applicable law and regulation. 

Our Work in Numbers

$50m

GuarantCo in relation to the $50 million capital funding facility to Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company Limited

$107m

Standard Chartered Bank, Commerzbank Aktiengesllschaft and ING Belgium NV/SA in relation to their $107 million ONDD-backed financing to Satellite Oil & Gas International Limited

$66m

MainOne Cable Company Limited on the redenomination and refinancing of up to US$66 million term loan facilities being owed to a syndicate of local and offshore banks

$200m

Standard Chartered Bank in respect of a $200 million facility granted to Orlean Invest Holding Limited

$150m

A syndicate of international lenders in respect of a $150 million facility granted to Africa Finance Corporation

  • The Firm places a strong emphasis on employee development and career progression. It is a high-performance environment: the firm offers a supportive work environment that fosters learning and growth, and provides employees with opportunities to take on challenging work and develop their skills.

    Glassdoor Review

    2024

  • Good working environment, enjoyable work, quality employees.

    Glassdoor

    2024

  • They are very detailed in their product and innovative in how they put forward their arguments. They make our cases strong and bring clarity to issues.

    Chambers Global

    2024

  • The firm is really exceptional and has hands-on experience.

    Chambers Global

    2024

  • The lawyers at Jackson, Etti & Edu are able to leverage their wealth of hands-on experience in delivering practical solutions to complex and sophisticated legal matters.

    Chambers Global

    2024