BURKINA FASO Law and Practice Contributed by: Bobson Coulibaly, Pierre Yanogo, Marie France Zagre and Diana Woba, SCP Yanogo Bobson
SCP Yanogo Bobson is a law firm specialising in business law and located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in West Africa. Leveraging the expertise of its attorneys, and with nearly thirty years of experience, the firm is able to serve a diverse clientele rang - ing from start-ups to state-owned enterprises. SCP Yanogo Bobson provides clients with comprehensive consultation services tailored to their needs. The firm places emphasis on corporate and business law mat - ters, particularly mergers, acquisitions and financing
operations. The lawyers have been recognised for the quality of legal services they provide to both do - mestic and foreign investors, guiding clients through complex legal landscapes. Comprising a team of fifteen dedicated and qualified individuals, its legal professionals are keen to understand complex legal issues and provide clients with sound and reliable legal advice. SCP Yanogo Bobson is well-equipped to assist both foreign and domestic investors in fully leveraging the Burkinabé economy.
Authors
Bobson Coulibaly heads the corporate, mining and financing departments at SCP Yanogo Bobson. With nearly 20 years of experience as a lawyer, she has negotiated and assisted clients on commercial
Marie France Zagre is a senior legal adviser. She joined SCP Yanogo Bobson in 2017. She handles litigation cases and provides legal advice to companies. Marie France Zagre’s areas of expertise include
contracts in accordance with the OHADA regulation. She has acted as counsel for various multinational companies in relation to numerous global disposals and acquisitions. She also regularly advises clients on the legal framework for investing in Francophone Africa. Bobson Coulibaly holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from McGill University (Canada), a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Montreal (Canada) and a joint LLM from the Universities of Rotterdam (Netherlands), Bologna (Italy) and Vienna (Austria). She is qualified in both Burkina Faso and Quebec.
drafting pleadings, debt recovery, drafting conclusions, auditing, legal advice, reviewing contracts, and legal and case law research. She has acted in a number of contentious cases. Her experience has led her to assist clients at labour inspections, court hearings and in the conduct of corporate affairs.
Diana Woba acts as a legal adviser at SCP Yanogo Bobson, where she assists companies in all aspects of corporate matters. She has expertise in OHADA law, notably in corporate aspects covering the incorporation,
Pierre Yanogo is in charge of SCP Yanogo Bobson’s labour and litigation departments. Over more than 20 years, he has acquired solid experience in carrying out tax and legal advice and defence mandates
modification and de-registration of commercial companies and associations and the holding of general meetings and boards of directors. She holds a Master’s in law and management from the Institut International de Management and a law degree from the University Saint Thomas d’Aquin in Burkina Faso.
for institutional clients and large national and international companies. He has extensive practical experience in national and sub-regional laws regarding environment law, employment law and business law. He is a graduate of the law faculty of the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, received his DESS in business law from the same university and trained in private international law at the International Academy of Law in The Hague in the Netherlands.
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