CAMEROON Law and Practice Contributed by: Lynda Amadagana, Elise Ngo Nyobe, Kevin Djomgoue and Cecile Bella, Amadagana & Partners
Amadagana & Partners (A&P) is a Cameroon-based full-service law firm, founded by Lynda Amadagana in 2019 with a secondary office in Paris (France) and a presence in Kinshasa (DRC). The firm has advised both national and international structures on national, transnational and cross-border M&A in Cameroon and Africa, with a particular focus on the OHADA zone, negotiating acquisitions and disposals of securities, setting up joint ventures, restructuring operations and reorganising non-strategic activities. A&Ps experts provide support throughout the devel -
opment of clients’ projects, providing additional sup - port in the negotiation phases and in arranging the most suitable financing, also carrying out in-depth due diligence in all areas. The firm’s recent M&A work includes the acquisition of a minority stake in the French company NETZERO, which has a subsidiary in Cameroon called NETZERO SASU, for an impact investment fund, as well as the acquisition of a stake by a new majority shareholder in a bauxite mine pro - ject.
Authors
Lynda Amadagana is a lawyer admitted at the Paris and Cameroon Bars and the managing partner of Amadagana & Partners. Lynda has significant experience in advising clients in their LBOs, capital
Kevin Djomgoue is a lawyer and a mid-level associate of Amadagana & Partners. Kevin is involved in legal secretarial work and advises company directors on the legal, tax and employment status of their
development and venture capital operations, alongside Cameroonian and foreign investment funds or start-ups. She has also advised investment banks and industrials in the renewable energies sector. Lynda has developed a strong practice in restructuring and renegotiating financial debt. She also advises clients on their negotiations and possible disputes with financially distressed contractors. Her international approach to the practice of law has led her to take part in numerous cross-border transactions. Amadagana & Partners. Thanks to her solid expertise in banking and finance law, Elise advises clients on M&A, joint-ventures, real estate transactions and financing agreements, with a specific focus on the OHADA zone. She advises issuers and investment funds on private equity transactions, as well as Cameroonian and foreign companies and industrial groups on M&A transactions, restructuring and strategic projects. She assists investors in company takeovers, and managers and shareholders in their growth plans, as well as in crisis situations. Elise Ngo Nyobe is a lawyer at the Cameroon Bar and a partner of
company, civil and criminal liability and employee and director share ownership, access to statutory shareholding tools, profit-sharing, company takeovers, employee companies and participation in governance bodies.
Cecile Bella is a lawyer and a mid- level associate of Amadagana & Partners. She is involved in setting up companies and holding companies, as well as legal secretarial work. She is also involved in carrying out due
diligence with a view to acquisition transactions and drawing up the preparatory legal documentation.
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