CAMEROON Law and Practice Contributed by: Lynda Amadagana, Elise Ngo Nyobe, Victorine Epee-Vallet 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 interna - tional structures on national, transnational and cross-border M&A in Cameroon and Africa, with a particular focus on the OHADA zone, nego - tiating acquisitions and disposals of securities, setting up joint ventures, restructuring opera - tions and reorganising non-strategic activities. A&Ps experts provide support throughout the
development of clients’ projects, providing ad - ditional support 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 acqui - sition of a minority stake in the French company NETZERO, which has a subsidiary in Cameroon called NETZERO SASU, for an impact invest - ment fund, as well as the acquisition of a stake by a new majority shareholder in a bauxite mine project.
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
Elise Ngo Nyobe is a lawyer at the Cameroon Bar and a partner of 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.
their LBOs, capital 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.
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