Asafo & Co teams up with Lawtons Africa in South Africa and is already looking to expand elsewhere

Asafo & Co teams up with Lawtons Africa in South Africa and is already looking to expand elsewhere

The first 100% African law firm is making a big splash for its one-year anniversary by absorbing 70 lawyers from the Johannesburg-based firm Lawtons Africa into a new entity, Asafo & Lawtons, Jeune Afrique Business+ has learned.

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            ▪ Asafo & Co teams up with Lawtons Africa in South Africa and is already looking to expand elsewhere

▪ The first 100% African law firm is making a big splash for its one-year anniversary by absorbing 70 lawyers from the Johannesburg-based firm Lawtons Africa into a new entity, Asafo & Lawtons, Jeune Afrique Business+ has learned.

https://www.africabusinessplus.com/en/804419/asafo-co-se-lie-a-lawtons-africa-en-afrique-du-sud-et-regarde-deja-ailleurs/

“The Covid-19 crisis acted as a catalyst for the merger,” Pascal Agboyibor, Founder and Managing Partner of Asafo & Co, told us from Abidjan.

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