Corporate and commercial law
Day-to-day and strategic advice on company law, commercial obligations, decision rights and business operations.
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LEGAL SERVICES
168 legal capabilities. One connected platform.
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14 practice groups168 capabilitiesTailor-made engagementCross-border coordination
SERVICE ARCHITECTURE
Full-service breadth with clear professional boundaries.
BESONG Law is built to identify the legal capability a client needs, connect related issues and coordinate the right authorised professionals.
Not every capability is delivered by the same person or legal entity. Availability depends on jurisdiction, admission, professional rules, conflicts, specialist capacity and agreed scope. The service catalogue describes capability—not an automatic acceptance of instruction.
RESULTS
168 services
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Company formation and corporate secretarial services
Entity selection, incorporation coordination, statutory records, resolutions, filings and recurring governance calendars.
View practice details →Corporate governance and board advisory
Board mandates, reserved matters, committee structures, delegations, minutes, policies and director-duty support.
View practice details →Commercial contracts
Drafting, review and negotiation of customer, supplier, services, technology, operations and framework agreements.
View practice details →Shareholder, founder and partnership agreements
Clear rules for ownership, voting, funding, transfers, exits, deadlock, confidentiality and decision-making.
View practice details →Joint ventures and strategic alliances
Structuring, governance, contribution, risk allocation and exit arrangements for collaborative ventures.
View practice details →Mergers, acquisitions and disposals
Legal due diligence, transaction structuring, documentation, approvals, closing and post-completion implementation.
View practice details →Business restructuring and turnaround
Governance, contractual and stakeholder support for reorganisations, carve-outs, cost transformation and recovery plans.
View practice details →Foreign investment and market entry
Entry models, ownership rules, approvals, partner structures and legal mobilisation for new African operations.
View practice details →Distribution, agency, franchise and licensing
Commercial route-to-market structures that define territory, performance, brand use, compliance and termination.
View practice details →Procurement, supply and service contracts
Contracts designed around specifications, milestones, price, change control, quality, HSE, performance and remedies.
View practice details →Corporate due diligence and transaction management
Integrated legal review, issue prioritisation, risk registers, conditions precedent and controlled deal execution.
View practice details →Petroleum licensing and energy regulation
Support for licence applications, regulatory interpretation, approvals, reporting obligations and regulator engagement.
View practice details →Petroleum agreements and production-sharing contracts
Review, negotiation, obligation mapping and implementation support for host-government and petroleum arrangements.
View practice details →Joint-operating, unitisation and participation agreements
Governance, voting, work programmes, budgets, lifting, default, transfer and operator/non-operator arrangements.
View practice details →Drilling and oilfield-service contracts
Well, rig, integrated-services and oilfield contracts with operationally realistic scope, risk and performance controls.
View practice details →EPC, EPCM, EPIC and major-project contracts
Contract strategies and terms for engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning programmes.
View practice details →Gas, LNG, power and renewable-energy projects
Development, supply, offtake, grid, concession and project-interface support across the energy value chain.
View practice details →Midstream, downstream, storage and transportation
Legal frameworks for pipelines, terminals, depots, fuel supply, distribution, shipping and transportation services.
View practice details →Trading, lifting, sale and offtake agreements
Quantity, quality, nomination, delivery, title, pricing, credit, sanctions and claims provisions for energy sales.
View practice details →Local content and national participation
Plans, contractual clauses, reporting, supplier development, workforce participation and compliance remediation.
View practice details →HSE, environmental and operational compliance
Legal registers, permit obligations, incident governance, contractor controls and environmental compliance support.
View practice details →Offshore, marine and aviation support
Charter, towage, vessel, aircraft, crew-change, port, terminal and offshore-support contractual arrangements.
View practice details →Decommissioning, abandonment and restoration
Liability, funding, planning, contractor and regulatory support for end-of-life obligations.
View practice details →Energy claims, change orders and dispute prevention
Early entitlement analysis, records strategy, negotiation and escalation controls for complex project disputes.
View practice details →Public and private international law
Research and advice coordination on state, treaty, jurisdiction, conflict-of-laws and cross-border private-law questions.
View practice details →Cross-border transactions and group structures
Multi-jurisdiction transaction planning, entity relationships, approvals, documents and closing coordination.
View practice details →Foreign direct investment and investor protection
Investment-entry analysis, state commitments, protection frameworks, approvals and risk-mitigation strategy.
View practice details →International commercial agreements
Governing law, jurisdiction, arbitration, currency, tax, sanctions and performance terms for cross-border contracts.
View practice details →International sale of goods and commodities
Contracts for goods, equipment, agricultural products and commodities, including Incoterms and documentary controls.
View practice details →Import, export and customs law
Classification, valuation, origin, licences, procedures, preferences, evidence and dispute coordination.
View practice details →Sanctions, export controls and restricted-party risk
Screening frameworks, contractual protections, escalation procedures and transaction-specific risk review.
View practice details →Regional trade and African market access
Legal coordination for regional economic communities, trade corridors, cross-border services and market-entry requirements.
View practice details →International agency, distribution and franchising
Territorial rights, compliance, IP, performance, payment, competition and termination structures.
View practice details →State-investor and development agreements
Structuring and review of investment, concession, stabilisation, implementation and public-private commitments.
View practice details →Recognition and enforcement of foreign decisions
Strategy and local-counsel coordination for foreign judgments, awards, interim orders and security measures.
View practice details →Comparative law and multi-country legal research
Structured research matrices that compare requirements, identify decision points and guide local-law workstreams.
View practice details →Public and administrative law
Advice coordination on public authority, administrative decision-making, procedures, duties and legal challenge.
View practice details →Legislative, regulatory and policy research
Comparative research, issue papers, drafting instructions and implementation-focused policy design.
View practice details →Regulatory and licensing frameworks
Design or review of mandates, licences, obligations, inspections, sanctions, appeals and reporting systems.
View practice details →Public procurement law
Planning, tender documents, evaluation governance, award controls, contract formation and procurement challenge support.
View practice details →Public-private partnerships and concessions
Project structuring, risk allocation, procurement, concession terms, performance and public-interest safeguards.
View practice details →State-owned enterprise governance
Board mandates, shareholder oversight, delegations, integrity controls and commercial-governance frameworks.
View practice details →Public contracts and national programmes
Contract architecture, milestones, payment, audit evidence, change control and delivery-accountability mechanisms.
View practice details →Public finance and contract transparency
Commitment controls, contract registers, payment evidence, oversight and legally grounded transparency mechanisms.
View practice details →Integrity, anti-fraud and conflicts controls
Declarations, screening, recusal, whistleblowing, investigations and public-integrity frameworks.
View practice details →Infrastructure and strategic programme oversight
Legal governance for complex portfolios, permits, land, contractors, finance, reporting and dispute prevention.
View practice details →Government claims and administrative disputes
Early assessment, records, negotiation, review, litigation or arbitration coordination and remedial action.
View practice details →Legal operating models and institutional capacity
Legal-function design, matter intake, legislative registers, templates, training and digital control.
View practice details →Dispute avoidance and early-case assessment
Rapid issue framing, contractual analysis, evidence preservation, options, exposure and resolution pathways.
View practice details →Claims and entitlement strategy
Structured assessment of rights, causation, quantum, notice, records and negotiation position.
View practice details →Commercial negotiation and settlement
Preparation, authority matrices, negotiation strategy, term sheets, releases and controlled implementation.
View practice details →Mediation and facilitated resolution
Confidential process design, party preparation, settlement architecture and mediator coordination.
View practice details →Domestic litigation coordination
Pleadings and evidence support, timetable control, local-counsel coordination, reporting and settlement strategy.
View practice details →International commercial arbitration
Clause analysis, tribunal and counsel coordination, evidence, experts, submissions, hearings and award strategy.
View practice details →Investor-state dispute support
Treaty and contract analysis, factual development, government interface and specialist-counsel coordination.
View practice details →OHADA and CCJA dispute coordination
Regional business-law dispute strategy and coordination with lawyers authorised for the relevant forum.
View practice details →Energy, construction and infrastructure disputes
Claims, delay, disruption, variation, quality, payment and performance-dispute support.
View practice details →Emergency and interim-relief coordination
Urgent evidence preservation, asset, injunction, security and status-quo strategy with local counsel.
View practice details →Recognition, enforcement and recovery
Asset, jurisdiction and procedural strategy for awards, judgments and negotiated obligations.
View practice details →International conflict resolution and peacebuilding support
Research, stakeholder mapping, dialogue design and legally informed support for institutional or cross-border conflict.
View practice details →Community and workplace conflict resolution
Accessible grievance, dialogue, mediation and remedy processes designed to protect relationships and rights.
View practice details →Enterprise compliance frameworks
Risk-based codes, policies, governance, control ownership, training, monitoring and reporting.
View practice details →Anti-bribery and anti-corruption
Risk assessment, gifts and hospitality, third parties, approvals, books-and-records and remediation controls.
View practice details →AML and counter-terrorist-financing coordination
Risk frameworks, customer and partner due diligence, escalation, records and licensed-specialist coordination.
View practice details →Sanctions, PEP and restricted-party screening
Screening rules, ownership review, escalation, contractual controls and transaction risk decisions.
View practice details →Whistleblowing and speak-up systems
Channels, non-retaliation, triage, independence, confidentiality, investigation and reporting procedures.
View practice details →Internal and regulatory investigations
Investigation plans, evidence protocols, interviews, factual findings, privilege coordination and remediation.
View practice details →Third-party integrity and due diligence
Risk-tiering, onboarding, ownership, reputation, sanctions, conflicts, contracting and continuous monitoring.
View practice details →Competition and antitrust compliance
Commercial-practice review, information exchange, distribution, tendering and competition-risk training.
View practice details →Licences, permits, inspections and regulatory response
Obligation registers, evidence readiness, inspections, notices, corrective action and regulator engagement.
View practice details →Codes of conduct, ethics and conflicts
Clear standards, declarations, recusal, outside interests, decision rights and disciplinary interfaces.
View practice details →Fraud and misconduct response
Immediate containment, evidence preservation, investigation, reporting, recovery and control improvement.
View practice details →Remediation, monitoring and independent review
Action plans, accountability, testing, dashboards, board reporting and sustainable closure.
View practice details →Digital compliance registers and evidence systems
ERP-enabled obligation, permit, policy, training, incident and audit-evidence management.
View practice details →Employment contracts and workplace policies
Locally appropriate employment terms, handbooks, codes, confidentiality, IP and workplace standards.
View practice details →Workforce mobilisation and onboarding
Hiring, documentation, medical and certification interfaces, induction, data and legal-readiness controls.
View practice details →Restructuring, redundancy and workforce change
Planning, consultation, selection, notices, benefits, documentation and dispute-risk reduction.
View practice details →Discipline, grievance and performance management
Fair procedures, investigations, hearings, decisions, appeals and defensible records.
View practice details →Collective labour relations
Union, employee-representative, collective agreement, consultation and industrial-relations support.
View practice details →Contractor workforce and labour-supply arrangements
Worker status, supplier obligations, supervision, HSE, pay, rotation and liability allocation.
View practice details →Immigration, visas and work permits
Process coordination, document readiness, mobility planning and compliance with authorised immigration advisers.
View practice details →Executive employment, incentives and exits
Senior appointments, duties, remuneration, retention, restrictive covenants, succession and separation.
View practice details →Workplace investigations and safeguarding
Independent fact-finding for harassment, discrimination, retaliation, misconduct and duty-of-care concerns.
View practice details →Local-content workforce programmes
National hiring, training, succession, reporting and contractor-workforce participation frameworks.
View practice details →Employment disputes and settlement
Early assessment, negotiation, mediation, release terms and litigation coordination.
View practice details →HR legal operations and workforce data
Template libraries, case workflows, policy registers, reporting, privacy and HR-system controls.
View practice details →Technology procurement and contracting
Requirements, service levels, implementation, acceptance, security, data, IP, warranties and exit terms.
View practice details →Digital transformation and ERP legal support
Programme governance, vendor contracts, data migration, process design, controls and deployment readiness.
View practice details →Responsible AI governance
Use-case approval, human authority, explainability, data rights, model risk, monitoring and accountability.
View practice details →Privacy and data-protection compliance
Data mapping, lawful processing, notices, rights, retention, transfers, vendors and breach response.
View practice details →Cybersecurity readiness and incident response
Governance, contractual readiness, response plans, evidence, notification and specialist coordination.
View practice details →Data-sharing and processing agreements
Purpose, roles, security, localisation, retention, transfer, audit and incident obligations.
View practice details →Electronic signatures and digital records
Authority, identity, evidential integrity, retention and workflow controls for digital transactions.
View practice details →Software, database and content ownership
Development, licensing, assignment, open-source, escrow, confidentiality and commercialisation terms.
View practice details →Fintech, payments and platform terms
User terms, partner contracts, risk allocation, consumer protection and regulatory coordination.
View practice details →Telecommunications and ICT regulation
Licensing, access, infrastructure, spectrum, service, data and regulator-engagement support.
View practice details →Outsourcing, cloud and managed services
Service governance, resilience, subcontracting, data, audit, continuity and transition protections.
View practice details →E-discovery, legal holds and digital evidence
Preservation, collection, access, chain-of-custody and review governance for disputes and investigations.
View practice details →Land, title, leases and property rights
Due diligence, acquisition, lease, easement, access, registration and property-risk coordination.
View practice details →Construction and FIDIC-based contracts
Procurement strategy, bespoke or standard-form contracts, amendments, securities and risk allocation.
View practice details →Planning, permits and project approvals
Approval maps, application coordination, conditions, compliance registers and regulator interface.
View practice details →PPP, concession and infrastructure agreements
Public-private structures, risk, finance, performance, step-in, handback and public-interest provisions.
View practice details →Tendering and project procurement
Tender strategy, instructions, evaluation governance, clarifications, award and contract formation.
View practice details →Contractor and subcontractor arrangements
Flow-down terms, scope, payment, HSE, quality, schedule, security, insurance and remedies.
View practice details →Change orders, delay, disruption and claims
Notice, records, entitlement, causation, quantum, negotiation and dispute escalation.
View practice details →Real-estate development and investment
Acquisition, development, financing, leasing, operation, sale and joint-venture coordination.
View practice details →Environmental, social, land and resettlement interfaces
Permits, stakeholder processes, compensation, commitments, grievances and remedy frameworks.
View practice details →Hospitality, facilities and property operations
Management, service, maintenance, concession, occupancy and operational-compliance agreements.
View practice details →Project-finance legal coordination
Due diligence, project contracts, security package, conditions and lender-interface support.
View practice details →Completion, handover and close-out
Acceptance, defects, warranties, documents, final accounts, releases and operational transfer.
View practice details →Corporate and acquisition finance
Facility, investment, guarantee, covenant, conditions and closing support for corporate transactions.
View practice details →Banking, lending and security documents
Loan, guarantee, pledge, charge, account, intercreditor and security-perfection coordination.
View practice details →Project and infrastructure finance
Project contracts, risk allocation, security, direct agreements, conditions and lender due diligence.
View practice details →Trade and supply-chain finance
Letters of credit, guarantees, receivables, inventory, documentary and payment-risk structures.
View practice details →Capital raising and private investment
Term sheets, subscriptions, shareholder rights, disclosure, due diligence and closing.
View practice details →Financial-services regulation
Licensing, governance, conduct, outsourcing, consumer, reporting and regulator-engagement coordination.
View practice details →Fintech, payments and money-transfer legal support
Business-model review, partner terms, customer terms, compliance and regulatory workstreams.
View practice details →Tax-law structuring and dispute coordination
Legal analysis coordinated with qualified tax professionals for transactions, compliance and disputes.
View practice details →Petroleum and natural-resource taxation
Contract, fiscal-term, assessment, audit and dispute support with sector tax specialists.
View practice details →VAT and indirect-tax legal coordination
Contract treatment, invoicing, exemptions, evidence, recovery and dispute workstreams.
View practice details →Customs, tariffs and trade remedies
Classification, valuation, origin, duty, exemptions, evidence, audits and appeal coordination.
View practice details →Debt recovery, restructuring and insolvency
Demand, security, settlement, restructuring, enforcement and insolvency-process coordination.
View practice details →Trademark strategy and portfolio coordination
Clearance, filing, renewal, use, coexistence, licensing and enforcement through authorised agents.
View practice details →Copyright and content rights
Ownership, permissions, assignments, licensing, attribution, digital use and infringement response.
View practice details →Patent and industrial-design coordination
Invention capture, specialist-agent instruction, filing strategy, ownership and commercialisation support.
View practice details →Trade secrets and confidentiality
Information classification, NDAs, access controls, employee duties and incident response.
View practice details →IP licensing, franchising and commercialisation
Territory, field, royalties, quality, audit, improvements, sublicensing and termination.
View practice details →Brand protection and anti-counterfeit strategy
Monitoring, marketplace, customs, evidence, takedown and enforcement coordination.
View practice details →Media, advertising and communications law
Campaign claims, endorsements, permissions, defamation, promotions and publication review.
View practice details →Domain names, websites and digital content
Ownership, terms, content rights, takedowns, impersonation and online-brand control.
View practice details →IP due diligence and transaction support
Portfolio ownership, licences, encumbrances, disputes, gaps and transaction protections.
View practice details →Employee, contractor and joint-development IP
Invention assignment, work product, background IP, improvements, confidentiality and exit obligations.
View practice details →Family-enterprise governance
Family councils, decision rights, information, employment, dividends, conflict and continuity frameworks.
View practice details →Business and ownership succession
Leadership, ownership, transfer, valuation, funding, tax and continuity planning.
View practice details →Wills, estates and probate coordination
Instruction, asset mapping, document coordination and local-law administration support.
View practice details →Trusts, foundations and holding structures
Purpose, governance, control, beneficiaries and multi-jurisdiction adviser coordination.
View practice details →Family constitutions and shareholder arrangements
Values, roles, ownership rules, liquidity, exits, deadlock and dispute resolution.
View practice details →Matrimonial and property-law coordination
Private, business and property implications coordinated with authorised family-law counsel.
View practice details →Private investment and asset structuring
Holding, governance, risk, confidentiality and adviser coordination for private assets.
View practice details →Philanthropy, foundations and charitable initiatives
Purpose, formation, governance, funding, controls and impact arrangements.
View practice details →Residency, citizenship and family mobility coordination
Legal process management with appropriately authorised immigration and private-client advisers.
View practice details →Family, inheritance and shareholder disputes
Early assessment, confidential negotiation, mediation and formal dispute coordination.
View practice details →Private-client legal coordination
One controlled point of contact across corporate, property, tax, immigration, estate and dispute workstreams.
View practice details →ESG governance and legal-risk frameworks
Board oversight, policies, responsibilities, risk registers, disclosures and implementation controls.
View practice details →Human-rights due diligence
Impact identification, stakeholder input, prevention, mitigation, tracking, communication and remedy.
View practice details →Modern slavery, forced-labour and child-labour controls
Supplier standards, due diligence, contracting, monitoring, escalation and remediation.
View practice details →Environmental compliance and liability
Permit, waste, pollution, restoration, incident, reporting and contractor-obligation support.
View practice details →Community engagement and stakeholder governance
Engagement plans, authority, commitments, records, inclusion and escalation processes.
View practice details →Land, resettlement and livelihood interfaces
Rights, consultation, compensation, livelihood restoration, grievance and implementation coordination.
View practice details →Community development agreements
Negotiation, governance, funding, milestones, reporting, accountability and dispute resolution.
View practice details →Local content and supplier development
Contractual commitments, national participation, capability transfer, measurement and reporting.
View practice details →Supplier ESG and responsible sourcing
Standards, due diligence, contractual controls, audits, corrective action and performance management.
View practice details →Corporate responsibility and social-impact programmes
Governance, partner agreements, funding controls, safeguards and impact evidence.
View practice details →NGO, nonprofit and association law coordination
Formation, governance, grants, employment, partnerships, compliance and programme contracting.
View practice details →Grievance, remedy and community dispute resolution
Accessible channels, investigation, dialogue, remedy, learning and escalation.
View practice details →Fractional and outsourced general counsel
Executive-level legal coordination, priorities, board support, risk decisions and specialist instruction.
View practice details →Retained day-to-day advisory
Responsive support for contracts, governance, employment, compliance and recurring business questions.
View practice details →Legal research, memoranda and opinion support
Structured issue analysis, sources, assumptions, options and supervised work product.
View practice details →Contract lifecycle and obligation management
Intake, templates, approvals, signature, obligations, renewals, performance and records.
View practice details →Legal-department operating model
Mandate, roles, services, intake, triage, workflows, decision rights, metrics and resourcing.
View practice details →Matter, budget and external-counsel management
Matter plans, budgets, instructions, status, invoices, outcomes and panel governance.
View practice details →Board and company-secretarial support
Calendars, agendas, papers, resolutions, minutes, actions and statutory-record coordination.
View practice details →Due-diligence and data-room support
Request lists, indexing, review, issue logs, Q&A, evidence and transaction coordination.
View practice details →Templates, clause libraries and playbooks
Approved documents, fallback positions, guidance, authority levels and self-service tools.
View practice details →Legal technology, ERP and knowledge systems
Matter, contract, compliance, document, evidence and knowledge workflow design.
View practice details →Training and legal-literacy programmes
Practical workshops for boards, managers, contract owners, suppliers, employees and communities.
View practice details →JD-trained legal analysis and project support
Research, drafting, issue spotting and matter coordination performed within defined supervision and practice rules.
View practice details →PRACTICE GROUPS
Explore the complete legal platform.
Corporate, Commercial & Governance12 services · Build, govern, transact and grow with legal structures that protect enterprise value without slowing the business.Oil, Gas, Energy & Natural Resources13 services · Legal support for upstream, midstream, downstream, power and natural-resource operations—from award and mobilisation to production, claims and close-out.International Law, Trade & Investment12 services · Cross-border legal coordination for investment, trade, market entry, international contracting and enforcement.Government, Public & Administrative Law12 services · Legal, regulatory and governance support for ministries, agencies, public enterprises, national programmes and private parties engaging government.Disputes, Arbitration & International Conflict Resolution13 services · Commercially disciplined dispute prevention, negotiation, mediation, arbitration support and conflict-resolution strategy.Regulatory, Compliance & Investigations13 services · Turn laws, licences, policies and integrity expectations into practical controls, evidence and accountable action.Employment, Labour & Immigration12 services · Workforce legal support from hiring and mobilisation to performance, restructuring, immigration and exit.Technology, AI, Data & Cyber12 services · Legal frameworks for digital transformation, AI, enterprise systems, privacy, cybersecurity and technology transactions.Infrastructure, Construction, Real Estate & Projects12 services · End-to-end legal support for land, construction, infrastructure, facilities and complex capital projects.Banking, Finance, Tax & Customs Legal12 services · Legal coordination for funding, security, trade finance, tax, customs, financial regulation and recovery.Intellectual Property, Media & Brand Protection10 services · Protect the brands, content, technology, know-how and reputation that differentiate the enterprise.Private Clients, Family Enterprise & Succession11 services · Discreet legal coordination for founders, families, private assets, succession, governance and intergenerational continuity.ESG, Human Rights & Community Impact12 services · Legal frameworks for responsible operations, human rights, environmental commitments, local content and community relationships.Legal Operations, Research & Outsourced General Counsel12 services · Flexible legal-function capacity, disciplined research and technology-enabled legal operations for organisations that need more control.
ENGAGEMENT OPTIONS
From one urgent question to an outsourced legal function.
Matter-specific instruction
A defined transaction, contract, investigation, dispute, project or legal question with agreed scope and deliverables.
Discuss this model →Retained legal support
Ongoing access for recurring commercial, corporate, employment, compliance and operational matters.
Discuss this model →Fractional general counsel
Senior legal leadership, matter prioritisation, board support and specialist coordination without a full permanent department.
Discuss this model →Project legal workstream
Embedded legal governance for market entry, ERP, infrastructure, procurement, energy or transformation programmes.
Discuss this model →Multi-country coordination
One controlled workstream coordinating appropriately authorised lawyers and specialists across jurisdictions.
Discuss this model →Community and institutional programme
Legal literacy, governance, conflict resolution, grievance or capability support under defined eligibility and funding.
Discuss this model →Professional scope: The inclusion of a topic in this portfolio does not mean that every matter can be accepted or delivered directly. BESONG Law confirms conflicts, jurisdiction, admission requirements, specialist needs, scope and written terms before work begins.