First International Law Firm Enters Juba Pan-African legal services provider Centurion Law Group has signed a strategic alliance agreement with South Sudanese law firm Awatkeer Law Chambers.Centurion is the first international law firm to establish a presence in Juba.
18 April 2017 JUBA, 18 April 2017 [Gurtong]- The partnership, signed on April 10, allows the firms to pool their collective networks, skills and expertise to serve businesses, government and non-governmental organizations in South Sudan. The agreement also includes training of South Sudanese lawyers using Centurion’s cutting edge legal technology platforms, as well as a joint marketing initiative.Through this strategic alliance Centurion is the first international law firm to offer a full suite of legal services in South Sudan with local and international lawyers, combining the established local presence and network of Awatkeer with Centurion’s pan-African reach and respected energy practice group. “We’re excited and proud to enter this new alliance with reputable Pan African brand like Centurion Law Group,” said Anuol Deng Kuoreng, Managing Partner of Awatkeer Law Chambers. “South Sudan’s economic potential is huge, and it’s through partnerships like this that we can advance a pro-business agenda in our young nation. Quality legal services put us on an equal footing with neighboring East African countries and help us attract much needed investment.” Centurion Law Group is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with offices in Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Mauritius, and Ghana. Awatkeer Law Chambers was established in 2012 and has 17 lawyers based in Juba, South Sudan. Starting immediately, the firms will work together to bid on viable projects with prospective government, private sector and NGO clients. Posted in: Home, Business- See more at: http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ID/20388/Default.aspx#sthash.xWGQ2PVg.dpuf -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oq9V8YV%3DwNAOzpREB2ZTZa36FUeDHE5%3DwOy0Bgj%2BFT4KQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
