Who we are

AF LEGAL is a full commercial service law firm with its main offices in Dakar (Senegal). The firm offers to local and international companies, banks, and investment funds as well as public entities, multidisciplinary legal assistance and accessible, innovative and customized services. AF LEGAL is also distinguished by its responsiveness to the assignments entrusted to it and its ability to manage in a transversal manner the thorniest issues at the intersection of the major branches of business law.

The firm practices domestic and international law and our team is competent in both advisory and litigation matters, with a perfect knowledge of the practice of business law in Senegal and internationally. Our areas of practice include, among others, the following:

• Maritime Law and International Trade
• Energy and Natural Ressources
• Banking, Finance and Insurance
• International Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Sovereign Debt management and restructuration
• International Transport
• OHADA and Sports Law
• Sustainable development: Environment, Climat and Human Rights
• International Investment
• Digital Innovation

The firm’s international operations and activities are structured around Africa Law Alliance (ALA), a platform of selected independent law firms from West & Central African countries. Members of the Alliance include law firms from Cape Verde, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Niger, Togo, Mali, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Mauritania and Senegal. The overarching objective of the Alliance is to provide both domestic and foreign business entities and investors with a full and integrated range of legal, business and tax services across the west and central African region.