French business law firm sets its sights on Cameroon

Recently, the French law firm Lefèvre Pelletier & Associés (LPA), specialised in business law, officially announced having opened a branch in Douala, the Cameroonian economic capital, as well as a local branch in Yaoundé the capital of the country.

The LPA office in Cameroon, which has five lawyers, is led by Yves Moukory Eyoum, who previously worked for the financial audit firm EY (Ernst and Young). The Douala branch is the first bureau that this French law firm opens in sub-Saharan Africa, and the 3rd in Africa, after Algiers and Casablanca.

LPA is the 2nd internationally active business law firm to establish itself in Cameroon in less than a year. Indeed, in September 2015, Centurion Law Group announced the opening of a branch in Douala, with the ambition of providing services in areas such as arbitration, commercial disputes, corporate law, taxation and contract negotiation.