Founded to meet the growing arbitration needs of business in Africa, Nkafu Arbitration Services (NAS) is a consultancy created to provide a dedicated portal through which all arbitration-related issues can be resolved. As necessary, we draw upon the experience of arbitration practitioners that all share one thing in common: a genuine expertise in advising clients working in Africa. We are a boutique consultancy that provides senior-led, strategic & commercial advice to help our clients achieve their objectives. We work with a carefully selected list of consultants to give our clients access to legal advice when needed, whether reviewing contracts, assessing risk, pursuing/defending legal rights or achieving settlement.
Primarily a disputes-focussed consultancy, NAS and its consultants advise clients across the full spectrum of arbitration needs. The team can advise long before a dispute occurs – working with our clients to consider arbitration clauses in contracts, assisting them to foresee and manage risk and providing them with strategic input when a dispute may be on the horizon. And, of course, that team excels in representing our clients in arbitration and related proceedings. Few Africa-based firms can demonstrate the breadth and depth of the arbitration expertise and services of NAS and its consultants. Nor can any firm rival our dedication to being Africa’s leading arbitration consultancy.
Led by dual-qualified (English and Cameroonian Bars) arbitration specialist, Julius Nkafu, NAS works with carefully selected London- and Africa-based practitioners that all share the same value: to passionately deliver dedicated and bespoke advisory and legal services across the African markets. Working with our consultants in this way, our joint expertise covers both commercial and investment arbitration and includes arbitration-related matters such as award enforcement or challenge before any local courts.
We are not just consultants. We understand doing business in Africa and so offer a strategic nous that sets us apart amongst our competitors. We are perfectly placed to service the arbitration market that is growing exponentially across the continent. Whether you are an investor or corporate doing business in Africa, a Government or state entity partnering with multinationals or an indigenous African business or individual working on or across the continent, NAS can help you to achieve your commercial objectives when it comes to dispute and risk management. When legal advice or representation is also required, NAS can turn to its panel of consultants.
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