C.L.K.A. has a strong focus on acting for international clients in a range of mandates across Francophone Africa. The firm has extensive experience in providing advisory services, and is equally adept at handling contentious matters. The practice is led by Lassiney Kathann Camara, who has an excellent reputation for assisting with a wide spectrum of corporate and commercial matters. Eloi Kouakou Yao‘s workload includes public procurement issues. Managing associate Isabelle Niamkey, who leads the litigation team, has particular expertise in insolvency and asset recovery cases.

ASAFO & CO. RCI is well known for drawing on the firm's wider network to handle a range of matters across West Africa. The Ivorian team often works in tandem with the Paris and Casablanca offices to assist with mandates in the Ivorian, Senegalese and Sierra Leonean legal markets. Practice co-head Yacouba Coulibaly is a banking and finance specialist, and is advising the Ivorian government on structuring CDC CI Capital, a long-term investment vehicle. Practice co-head Daye Kaba fields extensive expertise in commercial law and corporate finance matters. Didier Boua Doux and Karamoko Fadiga have left the firm.

Bennani & Associés' Ivorian office leverages the firm's wider presence across the continent, especially in North Africa and Francophone Africa, to provide legal advice to a solid client base of international corporations. The group is also adept at handling financial sector matters within the Ivorian market. Assemian Faustin Kouakou leads the team, and has an excellent reputation for advising international entities on acquisitions of Ivorian businesses, as well as assisting with commercial matters.

Soro, Bako & Associés provides advice to clients across Francophone Africa, particularly in Burkina Faso and Senegal, on a wide range of matters, and counts restructuring work as a key pillar of strength. The team has also been kept busy handling acquisitions and litigation in the construction and transport sectors. Adama Soro focuses on infrastructure and energy law issues; he co-heads the practice with Athanase Bako, who brings expertise in commercial and maritime transport law, as well as advising on customs litigation.

ADNA's Ivorian office draws on the firm's presence across North Africa to advise financial institutions and corporations on investments in the domestic market, as well as more broadly in areas across the OHADA region. Recent work for the group includes assisting NAS Ivoire Holdings with its IPO and listing on the WAMU Regional Stock Exchange. The team is led by Sydney Domoraud, who specialises in handling corporate and financial transactions in the energy, mining, and infrastructure sectors.