Bloomberg Law
Aug. 3, 2017, 1:58 PM UTC

Dentons New Africa CEO Lays Out Firm Strategy

Max Siegelbaum

Big Law continues its expansion into Africa. Legal giant Dentons has designated Africa as an individual region within the firm, signifying its confidence in the continent’s corporate legal market. Newly minted chief executive officer Noor Kapdi will head the region, which split from Dentons’ Middle East & Africa region.

Kapdi started practicing law in Apartheid-era South Africa. Blacklisted from commercial law firms for his support of the resistance movement, he had to work his way through a legal climate hampered by tense politics and U.N. Sanctions.

His firm KapdiTwala was renamed Dentons when it joined the firm’s network several years ...

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