Legal and customs advice
One of our main activities is to advise our clients on Business law, Customs and Foreign exchange law, Investment, Community law and the AfCFTA rules, before and after their import and export operations, investment as well as amicable debt recovery. We also offer guidance on tools for optimizing and securing their activities in compliance with current regulations.
Likewise, we leverage our extensive experience in customs audits, foreign exchange audits, legal audits, and investment due diligence to protect clients from customs and foreign exchange violations and investment risks. Our goal is to offer both preventive and corrective measures to safeguard their interests against the risks of investments and the risks of customs and foreign exchange violations to which they are exposed.
In case of difficulties arising from non-compliance with Customs, Tax, or Legal regulations, whether due to accidental issues or lack of knowledge, we are at your disposal to assist you in preparing, managing and defending your case with customs authorities, judicial bodies and parity instances, including both bilateral and jurisdictional as well as national and community institutions.
We support you in reviewing your public-private partnerships aimed at facilitating trade, including the application of methods to reduce obstacles likely to hinder your international commercial activities within the AfCFTA area. Likewise, all our know-how in the amicable recovery of your debts from African States is at your disposal.
Our team of consultants brings extensive experience in these matters to ensure you receive high-quality assistance, taking into account risk management rules, conflicts of interest, the specific needs of your business, and the latest regulatory and jurisprudential developments.
Zoll & Legal will be pleased to assist you with:
- Legal, Customs and Foreign exchange Advice
- Customs Audit, Exchange Regulation Audit and Legal Audit
- Drafting Advance decisions requests
- Preparing strategic arguments and technical documentation required for various customs, exchange, and legal procedures
- Providing advice on your specific case and identifying potential risks
- Obtaining economic and incentive customs and investment regimes
- Preparing investment project proposals
- Developing Investment Compliance Plans for African States
- Planning for amicable debt recovery from States
- Etc.
Furthermore, we assist our clients in implementing procedures that allow them to make the most of existing customs and investment simplifications as well as incentive measures. We support you in preparing the necessary correspondence and documentation, utilizing all applicable instruments to effectively optimize and secure your interests.
Corporate Restructuring Advisory : At Zoll & Legal, we provide strategic guidance to support your business through complex restructuring processes. Our goal is to help you reorganize, reform, and revitalize your company by reshaping internal structures and optimizing operational frameworks.
Our assistance covers a wide range of restructuring activities, including:
- Mergers and consolidations
- Asset transfers and divestitures
- Organizational structure redesign
With proven experience in corporate restructuring, we offer support in the following areas:
- Strategic advisory
- Negotiation of terms
- Drafting and review of legal documentation (corporate secretarial services, etc.)
- Compliance and due diligence
- Stakeholder alignment and communication
We begin by conducting a thorough assessment of your current situation, identifying potential risks, and proposing effective mitigation strategies.
Our Restructuring Plan outlines targeted actions, required resources, timelines, and clearly defined responsibilities. We also assist in designing a communication strategy to ensure transparent stakeholder engagement throughout the process.
Zoll & Legal ensures that every phase of the restructuring is implemented with precision, supported by continuous monitoring and agile adjustments based on real-time feedback and measurable outcomes.
In the field of Corporate Governance, Zoll & Legal benefits from extensive experience developed under the leadership of its Managing Partner, whose Ph.D. dissertation, defended in 2007, focused on “Corporate Executives.” Our team has had the privilege of advising numerous corporate boards on these matters, including those of Standard Chartered Bank, Banque Atlantique, among others.