The expertise of our consultants
– Relevant previous work in all areas of our expertise
– Extensive experience in assisting companies with customs controls and disputes;
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Zoll & Legal Experience
Since 2013, Zoll & Legal has supported numerous multinational and local companies in Africa and beyond. We work completely independently on our missions
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The Prerogatives of the CAEMC (CEMAC)-Approved
Customs Expert
The Managing Partner of Zoll & Legal is a Customs Expert accredited by the
Central Africa Economic and Monetary Community (CAEMC)
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About us
Zoll & Legal is a consultancy firm specialized in Customs, Foreign Exchange (financial relations with foreign countries) and Corporate restructuring Investments, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Business Law, Amicable recovery of debts from African States, International trade and community law in Africa.
Since 2013, we have been providing advice and assistance to numerous multinational corporations, international organizations, and local companies in these areas of expertise. Our services include Consultancy, Auditing, Assistance, Training, and legal lobbying.
All our services incorporate local content and are delivered based on established methodologies, ensuring top-notch professional advice. Zoll & Legal relies on its network of internal and external consultants, with solid international, national and African experience, to support its clients in their objectives of secure growth. Its activities with its foreign partners enhances its professional base.
Why choose Zoll & Legal ?
In our Opinions, Audit Reports, Compliance Plans, Contentious Recourse Projects, Due Diligence, Technical Files, Business restructuring, Training Materials, etc., we ensure that each risk of the logistics and customs chain, of international trade or investment is understood and processed in accordance with the most technically and scientifically appropriate techniques and expertise, in accordance with best practices
Our expertise
Zoll & Legal has developed significant expertise in the fields in which we operate. We provide comprehensive legal and business advisory services, specializing in business law, customs and foreign exchange regulations and litigation, investment strategies, corporate restructuring, community law and the AfCFTA, both prior to and following their import and export operations, investments, restructurings, amicable debt recovery from governments, as well as tools for optimizing and securing their activities in line with current regulations.
We also leverage our extensive experience in customs auditing, foreign exchange auditing, legal audits, and due diligence for investments and corporate restructurings, to protect our clients both proactively and reactively against investment risks, as well as risks related to customs and foreign exchange violations to which they may be exposed.
For clients with an annual customs or foreign exchange assistance contract, we offer 24/7 service. Our assistance involves performing the services listed in the subscription contract upon any verbal or written request.
For clients without an annual assistance contract, our team is available once the general terms of our intervention have been established.
Assistance in customs, foreign exchanges controls and litigations
Zoll & Legal has developed significant expertise in handling customs controls and disputes in Africa.
Legal and customs advice
One of our main activities is to advise our clients on Business law, Customs and Foreign exchange law,..
Assistance with international conventions: Negotiation, Drafting, Conclusion, Updating and Amicable execution
Business practice requires the use of a fairly varied typology of Agreements which must intervene…
Assistance in obtaining Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Status in the AfCFTA States
Leveraging its extensive experience in international trade facilitation measures, Zoll & Legal has established a dedicated assistance..
Training and Certification in customs techniques, foreign exchange
In order to enable you to be up to date with the best practices and techniques applicable to your operations and transactions, Zoll & Legal assists you in training
Customs Optimization of Software transactions
The Zoll & Legal Customs Software Optimization Business Unit (ZL SOBU) is our business unit dedicated to assisting clients with the acquisition of software and IT solutions from external sources.
INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE
Our team in charge of M.I.C.E. dedicated to investments supports you in all stages relating to your investment project:
ASSISTANCE IN INVESTMENT AND INTRA-AFRICAN TRADE (AfCFTA)
In the area of investment and intra-African trade (AfCFTA), Zoll & Legal offers expertise through legal and technical assistance in four key areas:
Word from the Managing Partner
The international context is marked by crises that have direct repercussions on the African continent and, for the most part, require African states and regional organizations to adopt a paradigm shift: the COVID-19 health crisis,
Our Firm
Zoll & Legal is a Limited Liability Company (LLC) of International Consultants specialized in Customs, Exchange (Financial relations with foreigners), Investments, Business Law
Our Team
In addition to its professional Consultants, Zoll & Legal is made of Associated- Consultant, experts who have had extensive professional experience in Foreign Exchange (financial relations with foreigners),
Our clients
We have assisted multinationals, subsidiaries, international organizations, local businesses, etc. operating in the following sectors:
Tribute to Pr. Antoine Joachim Oliviera
It was in 2012, during a trip to Abidjan, that I met Prof. Antoine Joachim Oliviera, then President of the CCJA. From the very first moment of contact, I was struck by the particular form of humility that emanated from this great man. Until then, I had only seen the qualities that emanated from him in one of the African intellectuals I had known: Pr. Paul- Gérard Pougoué.
Tribute to Pr. Paul- Gérard POUGOUÉ
Appointed member of the teaching staff of higher education establishments in August 1977, he taught and lectured numerous times in several universities and higher education institutes in Cameroon, Africa, France and America, in various areas of law:
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Why choose Zoll & Legal?
Since 2013, Zoll & Legal has supported numerous multinational and local companies in Africa and beyond. We work completely independently on our missions and in close collaboration with our clients.
In our Opinions, Audit Reports, Compliance Plans, Litigation Projects, Due Diligence, Technical Files, Training Materials, etc., we ensure that each risk in the logistics and customs chain, international trade or the investment is understood and processed in accordance with the most technically and scientifically appropriate techniques and expertise, in accordance with best practices.
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