Dentons - South Africa Newsletter

The requirement to register BEE transactions

August 29, 2016

On 6 June 2016, the South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) published, with immediate effect, Regulations to the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003 (BEE Act). The Regulations aim to monitor compliance with broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE) by requiring major BEE transactions to be registered with the newly established BEE Commission. In this article, we set out the registration requirements and consider the implications of not registering a transaction as well as steps that may be taken to mitigate against such risk.

5 things to know about PPPs in Senegal

August 29, 2016

Dentons would like to thank Louisa Gibbs from Geni & Kebe for this month’s contribution to the Africa section of the Dentons SA Newsletter. Louisa discusses the current momentum of PPPs in Senegal, on the westernmost tip of Africa.

Trump and Clinton on energy and environmental policy

August 1, 2016

The 2016 US presidential nominees' starkly different views on energy and environmental policy reflect the growing divide between Republicans and Democrats on these issues.