Our legal team

A consortium of motivated
advocates and solicitors

Our team is composed of seasoned lawyers and consultants who are not just experts in law, but professionals with a strong background in business and technology. We are accessible, transparent and tenacious advocates for our clients.

Bar. Fonju Bernard

Founder & Managing Partner

Bar. Fonju Bernard founded Fonju Law Firm on a simple conviction: that specialised legal services deliver superior results. He leads the firm's corporate and commercial practice, advising local and international businesses on structuring, governance, investment and regulatory strategy across the CEMAC region. He has built a particular reputation in iGaming and digital gaming consultancy, an area where regulation in Central Africa is moving faster than most operators can follow.

  • Corporate & Commercial Law
  • iGaming & Betting Regulation
  • Investments & Securities
  • English / French
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Partner — Dispute Resolution

Partner, Litigation & Arbitration

Leads the firm's contentious practice, appearing before the Courts of First Instance, High Courts, Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court, and acting as counsel in CCJA and ad hoc arbitrations.

  • Litigation & Settlements
  • Arbitration & ADR
  • Bankruptcy & Insolvency
  • English / French
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Senior Associate — Corporate

Senior Associate, Corporate & Finance

Advises banks, borrowers and corporate clients on financing, security packages, company formation and cross-border transactions in the OHADA space.

  • Banking & Finance
  • Corporate & Commercial Law
  • Tax & Customs
  • English / French
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Associate — IP & Technology

Associate, Intellectual Property & Technology

Handles OAPI trade mark and design filings, technology contracting, data protection compliance and enforcement against counterfeiting.

  • Intellectual Property
  • Technology, Data & Telecoms
  • Media, Sports & Creative Industry
  • English / French
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Our philosophy

We understand your business before we advise on it

Legal advice given without commercial understanding is a liability. Our lawyers take the time to understand your model, your counterparties and your constraints, and only then propose a solution — which is sometimes to do nothing at all.

  • Trained at national and international law schools
  • Backgrounds in business and technology, not only law
  • Comfortable in both common law and civil law procedure
  • Bound by professional secrecy in every engagement
21 Practice areas
EN/FR Working languages
17 OHADA states
24h Response target

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