Project Updates
Project Development and Finance Training in The Gambia
In February 2018, the State Counsels in the Ministry of Justice of The Gambia have took part in a capacity building training organized by ISLP titled “Project Development and Finance: Allocation and Mitigation of Risks for a Host Government”. The [...]
ISLP to Provide IWMF Journalists with Pro Bono Legal Support
The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) will be working with ISLP to provide pro bono legal advice, particularly around contracts, to the female journalists in IWMF programs. The service will be open to staff reporters and freelance journalists, who [...]
Delivering Capacity Building and Legal Assistance for the Ministry of Justice, The Gambia
In November 2017, former legal fellow Alessandra Mistura, was working in The Gambia to provide capacity building support and legal assistance to the Ministry of Justice. Thanks to a grant received by the the Government of Canada, acting through the [...]
Negotiating Impact Investing in Nairobi
ISLP is continuing to work with our partners to deliver our CPD accredited two day interactive, introductory training program on Impact Investment deals for Kenyan lawyers. The training examines a basic impact investing deal from term sheet negotiation through [...]
A State Affair: Privatising Congo’s Copper Sector
Last week The Carter Center published the first part of "A State Affair: Privatizing Congo’s Copper Sector", a comprehensive report on the contractual and financial practices of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s state-owned mining company, Gécamines, and its most [...]
ISLP and CCSI Publish New Offshore Stock Sales Paper
Today ISLP and CCSI have published a paper which focuses on issues and responses that developing country governments could consider if they decide to tax indirect transfers of extractive industries' assets. The paper explores the legislative and regulatory provisions currently [...]