Empowering Investments: Legal, Tax, Permitting and Compliance
FLAG Resources provides comprehensive support for establishing an efficient local company and structuring key agreements, such as master services agreements, shareholders agreements, and loan agreements between entities.
Our team assists from the early stages of your investment, including company incorporation and recruitment of key personnel, and continues to offer legal guidance throughout the entire life cycle of your project.
We collaborate with skilled in-country legal professionals, including notaries and bailiffs, ensuring our clients benefit from competitive rates and practices, as well as efficient monitoring to minimize both time and costs.
FLAG Resources has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating major investment agreements across various African countries, including the Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Mauritania, and Guinea.
We focus on securing long-term tax benefits for investors, ensuring that agreements are both favorable and sustainable.
Additionally, we have successfully drafted and concluded numerous agreements related to energy, port access, railway access, and road infrastructure, including arrangements for shared infrastructure access.
FLAG Resources provides specialized support on foreign exchange regulations, tax efficiency strategies, and the implementation of double taxation agreements, including those between France, Mauritius, and various African countries.
These services help businesses streamline complex legal frameworks, reduce tax exposure, and ensure compliance with international agreements and guidelines, fostering efficient cross-border operations and investment flows across Africa.
FLAG Resources is committed to assisting you in applying for and obtaining all necessary permits, authorizations, and licenses related to your project.
We provide expert services in preparing application files and negotiating various administrative documents in collaboration with senior management, including environmental compliance certificates and operating permits.
FLAG Resources supports companies in achieving compliance with new European regulations, including Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-related products, which applies to coffee, cocoa, rubber, palm oil, soy, beef, and wood, as well as certain derived products such as leather, charcoal, and printed paper.
Additionally, we help companies comply with the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD or CS3D), adopted by the European Parliament on April 24, 2024. This directive imposes due diligence requirements to prevent, mitigate, and cease negative impacts on human rights and the environment. In alignment with the Paris Agreement, businesses must also establish a transition plan to ensure their economic model is compatible with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. This requires identifying climate risks and implementing concrete actions to mitigate them, including financial investments to support these initiatives. The timeline for these obligations spans from 2027 to 2029, depending on company size and revenue.
FLAG Resources provides expertise in implementing governance policies, climate transition plans, risk prevention, and monitoring mechanisms.
FLAG Resources has extensive experience in drafting, reviewing, and providing feedback on legal framework and law across various sectors, including but not limited to mining, forestry, and land use.
We have worked with decrees and regulations in multiple French-speaking African countries, such as the Republic of Congo, Mauritania, Madagascar, etc.
Leveraging our deep legislative expertise, we regularly serve as experts on draft legislation, contributing effectively to the development of robust regulatory frameworks in a variety of sectors.
FLAG Resources ensure your investments are secure and compliant with our expert risk management strategies. We specialize in anti-bribery policies and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs that protect your interests while fostering sustainable practices.
We can assist you to develop compliance guidelines and policies and to create an in-house compliance culture from the start of your investment / operation.
We can realize external audits to test the culture of your staff to fight against bribery.
