Côte d’Ivoire is a civil law country, and as such the legal system does not rely on prior decisions, but is instead structured by several different specific codes. The supreme law of the country is the Constitution, which was adopted by referendum on October 30, 2016. The legal hierarchy puts the Constitution at the apex of the legislative...
For nearly 20 years, transfer pricing has been subject to a lot of debate, with the Ivorian authorities seeing it as a capital flight technique. When multinational firms seek to fix a fee for their value of exchange within their group, there is the question a possible tax adjustment. This preoccupation is at the heart of the debate for several...
OBG introduces the reader to the different aspects of the legal system in Cote d’Ivoire, in partnership with Bilé-Aka, Brizoua-Bi & Associés. OBG talks to Michel K Brizoua-Bi and Joachim Bilé-Aka, Founders, Bilé-Aka, Brizoua-Bi & Associés, on the country’s legislative evolution.
Cote d’Ivoire has seen rapid growth since a decade-long bout of civil unrest ended in 2011. The largest economy in UEMOA, and the third largest in ECOWAS, the country accounts for more than 30% of the eight-member bloc’s GDP.
Bahrain is a regional financial hub for investment and business in the GCC. This holds true due to the efforts set forth by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism (MoICT), and its minister, Zayed R. Al Zayani, in cooperation with other ministries. The MoICT has taken steps to encourage and create lucrative opportunities for foreign...
