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CAMEROON: Etah-Nan & Co
Head office: 612, Rue Koumassi Bali Douala P.O Box 4736 Douala, Cameroon
Telephone: + 237 (0) 33.42.56.09, + 237 (0) 3342 9165, + 237 (0) 77 71 05 28
Email: etahnan@justice.com
Web: www.etahnan.com
Etah-Nan & Co is a bilingual (French and English) law firm established in 1984. The firm
presently has five partners, four associates and four pupil advocates. This makes the firm one
of the biggest by prevailing local comparison. Some of the partners in the firm are civil
(French lawyers) while others specialized in comparative law (English and French law).
Etah-Nan & Co is principally involved on legal, tax advisory services to corporate entities and
state corporation, and also practices general litigation. Over the years, the firm’s expansion
has been facilitated by its collaboration with other legal consultancy firms in South Africa,
Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Europe, America and Asia. The firm is a member of Lex Africa, an
association of corporate and commercial law firms in Africa, having representatives in many
of the main cities in Africa, with a management office located in WERKSMAN’s (Attorneys) in
Johannesburg. The firm handles many referral assignments in Cameroon for major law firm
around the world.
Etah-Nan & Co’s major areas of practice include banking and finance, telecommunications,
energy, mining and petroleum law, Corporate and commercial law, privatisation, aviation,
competition law, investment law, land law, environmental law, intellectual property, capital
markers and litigation.
David Etah Akoh
Email: etahnan@justice.com
David Etah Akoh has been managing partner of the firm since 1985.
He was born on the 29 th of October 1958 in Atibong in the Republic
of Cameroon. He holds an LLB (Hons) Degree and a Post Graduate
Diploma (Maîtrise) in Law. His main areas of practice in the firm are
petroleum law, mining law, banking and finance, investment law,
telecoms, land law, competition law and energy.
He currently heads the firm’s practice in petroleum law, mining,
banking and finance, and telecoms. Over the past few years, David
has been involved in almost all the syndicated loans transactions in
Cameroon. He regularly advises investors on critical issues relating
to the Petroleum Code and its regulations and also the Mining Code
and its regulations. He has been highly involved in discussions with
the government of Cameroon for the acquisition by foreign investors
of land for major agro-industrial projects. He has written several
articles on telecoms law, mining law and public private partnership
in Cameroon.