Navigating policy.
Connecting markets.

Anthony & Partners advises private enterprises, investors, and developers on complex commercial opportunities requiring strategic engagement with government and key stakeholders. We support clients in navigating regulatory frameworks, structuring investments, and advancing projects from concept to execution.

Our expertise includes Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), Build-Transfer-Operate (BTO) and Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) models, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts, concession agreements, privatization initiatives, strategic infrastructure projects, and other government-enabled investment opportunities. Through strategic advocacy, stakeholder engagement, and transaction support, we help clients unlock opportunities, manage risk, and deliver commercially successful outcomes.

We provide direct, high-level engagement with ministries, parliaments, regulatory bodies, and state-owned enterprises across all SADC member states. Our team leverages decades of combined experience and deep institutional relationships to advocate for policy outcomes that align with our clients' commercial and strategic objectives. We do not merely open doors; we ensure the right conversations take place with the right people at the right time, and that our clients' positions are articulated with clarity, precision, and credibility before decision-makers.

Navigating the SADC Treaty, the Protocol on Trade, and the broader regional integration architecture requires specialized knowledge that few firms possess. We advise clients on how to leverage SADC legal instruments, harmonized standards, and regional protocols to unlock market access, resolve cross-border regulatory conflicts, and structure investments that benefit from preferential treatment. Our team has worked directly with SADC Secretariat processes and understands the political economy of regional integration from the inside.

Securing permits, licenses, and regulatory approvals in SADC markets can be a protracted and opaque process. We guide clients through the full lifecycle of regulatory engagement: from pre-application strategy and documentation to direct liaison with licensing authorities, ministerial offices, and appeals bodies. Our experience spans mining concessions, energy generation licenses, telecommunications spectrum allocation, financial services authorization, pharmaceutical registration, and infrastructure development approvals across multiple jurisdictions.

We help clients maximize the benefits of the SADC Free Trade Area, navigate rules of origin requirements, and resolve non-tariff barriers that impede the movement of goods and services across borders. Our team intervenes directly with customs authorities, trade ministries, and revenue agencies to resolve disputes, expedite clearances, and advocate for policy reforms that reduce the cost of cross-border trade. We have successfully represented clients in matters involving tariff classification, valuation disputes, anti-dumping investigations, and trade remedy proceedings.

Not every challenge requires litigation or public confrontation. In many SADC jurisdictions, the most effective resolution pathway is discreet, behind-the-scenes engagement with senior officials, political principals, and institutional leaders. We specialize in resolving regulatory impasses, contractual disputes with state entities, and politically sensitive commercial conflicts through quiet diplomacy. Our approach preserves relationships, protects reputations, and delivers outcomes that formal legal processes often cannot achieve within acceptable timeframes.

When political instability, regulatory crackdowns, reputational threats, or operational disruptions strike, clients need advisors who can respond with speed, judgment, and absolute discretion. Anthony & Partners provides crisis management support across the SADC region: coordinating with government interlocutors, managing stakeholder and public relations (PR) communications, securing operational continuity, and protecting our clients' commercial interests during periods of acute uncertainty. Our principals have managed crises involving expropriation threats, license revocations, cross-border asset freezes, and politically motivated investigations. We deploy rapidly, act decisively, and remain by our clients' side until stability is restored.