Incorporate your company, protect your brand, secure your contracts.
Fixed-fee legal services for entrepreneurs in Francophone Africa. AI-assisted, validated by OHADA lawyers.
500+
Startups supported
17
OHADA countries covered
24h
Contract review turnaround
2021
Since
Featured in the press · Trusted partners
Everything you need to legally structure your startup
Company incorporation
Set up your company in Francophone Africa. Articles of association, formalities, registration — we handle everything.
Trademark registration
Protect your brand across the OAPI or ARIPO region. Prior art search and full follow-up included.
Contract review
SaaS, partnership, NDA, service agreement — submit your contract and get a clear analysis in 24h.
€800 complex contract (SaaS, partnership)
3 steps to secure your startup
Describe your need
Fill out our form in 2 minutes. Company incorporation, trademark or contract — we adapt.
We get to work
Our AI prepares the groundwork, an OHADA lawyer validates. You're informed at every step.
You receive your documents
Final documents delivered on time. Clarification session included if needed.
What our clients say
ALF's involvement was highly structuring for JELANI from the earliest stages: legal framing, IP protection, and governance between founders. Sonia asks the right questions, anticipates risks, and helps make clear legal decisions.
Whether as a client or a mentee, Sonia's message is always clear and useful. Legal and accounting were a foreign language to me, but ALF's training and support helped me understand legal topics and contract with much more confidence.
Sonia Mavouna
I help tech scale-ups avoid costly legal mistakes and operate at investor-level standards. Because most growth bottlenecks don't come from product — they come from weak contracts, poor structuring, and legal blind spots.
11 years of experience across France and Francophone Africa. I started my career at Clifford Chance in Casablanca, advising private equity funds (Actis, Amethis, Wendel, DPI, Helios) on investment and M&A transactions. I saw what makes a company investable — or not. I left Big Law to intervene upstream and build solid legal foundations before it becomes a problem.
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30+ organizations and startups supported across Africa
B2B legal training
Train your cohorts, students, and portfolio companies on legal essentials. Programs tailored for incubators, business schools, and funds.
Trademark registration
OAPI & ARIPO brand protection. Prior art search, filing and full follow-up for African startups.
Contract review
AI analysis + OHADA lawyer validation. SaaS, partnership, NDA — structured, actionable feedback in 24h.
Everything you need to know
African Legal Factory is an AI-native legaltech delivering essential legal services to African entrepreneurs: company incorporation, trademark registration, contract review, and training. AI accelerates analysis and production, but all deliverables are validated by legal professionals.
We primarily support entrepreneurs operating in Francophone Africa, particularly in the OHADA region. For trademarks, we also cover OAPI and ARIPO zones depending on the chosen protection strategy.
You submit your contract through our form. An initial analysis is performed with AI support, then reviewed and validated by a lawyer. You receive structured feedback with identified risks, clauses to revise, and concrete recommendations.
We review SaaS contracts, partnership agreements, NDAs, service agreements, term sheets, shareholders' agreements, commercial contracts, and documents related to startup structuring.
Yes. All submitted documents are treated with strict confidentiality. Legal exchanges are governed by rigorous confidentiality standards, with particular attention to protecting your company's data and sensitive information.
ALF combines speed, fixed pricing, a startup-first approach, and legal validation. The goal is to make law more accessible, more readable, and more actionable, without compromising the rigor needed to secure a company, a brand, or a contract.
Yes. ALF was designed for entrepreneurs who want to structure their project from day one: choosing the right entity, founder governance, brand protection, commercial contracts, and preparing for a future fundraise.
Structure your business today
Company incorporation, trademark registration, or contract review — choose the service that fits your need and get started in 2 minutes.
