Layman’s Laws

Demystifying how lawyers influence physical reality through written word.

/

Linkedin

  • Funding Cotton in Benin

    In January 2026, law firm Watson Farley Williams (WFW) announced that it had advised a syndicate of European and international banks on a €100m pre-export financing granted to the Benin-based Société pour le Développement du Coton (“SODECO”), a subsidiary of…

  • Syria’s $7bn energy project

    In November 2025, White & Case announced their involvement in a landmark ‘US$7 billion investment to power Syria’s energy transformation’. When complete, the project will…

  • UK’s April 26th tax laws…

    The pre-April 26th position (“The Golden Era”) Let’s imagine you’re a wealthy Russian oligarch with a savvy lawyer. The year is 2022. You run a…