Independent | Specialist | International 

London. The Gambia. Africa. Beyond 

F. Manous MCBai is an independent strategic advisory practice focused on complex financial, commercial and institutional matters, with particular expertise in asset recovery, financial crime, natural resources and cross-border risk. 

The practice works across Africa and internationally, with particular knowledge of business and institutional environments in Africa and specialist interests spanning oil and gas, extractive industries, banking and finance, and the recovery and protection of assets. 

The practice is led by Ousman F. M'Bai, a Solicitor-Advocate of England and Wales and a Barrister-at-Law of The Gambia.

He was called to the Bar of England and Wales by Lincoln's Inn and subsequently qualified as a Solicitor-Advocate of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

For more than two decades, he held senior legal positions within the public sector in the United Kingdom, specialising in serious fraud, money laundering, proceeds of crime, civil recovery and the international enforcement of confiscation and asset-recovery orders.

His professional experience has involved complex cross-border investigations and enforcement proceedings involving multiple jurisdictions.

He holds an LL.M in Banking and Finance, with specialist study in credit and securities.

Our perspective

The practice combines investigative, financial and strategic expertise with the founder's extensive experience of the legal and enforcement mechanisms through which assets can ultimately be preserved and recovered.

F. Manous MCBAI brings together knowledge of financial crime, asset recovery, banking and finance, natural resources and business environments across Africa with an international perspective centred in London.