Legal & Contracting in Cameroon

Essentials guide · Partly source-checked36% of statements checked against a source7 checked against an official source10 checked against a secondary sourceChecked 2026-10-197 held back until checked against an official source10 topics include AI-written statements, not source-checkedNot yet professionally reviewed

• Cameroon is one of the 17 OHADA member states, where company law is set by the revised OHADA Uniform Act on Commercial Companies and Economic Interest Groups (AUSCGIE).

  Commercial companies formed in Cameroon.Deloitte Société d'Avocats (blog, first published in JFA Éditions) · checked 2026-10-19

• Under Article 120 of the revised OHADA Uniform Act on Commercial Companies, a branch of a foreign company must be contributed to a company incorporated in an OHADA member state within two years of its creation, unless the commerce minister of the host state exempts it by order for a single, non-renewable period of two years.

  Branches of foreign companies. The source states that a branch's total life cannot exceed four years, after which it can be struck off the Trade and Personal Property Credit Register (RCCM).Deloitte Société d'Avocats (blog, first published in JFA Éditions) · checked 2026-10-19

• Public procurement in Cameroon is governed by a Public Procurement Code, with a regulatory agency (ARMP) and a ministry responsible for public contracts.

  Contracts awarded by public bodies.AI-written, not source-checked

• Law No. 2024/017 of 23 December 2024 on the protection of personal data has applied since 23 June 2026, after an 18-month transition period, and provides for a regulatory authority.

  Controllers and processors of personal data in Cameroon. The source says transfers abroad are allowed only to countries with equal or higher protection and with the regulator's prior authorisation.Droit Médias Finance (legal news) · checked 2026-10-19

• Insolvency and restructuring in Cameroon are governed by the OHADA Uniform Act on Insolvency Proceedings, which provides for conciliation, preventive settlement, receivership and liquidation.

  Commercial debtors.AI-written, not source-checked

• Cameroon has a bijural legal system: civil law applies in the Francophone regions and common law in the Northwest and Southwest regions.

  Civil and commercial matters; OHADA uniform law applies throughout.AI-written, not source-checked

• Arbitration in OHADA member states is governed by the revised OHADA Uniform Act on Arbitration, adopted in Conakry on 23 November 2017.

  Domestic and international arbitration seated in an OHADA member state, including Cameroon.OHADA.com (legal portal reproducing OHADA texts) · checked 2026-10-19

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