Capital wanted Africa.
Africa wanted capital.
The middle was broken.

My name is Raynos Gumbo and I am the founder of WLS. WLS is not just another website or chat board or market place. It is an ambitious legal platform which brings together under one roof lawyers, arbitrators, debt collectors, contract reviewers, electronic discovery professionals, process servers, forensic accountants, private investigators, translators and interpreters, tax consultants, insurers and expert witnesses. All professionals on this platform are verified and approved through their respective associations. WLS partners with the associations of these professionals to verify their status and to ensure that all compliance issues are met. Thus all professionals on this platform must meet certain criteria to maintain high standards of professionalism and integrity.

This platform was created to ensure access to justice at any time and to ensure that justice is affordable. The vision is to put all professionals who deliver justice, or who are important components in the delivery of justice, under one platform for the convenience of our users. It was also created to bring investors and potential partners together. All founders of companies can sell their companies on this platform securely without any fear of fraud.

For years Africa wanted capital and capital wanted Africa, but the middle was broken by a lack of trust and information. For years Africa was branded a high risk destination to do business with. WLS wants to change that narrative and those negative perceptions. Africa should be viewed as the largest growth opportunity of the next thirty years. WLS provides that bridge between global capital and African resources.

WLS is built on several pillars. We understand far too well that a deal does not die at interest. A deal dies at the due diligence stage. It dies on lack of trust. We therefore built the full stack to ensure value addition at each stage.

A deal does not die at interest. A deal dies at due diligence.

WLS is a global market place. For professionals providing services on this platform it serves as a global directory. Listing here changes the face of your profession, in that you become a global player who is not limited by your geographical location or zip code.

On this platform a business owner in Mutare, Zimbabwe can list his company for sale to potential buyers from across the globe, an investor in Washington DC can find and buy a mining venture in the DRC, and a Saudi fund can enter into a joint venture with a mining house in Zambia, all in one place with trust, data and enforcement built in. Business disputes can be resolved with greater speed through our verified arbitrators. Each professional here has a role to play. Our chat board will help you navigate everything we offer on this platform, our business desk will give you verified sellers and potential buyers, our legal team will provide legal advice, and our private investigators and forensic accountants will do due diligence.

To the sellers: you do not have to sell your business for less. List it with us for maximum results. To the investors: you do not have to guess about anything. WLS is your partner in entering profitable investment ventures. Africa is no longer open for extraction. It is now open for joint ventures and partnerships, and WLS is the platform that makes those partnerships possible.

Africa is no longer open for extraction. It is open for partnership.

For years the practice of law has been secretive, with numerous limitations on advertising, all of them justified on ethics rather than on business considerations. The profession is called the learned profession, and its members felt too smart and too honourable to advertise their services. As a result the law became stuck in buildings, with limited presence on the internet. Covid 19 provided the awakening, and since then almost all jurisdictions allow practice on the internet, although this must not compromise standards including ethics and confidentiality.

WLS mirrors everything that lawyers do in their offices and expects them to do the same things here. No lawyer who does not hold a practising certificate or bar licence can be registered on this platform. If a lawyer commits a misconduct the issue is referred to their association for disciplinary action. If a lawyer is suspended by their association, this platform suspends them too. If a lawyer is deregistered, this platform takes down their profile immediately upon notification by their association. This platform enforces the same compliance rules as law societies everywhere. To be registered here one needs a current practising certificate and professional indemnity cover of a minimum of US$50,000. The registration procedures on this platform follow strict rules. It is not about the numbers. It is about quality and trust. Our vision is to become the world's most trusted legal market place, and we value that reputational asset more than anything else.

It is not about the numbers. It is about quality and trust.

Lawyers do not provide their services alone. They need other professionals, such as arbitrators. Mediation and arbitration are fast becoming the chosen option for resolving commercial disputes, and we have created the rules to ensure that commercial disputes are resolved quickly and at the least cost. The registration process for all of these other professionals follows equally strict procedures, and confidentiality is emphasised for every one of them.

To avoid fraud, touting and other internet devices, WLS was created on integrity and trust, with a tight net around everything that involves the exchange of money. Money is released with the authority of the client, when WLS considers that it is proper and safe to release it, following either the completion of verifiable milestones on a case or the full completion of the case.

Our promise is to match every client with the right professional and to oversee that process to the end. All our experts are verified and accountable to WLS. On this platform you will never deal alone. We will link you to our network of professionals to guide you all the way. We are not just a market place. We are a market place with a team. We legalise, structure and close deals across the globe. The market place is open. Let us do business and close deals.