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Our banking & finance lawyers have led the market with complex transaction types and financial instruments that are now being used across South Africa, facilitating ground-breaking transactions in both primary and secondary markets. Consistently recognised as leaders in their respective fields in international law firm publications, the team advises all the major financial institutions and banks in South Africa, including their investment banking divisions. We also advise international banks and law firms relating to offshore finance transactions.

Our lawyers have extensive experience in syndicated and bilateral finance, project and limited recourse finance, leveraged and acquisition finance, structured finance, commodity and trade finance, debt capital markets transactions and securitisations. In the leveraged and acquisition finance field, our experienced transactional lawyers have advised on a vast number of private equity transactions and other public-to-private transactions in South Africa, including in the consumer products, retail and financial services sectors.

EXPERIENCE COMES WITH HANDLING THE LARGEST TRANSACTIONS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

In the project finance, infrastructure and public-private-partnership fields, the team has represented lenders and borrowers in some of the largest transactions of this type in Southern Africa. The industry sectors involved include mining and exploration, roads, prisons, hospitals, water, accommodation and renewable energy.

In syndicated and bilateral financing, our banking & finance lawyers have advised lenders and borrowers across various industry sectors including consumer products, retailing, mining and exploration, financial services and telecommunications, with a special focus on medium to large local and international transactions.

The team also has extensive experience in the debt capital markets field and regularly advises arrangers, dealers, corporate issuers, parastatals and rating agencies on bond issues, domestic medium-term note programmes and high-yield bonds, also advising local banks in respect of their European note programmes. In the securitisation field, only a small number of synthetic securitisations have been undertaken in South Africa; all of them involving our banking & finance lawyers.

BANKING & FINANCEPRACTICE AREA

MEET THE BANKING & FINANCE TEAM

RICHARD ROOTHMAN

DYLAN CUNARD

HAROLDJACOBS

NOZIPHOBHENGU

DEONGRIESSEL

Title: Director and practice area head Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8115Email: rroothman@werksmans.com

Title: Director, Werksmans Advisory ServicesOffice: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 405 5173Email: dcunard@werksmans.com

Title: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8182Email: hjacobs@werksmans.com

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8166Email: nbhengu@werksmans.com

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8117Email: dgriessel@werksmans.com

ASTRIDBERMAN

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8260Email: aberman@werksmans.com

JONATHAN BEHR

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8252Email: jbehr@werksmans.com

ROBERTDRIMAN

Title: Director Office: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 405 5134Email: rdriman@werksmans.com

SHAYNEKRIGE

Title: Director Office: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 405 5161Email: skrige@werksmans.com

CHRIS MORAITIS

AARTHIRAMDHIN

NATALIESCOTT

LYNSEY WATSON

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8271Email: cmoraitis@werksmans.com

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8247Email: aramdhin@werksmans.com

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8201Email: nscott@werksmans.com

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8183Email: lwatson@werksmans.com

TRACY-LEEJANSE VAN RENSBURG

Title: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8227Email: tjvrensburg@werksmans.com

DANNYANDROPOULOSTitle: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8248Email: dandropoulos@werksmans.com

PAUL TINDLE

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8311Email: ptindle@werksmans.com

MEET THE BANKING & FINANCE TEAM CONTINUED

LAURASAMPSON

Title: Senior Associate Offi ce: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8484Email: sampson@werksmans.com

CLARISA LALTHA

Title: Associate Offi ce: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8224Email: claltha@werksmans.com

CARA GOW

Title: Associate Offi ce: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8216Email: cgow@werksmans.com

KAGISO MAINE

Title: Senior Associate Offi ce: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8212Email: kmaine@werksmans.com

HILAHLASKOV

ELLIOTT WOOD

Title: Senior AssociateOffi ce: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 405 5174Email: hlaskov@werksmans.com

Title: DirectorOffi ce: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8303Email: ewood@werksmans.com

JARRYDMARDON

Title: Senior AssociateOffi ce: StellenboschDirect line: +27 (0)21 809 6019Email: jmardon@werksmans.com

MAGGIE KONA

Title: Associate Offi ce: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8441Email: mkona@werksmans.com

RENEILWEMALEKA

Title: Associate Offi ce: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8213Email: rmaleka@werksmans.com

Established in the early 1900s, Werksmans Attorneys is a leading South African corporate and commercial law firm, serving multinationals, listed companies, financial institutions, entrepreneurs and government.

Operating in Gauteng and the Western Cape, the firm is connected to an extensive African legal alliance through LEX Africa.

LEX Africa was established in 1993 as the first and largest African legal alliance and offers huge potential for Werksmans’ clients seeking to do business on the continent by providing a gateway to Africa.

With a formidable track record in mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, and commercial litigation and dispute resolution, Werksmans is distinguished by the people, clients and work that it attracts and retains.

Werksmans’ more than 200 lawyers are a powerful team of independent-minded individuals who share a common service ethos. The firm’s success is built on a solid foundation of insightful and innovative deal structuring and legal advice, a keen ability to understand business and economic imperatives and a strong focus on achieving the best legal outcome for clients.

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