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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: [email protected]
Title: Director, Werksmans Advisory ServicesOffice: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 405 5173Email: [email protected]
Title: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8182Email: [email protected]
Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8166Email: [email protected]
Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8117Email: [email protected]
ASTRIDBERMAN
Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8260Email: [email protected]
JONATHAN BEHR
Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8252Email: [email protected]
ROBERTDRIMAN
Title: Director Office: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 405 5134Email: [email protected]
SHAYNEKRIGE
Title: Director Office: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 405 5161Email: [email protected]
CHRIS MORAITIS
AARTHIRAMDHIN
NATALIESCOTT
LYNSEY WATSON
Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8271Email: [email protected]
Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8247Email: [email protected]
Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8201Email: [email protected]
Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8183Email: [email protected]
TRACY-LEEJANSE VAN RENSBURG
Title: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8227Email: [email protected]
DANNYANDROPOULOSTitle: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8248Email: [email protected]
PAUL TINDLE
Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8311Email: [email protected]
MEET THE BANKING & FINANCE TEAM CONTINUED
LAURASAMPSON
Title: Senior Associate Offi ce: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8484Email: [email protected]
CLARISA LALTHA
Title: Associate Offi ce: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8224Email: [email protected]
CARA GOW
Title: Associate Offi ce: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8216Email: [email protected]
KAGISO MAINE
Title: Senior Associate Offi ce: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8212Email: [email protected]
HILAHLASKOV
ELLIOTT WOOD
Title: Senior AssociateOffi ce: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 405 5174Email: [email protected]
Title: DirectorOffi ce: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8303Email: [email protected]
JARRYDMARDON
Title: Senior AssociateOffi ce: StellenboschDirect line: +27 (0)21 809 6019Email: [email protected]
MAGGIE KONA
Title: Associate Offi ce: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8441Email: [email protected]
RENEILWEMALEKA
Title: Associate Offi ce: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8213Email: [email protected]
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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