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Legal market overview
South Africa, or more specifically Johannesburg, has become a bona fide international legal centre over the last five years. Pinsent Masons LLP is the latest international firm to make a series of headline lateral hires and establish an impressive team in Sandton, Johannesburg. Covington & Burling LLP also launched a small projects-oriented practice, taking on the legacy Sandton team of Chadbourne & Parke, just as the international firm merged with Norton Rose Fulbright.
The influx of international law firms in recent years, including DLA Piper, Allen & Overy (South Africa) LLP, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg, Hogan Lovells (South Africa), Herbert Smith Freehills South Africa LLP and Clyde & Co LLP, has simply added to the fluidity in the market. Senior-level lateral moves happen with great regularity as partners seek new opportunities and are then replaced with by other lateral recruits. For example, construction partners Rob Morson, Shane Voigt and Junaid Banoobhai left Bowmans to join Pinsent Masons LLP and were replaced by Andrew van Niekerk and Spencer Naicker from Webber Wentzel.
Other notable lateral moves include Baker McKenzie Johannesburg losing prominent litigator Gerhard Rudolph to Allen & Overy (South Africa) LLP, though Rudolph’s former firm did hire a prominent team of tax partners in Stephan Spamer, Arnaaz Camay and Nishana Gosai from ENSafrica. Elsewhere, project finance specialist Biddy Faber and litigation expert Jonathan Ripley-Evans joined Herbert Smith Freehills South Africa LLP from Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr. In another key development, Johannesburg firm Prinsloo, Tindle & Andropoulos Inc closed its doors in 2017 with name partners Paul Tindle and Danny Andropoulos joining Werksmans Attorneys.
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Azmi & Associates Welcomes A New Partner – Ms. Sharifah Sazita Syed Hamzah
Azmi & Associates is pleased to announce the appointment of Sharifah Sazita Syed Hamzah as its new partner of the Firm’s Infrastructure, PPP and Project Finance (IPPF) Practice Group, in line with the Firm’s growth strategy and continued expansion. -
GOLAW strengthens its leadership position among TOP-10 Ukrainian law firms
GOLAW has been ranked No. 7 Law Firm in Ukraine according to the 50 Leading Law Firms annual rating published on 4 December 2018 by Legal Practice periodical. -
Bär & Karrer awarded by Mergermarket as "Switzerland M&A Legal Adviser of the Year 2018"
At this year's Mergermarket European Awards Ceremony on 6 December 2018 in London, Bär & Karrer has been awarded as the "Switzerland M&A Legal Adviser of the Year 2018". -
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The Government of the Republic of Serbia extended the validity of the Decree on Incentive Measures for the Production of Electric Energy from Renewable Energy Sources and High-efficiency Cogeneration of Electric Energy and Thermal Energy ( Decree ) until the end of 2019. It was initially valid until the end of 2018. -
Bell Gully confirmed as exclusive legal supplier for Emirates Team New Zealand
Bell Gully is proud to announce that it is an exclusive legal supplier to Emirates Team New Zealand for the 36th America's Cup defence. -
Bell Gully advises on the acquisition of New Zealand fintech TALKINGTECH
Bell Gully has advised data registry and analytics business illion (formerly trading as Dun & Bradstreet) on its acquisition of fintech business TALKINGTECH. -
Bell Gully advises Contact Energy on Rockgas sale
Bell Gully advised Contact Energy Limited (Contact) on the sale of its LPG business, Rockgas, to Gas Services NZ Midco Limited (GSNZ) for $260 million. -
Bell Gully advises Nelson Properties Limited and Global Forest Partners LP on the sale of Nelson For
Bell Gully advised Nelson Properties Limited (NPL), an investment fund advised by Global Forest Partners LP (GFP), on the sale of shares in Nelson Forests Limited to Australian forestry company OneFortyOne Plantations Holdings Pty Limited (OFO), which received regulatory approval to proceed in late August. -
Bell Gully advises Straker Translations Limited on its IPO and ASX listing
Bell Gully advised Straker Translations Limited on its initial public offering (IPO) and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on October 22. Straker Translations Limited is a cloud-enabled translation services provider with sales offices across nine countries, includ​ing the US, UK and Singapore.