Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa Inc > Cape Town, South Africa > Firm Profile
Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa Inc Offices
NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT HOUSE, 10TH FLOOR
8 RIEBEEK STREET
CAPE TOWN 8001
South Africa
Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa Inc > The Legal 500 Rankings
South Africa > Banking and finance Tier 2
Norton Rose Fulbright’s team advises international banks, development finance institutions, and major corporations in relation to a wide variety of matters, including cross-border acquisition finance, debt restructuring, green loans, and preference share funding. With considerable experience in multiple types of finance, including project, development, and asset, particularly in the energy, telecommunications, and mining sectors, Jackie Midlane heads the practice. Michelle David and Desiree Reddy focus on regulatory law, while Malibuye Cossie specialises in syndicated lending and project finance. Raghemah Hendricks also stands out for his work, especially in real estate finance.Practice head(s):
Jackie Midlane
Other key lawyers:
Desiree Reddy; Malibuye Cossie; Michelle David; Raghemah Hendricks
Key clients
International Finance Corporation
Absa Bank Limited
The Development Bank of Southern Africa
Nedbank Limited
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
Société Generale
Rand Merchant Bank Limited
Ecobank Ghana Limited
RTI International
PPC Limited
Work highlights
- Advised International Finance Corporation on a multijurisdictional transaction involving the provision of a USD 20 million secured loan to Moove Africa B.V.
- Advising on a ZAR 1.3 billion financing of a JSE listed residential property fund.
South Africa > Construction Tier 2
Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa Inc’s construction team advises clients, including project owners and sponsors, developers, contractors and sub-contractors, consultants, and financiers, on the full spectrum of construction matters, from front-end procurement strategy to claims and disputes, especially in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Gary Rademeyer, Matt Ash, and Sentebale Makara lead the department, which collaborates cross-practice with the firm’s project finance, M&A, environmental, and real estate teams.Practice head(s):
Sentebale Makara; Gary Rademeyer; Matt Ash
Testimonials
‘A capable and experienced team. They are local but with a wide footprint, and adapt to the client’s requirements.’
‘A friendly team.’
Key clients
Upgrade Energy Africa
Rand Water
Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies (Pty) Ltd (Veolia)
WSP Group Africa (Pty) Ltd (WSP)
South Africa > Dispute resolution Tier 2
Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa Inc’s dispute resolution practice advises major clients, including governmental bodies and other public authorities, on a wide range of complex matters, particularly in relation to insurance, commercial litigation, construction, transport, and employment disputes. Commercial litigator Brent Botha leads the large team, which boasts considerable depth of experience. Deniro Pillay focuses on professional and clinical negligence cases. Craig Woolley and Donald Dinnie have considerable insurance litigation experience and have notably advised on cases concerning business interruptions and natural disasters.Practice head(s):
Brent Botha
Other key lawyers:
Craig Woolley; David Kapelus; Andre Vos; Murray Alexander; Candice Pillay; Liesl Williams; Deniro Pillay; Donald Dinne; Andrew Robinson; Jeffrey Kron; Mohammed Chavoos
Testimonials
‘The Norton Rose Fulbright Dispute Resolution Team renders an exceptionally high-quality service. The team has deep resources to meet urgent demands and tight deadlines as well as access to superior counsel and senior counsel.’
Key clients
Ellies Electronics (Pty) Ltd
Group Five Power International
Sibanye Gold Limited and Goldfields Limited
Sibanye Gold Limited, Anglogold Ashanti Limited and Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
South Africa Petroleum Industry Association (“SAPIA”)
Mark Boucher (South African Men’s Cricket Head Coach)
Andisiwe Kawa
Bryte Insurance Company Limited
Impala Platinum Limited
Glencore Operations South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Duiker Mining (Pty) Ltd, Tavistock Collieries (Pty) Ltd, Umcebo Properties (Pty) Ltd, Izimbiwa Coal (Pty) Ltd
South Africa > Employment Tier 2
With experience advising clients in relation to outsourcing, collective bargaining, and wage negotiations, Murray Alexander heads Norton Rose Fulbright’s employment and labour team. The department acts for a broad range of clients, including government departments, state-owned companies, multinationals, banks and other financial institutions, and mining and mineral resources enterprises. The team has represented clients on high-profile cases concerning discrimination in international sports, the transfer of services, and the interdiction of strikes, with notable contributions by Jason Whyte and Mohammed Chavoos.Practice head(s):
Murray Alexander
Other key lawyers:
Jason Whyte; Mohammed Chavoos
Testimonials
‘The team is professional and always keep you updated on all the cases that they are dealing with. They will always provide good advice and they did not lose a single case at the CCMA, high court, labour court or even the constitutional court. They never overcharged our company on any of the cases. I recommend them to everyone who is looking for a good law firm which will never take you for a ride. They always go the extra mile for all their clients.’
‘Mohammed Chavoos is very professional, reliable, and knowledgeable in labour law. He is in high demand from other clients and other individuals who need a good lawyer to handle their cases. It is always a great pleasure to work with him. He is excellent service personified and a shining star for his employer. He is always organised and always prepared for all his cases. I will always recommend him to anyone looking for a good and knowledgeable lawyer.’
Key clients
National Brands Limited
South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC)
Dr Lebogang Sethole, Dr Tseko Sawula, Dr Paseka Piet Pudumo, Dr Kabinyane Letsoara, Dr Alude Tshangela
Mark Boucher
South African Custodial Management (Pty) Ltd (“SACM”) and its shareholders, the GEO Group, in the United States of America (“USA”), and Kensani Corrections Management (Pty) Ltd.
Hitachi Construction Machinery South Africa Limited.
National Bargaining Council for the Sugar Manufacturing and Refining Industry
Anova Health Institute NPC
Netcare Hospitals Limited
Work highlights
South Africa > Projects and infrastructure Tier 2
Jackie Midlane heads Norton Rose Fulbright’s project development practice, with considerable project finance experience, especially in the energy, telecommunications, and mining sectors; the team advises borrowers, sponsors, and lenders, such as domestic and international banks and development finance institutions, in relation to major energy and construction projects. The experienced Matt Ash works on energy and infrastructure projects for sponsors, developers, contractors, equity financiers, and lenders. Malibuye Cossie has notable experience in renewable energy procurement mandates, while Raghemah Hendricks also plays an important role in the team, which is complemented by a strong banking and finance practice.Practice head(s):
Jackie Midlane
Other key lawyers:
Key clients
Enel Green Power RSA
Infinity Power Holdings BV
International Finance Corporation
Nedbank Ltd
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
Total Energies Renewables
Work highlights
- Advised Infinity Power BV (Infinity) on the bid submission of 6 75MW solar photovoltaic projects for REIPPPP Bid Window 5. The team provided a full spectrum of legal advice by advising on environmental, land, construction, project finance and corporate-related matters.
- Lead counsel for International Finance Corporation and drafted, negotiated and settled the English law USD 20 million loan agreement.
- As part of the team’s appointment to advise US AID Power Africa with RTI International in their signature, Beyond the Grid (Minigrids) and East Africa Energy programmes, the team undertaken significant work in capacity building and fostering procurement in the energy sector across East and West Africa on an on-going basis.
South Africa > Shipping and transport Tier 2
Norton Rose Fulbright’s shipping practice is best known for its work on maritime casualties, though also advises on matters such as admiralty litigation, charterparties and international trade agreements, demurrage disputes, port regulatory work, logistics operations, and marine insurance claims. With expertise in admiralty, international trade, marine insurance, as well as all aspects of maritime casualties, Malcolm Hartwell leads the team. Firm CEO Andrew Robinson is active on a variety of matters, including rail and shipping logistics litigation and marine environmental law issues. Peter Lamb and Carol Holness also play an important role in the team.Practice head(s):
Malcolm Hartwell
Other key lawyers:
Andrew Robinson; Peter Lamb; Carol Holness
Testimonials
‘They have an online library of all documentation relevant to the case on which I am consulting so I am able to go back and find documents that I may require.’
‘Despite their very heavy workloads I find both Peter Lamb and Andrew Robinson to be readily available to assist when requested.’
Key clients
Members of Parakou Shipping Group
Seguradora Internacional de Mocambique, S.A.R.L (and other Insurers of mv Macuti)
MS Amlin and three other Lloyd’s syndicates
South African oil major
South African marine insurance market: mv APL Austria
NCP Alcohols (Pty) Ltd
SA Marine Insurance market
We act for various oil majors who are members of the South African Petroleum Industry Association (SAPIA)
Reload Aquarius Shipping International (Pty) Ltd.
Stalker Hutchinson, insurer of Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT)
South Africa > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 3
With considerable experience in cross-border M&A, Stephen Kennedy-Good heads Norton Rose Fulbright’s corporate, M&A, and business law department, which advises domestic and international clients in relation to transactional and regulatory commercial issues in the public and private sectors. Christina Pretorius focuses on commercial matters in the mining, life sciences, healthcare, and banking sectors, while Shawn Barnett heads the derivatives team and leads on domestic and international private equity transactions. Amber Kardamilakis focuses on BEE transactions.
Practice head(s):
Stephen Kennedy-Good
Other key lawyers:
Christina Pretorius; Shawn Barnett; Amber Kardamilakis
Key clients
Renergen Limited
MEB Energy (Pty) Ltd
Invictus Education Group Proprietary Limited and Investec Bank Limited
Sandvik
Sanlam Life Insurance Limited
Anmar Mechanical & Electrical Contractors Ltd
PPC Limited
Hollard Insurance Company of Namibia Limited
Work highlights
- Advising Renergen Limited (listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the Australian Stock Exchange) in relation to a significant investment in Renergen by Ivanhoe Mines Limited through a placement of 5631787 shares at R35,625 per share, a discount of 5% to the 30-da VWAP, raising an equivalent of ZAR200.6 million equivalent to US$13.3.
- Advising Invictus Education Group Proprietary Limited in relation to the subscription of its shares by Sommet Education Sarl, together with the negotiated exit of the two majority shareholders, Investec Bank Limited and Lambert Capital Proprietary Limited in March 2023.
- Advising Sandvik AB on the acquisition of Deswik Mining Group, including its South African subsidiaries, as well as a restructuring of the Deswik BEE structure in order to optimise the BEE recognition of the structure.
South Africa > Competition Tier 3
Norton Rose Fulbright’s competition practice has established a strong reputation for its work in complex and contested merger cases though also advises on a variety of transactional and litigious competition law matters, including cartel conduct investigations. With experience advising large corporations, particularly in the financial services, life sciences, healthcare, and agriculture sectors, Marianne Wagener heads the department and is noted for her work on cross-border merger transactions, dawn raids, abuse of dominance complaints, and cartel conduct investigations. Mark Griffiths and Rosalind Lake play important roles in the team.Practice head(s):
Marianne Wagener
Other key lawyers:
Mark Griffiths; Rosalind Lake
Key clients
Wilmar
Bridgestone
Barclays
Unilever
Sandvik Aktiebolag Plc
Bryte
Moody’s Corporation
Industrial Gas Users Association of South Africa (IGUA-SA)
Access Bank plc
Council for Medical Schemes
Work highlights
- Assisting Wilmar, Asia’s leading agribusiness group listed on the Singapore Exchange in an investigation initiated by the South African Competition Commission.
- Assisting Bridgestone as the leniency applicant following an investigation initiated by the South African Competition Commission in 2007. This involves allegations of price fixing against all the South Africa Tyre Manufacturers and their industry association, the South African Tyre Manufacturers Association.
- Representing Barclays, the leniency applicant, in the South African Competition Commission’s complaint referral into spot, futures and forward currency trades involving South African Rand – the South African leg of global investigations by several competition authorities into forex price-fixing, including the US Department of Justice and European Commission.
South Africa > Mining Tier 3
Michael Dale and Christina Pretorius lead Norton Rose Fulbright’s multidisciplinary mining team, which offers contentious and non-contentious mining-related legal services. Dale has considerable experience advising major local and international mining houses as well as key players from the mining, upstream petroleum, and construction materials industries in relation to mining law. Pretorius specialises in M&A in the mining space. Jeffrey Kron has been involved in multiple high-profile mining-related litigious matters, and Andre Vos also has experience of mining law disputesPractice head(s):
Michael Dale; Christina Pretorius
Other key lawyers:
Jeffrey Kron; Andre Vos
Key clients
Sandvik
Glencore South Africa
Minerals Council South Africa
Impala Platinum
Vedanta Resources Limited
Sasol Mining
Nedbank Limited (acting through its Nedbank Corporate and Investment) and Société Generale – Senior Lenders
Work highlights
- Advised Sandvik on the acquisition of Kwatani global, a leading designer and supplier of screens. Kwatani’s strong offering in large multi-slope screens for the mining industry will add to Sandvik’s existing portfolio while also strengthening the Group’s position in Africa.
- Advised Sandvik AB on the acquisition of Deswik Mining Group, including its South African subsidiaries.
- Assisted Minerals Council South Africa in launching a judicial review application against the Minister based on several grounds of review in terms of the Promotion of Access to Justice Act, 2000 and the principle of legality, for the withdrawal of Paragraph 17 of the Schedule to GN 517 published in GG 44701 dated 11 June 2021.
South Africa > Tax Tier 4
Dale Cridlan leads Norton Rose Fulbright’s tax practice; he has broad tax experience, including in corporate tax, securities transfer tax, withholding tax, and in the taxation of financial and hybrid instruments, and advises clients in relation to tax disputes with revenue authorities, the tax implications of group restructurings, and the tax aspects of debt and equity financing.Practice head(s):
Dale Cridlan
Key clients
McKinsey Inc.
Euclid
Publicis
Work highlights
- Assisted with capturing confidential payroll information onto SARS e-filing.
- Offered South African tax and exchange control advice to a client in relation to a hybrid loan agreement.
- Assisted client with completion and submission of tax exemption application to SARS Tax Exemption Unit.
Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa Inc > Firm Profile
The firm: Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 4000 lawyers and other legal staff based in more than 50 cities across Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.
Areas of practice: Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare. Through our global risk advisory group, we leverage our industry experience with our knowledge of legal, regulatory, compliance and governance issues to provide our clients with practical solutions to the legal and regulatory risks facing their businesses.
Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.
Norton Rose Fulbright Verein, a Swiss verein, helps coordinate the activities of Norton Rose Fulbright members but does not itself provide legal services to clients. Norton Rose Fulbright has offices in more than 50 cities worldwide, including London, Houston, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg. For more information, see nortonrosefulbright.com
Offices: We have offices in the world’s most important business, financial and regulatory centres and are active in strategically important growth markets. Our offices are located in Amsterdam, Athens, Austin, Bahrain, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Brussels, Calgary, Canberra, Cape Town, Casablanca, Dallas, Denver, Dubai, Durban, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Houston, Istanbul, Jakarta (in association with Norton Rose Fulbright Australia), Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Minneapolis, Monaco, Montréal, Moscow, Munich, New York, Ottawa, Paris, Perth, Piraeus, Port Moresby, Québec, Rio de Janeiro, Riyadh (in association with Mohammed Al-Ghamdi Law Firm), San Antonio, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, St Louis, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Vancouver, Warsaw and Washington, DC. In Africa, we have alliances with firms in Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Zimbabwe
Number of partners (worldwide): 1,000+
Number of other fee-earners (worldwide): 2,000+
Total staff: 7,500+
Global key contacts
Financial institutions: James Bateson
Energy: Anne Lapierre and John Mauel
Infrastructure, mining and commodities: Nick Merritt
Transport: Harry Theochari
Technology: Nick Abrahams
Life sciences and healthcare: Stacey Martinez and Randy Sutton
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Financial institutions | Steve Chemaly | ||
Financial institutions | Maria Philippides | ||
Energy | Jackie Midlane | ||
Infrastructure, mining and commodities | Georg Kahle | ||
Infrastructure, mining and commodities | Lilian Githinguri | ||
Infrastructure, mining and commodities | Keith Mukami | ||
Transport | Andrew Robinson | ||
Technology | Rohan Isaacs | ||
Life sciences and healthcare | Marianne Wagener |
Other
Other offices : Amsterdam Other offices : Athens Other offices : Austin Other offices : Bahrain Other offices : Bangkok Other offices : Beijing Other offices : Bogotá Other offices : Brisbane Other offices : Brussels Other offices : Calgary Other offices : Canberra Other offices : Caracas Other offices : Casablanca Other offices : Dallas Other offices : Dar es Salaam Other offices : Denver Other offices : Dubai Other offices : Durban Other offices : Frankfurt Other offices : Hamburg Other offices : Hong Kong Other offices : Houston Other offices : Istanbul Other offices : Jakarta (in association with Norton Rose Fulbright Australia) Other offices : Johannesburg Other offices : London Other offices : Los Angeles Other offices : Luxembourg Other offices : Melbourne Other offices : Mexico City Other offices : Milan Other offices : Minneapolis Other offices : Monaco Other offices : Montréal Other offices : Moscow Other offices : Munich Other offices : New York Other offices : Ottawa Other offices : Paris Other offices : Perth Other offices : Piraeus Other offices : Port Moresby Other offices : Québec Other offices : Rio de Janeiro Other offices : Riyadh (in association with Mohammed Al-Ghamdi Law Firm) Other offices : San Antonio Other offices : San Francisco Other offices : São Paulo Other offices : Shanghai Other offices : Singapore Other offices : St Louis Other offices : Sydney Other offices : Tokyo Other offices : Toronto Other offices : Vancouver Other offices : Warsaw Other offices : Washington, DC Other offices : In Africa, it has alliances with firms in Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Zimbabwe.Legal Briefings
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