Mr Kathy Shepherd > Webber Wentzel > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

Webber Wentzel
90 RIVONIA ROAD, SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2196,
PO BOX 61771, MARSHALLTOWN 2107
South Africa

Work Department

Banking and Finance Practice

Position

Partner

Career

Kathy specialises in banking and finance and has experience in the areas of general banking and debt finance, syndicated lending, commercial property finance, acquisition and leveraged finance, preference share structures and black economic empowerment finance structures and related security structures. She has been involved in financing arrangements for a number of listed companies and their subsidiaries, acting on behalf of both borrowers and lenders.

Education

LLB (cum laude), University of the Witwatersrand, 1992
BA (cum laude), University of the Witwatersrand, 1990
Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa

Lawyer Rankings

South Africa > Banking and finance

(Leading individuals)

Kathy ShepherdWebber Wentzel

Webber Wentzel‘s banking and finance practice is home to ‘a team of seasoned lawyers with a great amount of experience‘. The ‘incredibly dedicatedKhurshid Fazel is very experienced in advising on sustainability-linked loans and preference share funding transactions; she co-heads the banking and finance team with Lindi Marais, who regularly advises on debt work. Dawid de Villiers has ‘excellent knowledge of banking and financial services regulation‘, and Karen Couzyn is a highly regarded practitioner in the debt capital markets space. Kathy Shepherd acts for borrowers and lenders in syndicated lending matters and acquisition financings. Rashaad Carrim, Natasha Pather, and Faatimah Jaffer also play important roles in the department.