Ms Karen Couzyn > 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 & Finance Practice

Position

Partner

Career

Karen has over 20 years of experience in advising on all aspects of specialised finance transactions, particularly securitisation and other debt capital market transactions. Her experience includes stand-alone debt issues, debt programmes, multi-seller conduits and re-packagings, both public and private.

Education

LLB, University of the Witwatersrand, 1991
B.Com, University of the Witwatersrand, 1987
Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa

Lawyer Rankings

South Africa > Banking and finance

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.