Chambers Global has released its 2026 rankings. Chambers, an independent professional legal research company operates across 200 jurisdictions, delivering detailed rankings and insights into the world’s leading lawyers and law firms.

Our firm has been ranked across 21 areas of law and 37 of our lawyers are ranked individually as leading lawyers in their respective fields.

The firm was ranked as follows:

• Administrative & Public Law: Band 3
• Banking & Finance: Band 3
• Capital Markets – Debt: Band 2
• Competition & Antitrust: Band 3
• Construction: Band 3 (higher ranking)
• Corporate Investigations: Band 2
• Corporate/M&A: Band 2
• Dispute Resolution: Band 1
• Employment: Band 3
• Energy & Natural Resources – Mining: Band 2
• Environment: Band 3
• FinTech Legal: Band 2
• Intellectual Property: Band 3
• International & Cross-Border Capabilities: Spotlight
• IT & Telecommunications: Band 2
• Media & Broadcasting: Band 2
• Private Equity: Band 2 (higher ranking)
• Projects & Energy: Band 4
• Real Estate: Band 2
• Restructuring/Insolvency: Band 1
• Tax: Band 2

The following lawyers have been individually ranked as leading lawyers:

• Administrative & Public Law
o Corlett Manaka: Band 3

• Banking & Finance
o Danny Andropoulos: Band 3
o Jenni Darling: Band 3

• Capital Markets: Debt
o Richard Roothman: Band 2
o Tracy-Lee Janse van Rensburg: Band 3

• Competition/Antitrust
o Paul Coetser: Band 3
o Ahmore Burger-Smidt: Band 4
o Paul Cleland: Band 5

• Construction
o Jennifer Smit: Band 4

• Corporate Investigations
o Bernard Hotz: Band 2
o Jeremy Gobetz: Band 2
o Mohamed Hoosen: Associates to watch

• Corporate/M&A
o Kevin Trudgeon: Band 3
o David Gewer: Band 4
o Gerhard Johannes: Band 4
o Elliott Wood: Band 5
o Bafana Ntuli: Up and Coming (new ranking)

• Dispute Resolution
o David Hertz: Eminent Practitioners
o Des Williams: Senior Statespeople
o Corlett Manaka: Band 2
o Jones Antunes: Band 5

• Employment
o Sandile July: Band 3
o Anastasia Vatalidis: Band 3
o Jacques van Wyk: Band 4

• Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
o Chris Stevens: Band 1

• Environment
o Justin Truter: Band 2

• FinTech Legal
o Preeta Bhagattjee: Band 2

• Life Sciences
o Neil Kirby: Spotlight (new ranking)

• Intellectual Property
o Donvay Wegierski: Band 3
o Janine Hollesen: Band 3

• IT & Telecommunications
o Preeta Bhagattjee: Band 1

• Media & Broadcasting
o Wendy Rosenberg: Band 1
o Tebogo Sibidla: Band 3

• Private Equity
o Elliott Wood: Band 3
o Bafana Ntuli: Up and Coming

• Projects & Energy
o Chris Moraitis: Band 3

• Restructuring/Insolvency
o Eric Levenstein: Band 1

• Tax
o Doelie Lessing: Band 2
o Michael Honiball: Band 3
o Ernest Mazansky (Consultant): Band 1
o Ryan Killoran: Band 3

LEX Africa has once again been ranked as a Band 1 Leading Regional Law Firm Network – Africa Wide.