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IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Rankings 2020 Edition
| IFLR1000 has released its latest rankings which reflects our market standing within the financial and corporate practice areas. This is a sector-specific guide which covers the Sub-Saharan African legal market and bases its annual rankings on both client and peer feedback as well as on analysis of our transactional highlights. The firm was ranked as follows: • Banking & Finance: Tier 2 • Capital Markets: Tier 2 • Energy: Tier 2 • Infrastructure: Tier 2 • M&A: Tier 2 • Mining: Tier 2 • Oil & Gas: Tier 2 • Project Finance: Tier 3 The following lawyers have been ranked as “highly regarded”: Astrid Berman – Energy and infrastructure; Banking; and Project Finance Chris Moraitis – Energy and infrastructure; Project development; and Project finance Chris Stevens – Energy and infrastructure; and Project development David Gewer – M&A David Hertz – Energy and infrastructure; and Project development David Walker – Energy and infrastructure; Project development; and M&A Gerhard Johannes – M&A Jonathan Behr – Energy and infrastructure; and Project finance Kevin Trudgeon – Private equity Paul Coetser – Competition Petra Krusche – Competition Richard Roothman – Banking; Project finance; Capital markets: Debt; andCapital markets: Structured finance and securitisation Shayne Krige – Capital Markets, Banking Tracy-Lee Janse van Rensburg – Banking; and Capital markets: Debt The following lawyer has been ranked as a “notable practitioner”: Brian Price – Capital Markets: Equity, M&A The following lawyers have been ranked as “rising stars”: Elliot Wood – Banking; and M&A Hilah Laskov – Capital Markets, Banking Natalie Scott – Banking This brings our total number of ranked individuals to eighteen. |
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