Chambers Global released its 2025 rankings.

Published annually since 1999, Chambers is an independent professional legal research company operating across 200 jurisdictions, delivering detailed rankings and insights into the world’s leading lawyers and law firms.

Our firm has been ranked across 20 areas of law and 37 of our lawyers are ranked individually as leading lawyers in their respective fields.

The firm was ranked as follows:

• Africa Wide – TMT: Band 3
• Administrative & Public Law: Band 3
• Banking & Finance: Band 3
• Capital Markets – Debt: Band 2
• Competition & Antitrust: Band 3
• Construction: Band 4
• Corporate Investigations: Band 2
• Corporate/M&A: Band 2
• Dispute Resolution: Band 1
• Employment: Band 3
• Energy & Natural Resources – Mining: Band 2
• Environment: Band 2
• Intellectual Property: Band 3
• International & Cross-Border Capabilities: Spotlight
• IT & Telecommunications: Band 2
• Media & Broadcasting: Band 2
• 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 in the 2025 edition:

• Administrative & Public Law
o Corlett Manaka: Band 3

• Banking & Finance
o Danny Andropoulos: Band 2
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 Gerhard Johannes: Band 3
o David Gewer: Band 4
o Elliott Wood: Band 5

• Dispute Resolution
o David Hertz: Eminent Practitioners
o Des Williams: Senior Statespeople
o Corlett Manaka: Band 2
o Jones Antunes: Band 4

• 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

• 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

• Real Estate
o Fátima Rodrigues: Band 2

• Restructuring/Insolvency
o Eric Levenstein: Band 1

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

LEX Africa is pleased, to once again be ranked as a Band 1 Leading Regional Law Firm Network – Africa Wide.

Congratulations to all the ranked lawyers and the teams for maintaining a strong presence in the global legal space.