IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Rankings (2022 Edition)

IFLR1000 has released its latest rankings which reflect our market standing within the financial and corporate practice areas. This is a sector-specific guide which covers the Sub-Saharan African legal market with annual rankings based on both client and peer feedback as well as on analysis of our transactional highlights.

The firm was ranked as follows and has retained its rankings:

• Banking: Tier 2
• Capital Markets – Equity: Tier 2
• Capital Markets – Debt: Tier 2
• Energy: Tier 2
• Infrastructure: Tier 2
• M&A: Tier 2
• Mining: Tier 2
• Project Finance: Tier 2

The following lawyers have been ranked as “highly regarded”:

• Astrid Berman
  • Energy and infrastructure
  • Banking
  • Project Finance
• Chris Moraitis
  • Energy and infrastructure
  • Project development
  • Project finance
• Chris Stevens
  • Energy and infrastructure
  • Project development
• David Gewer
  • M&A
• David Hertz
  • Energy and infrastructure
  • Project development
• David Walker
  • Energy and infrastructure
  • Project development
  • M&A
• Elliott Wood (higher ranking: Rising star in 2020)
  • Banking
  • M&A
• Gerhard Johannes
  • M&A
• Jonathan Behr
  • Energy and infrastructure
  • Project finance
• Kevin Trudgeon
  • Private equity
• Paul Coetser
  • Competition
• Petra Krusche
  • Competition
• Richard Roothman
  • Banking
  • Project finance
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
• Shayne Krige
  • Banking
  • Capital Markets
• Tracy-Lee Janse van Rensburg
  • Banking
  • 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”:

• Cara Gow (newly ranked)
  • Banking
• Hilah Laskov
  • Banking
  • Capital Markets
• Lureshan Naidoo (newly ranked)
  • Energy and infrastructure
  • Project Development
• Natalie Scott
  • Banking

This brings our total number of ranked lawyers to twenty. Click here for further information.
Congratulations to the teams who have contributed to this success and for maintaining a strong presence in this competitive legal space.

Our previous results can be viewed here.