Chambers Global Rankings 2022 Released

Published annually since 1999, Chambers covers legal markets of 200 jurisdictions by researching firms and conducting interviews with clients and legal professionals to identify leading lawyers and law firms.

Our firm retained its rankings across 14 practice areas, and over 30 of our directors were ranked individually as leading lawyers in their respective fields.

The firm was ranked as follows:

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 4
• Media & Broadcasting: Band 1
• Projects & Energy: Band 4
• Real Estate: Band 2
• Restructuring & Insolvency: Band 1
• Tax: Band 2
• High Net Worth: Leading Firm

The following directors have been individually ranked as leading lawyers in the Chambers Global Rankings 2022 edition:

Administrative & Public Law

• Corlett Manaka: Band 3

Banking & Finance

• Danny Andropoulos: Band 2
• Richard Roothman: Band 4

Capital Markets

• Richard Roothman: Band 2

Competition/Antitrust

• Ahmore Burger-Smidt: Band 4
• Paul Cleland: Band 4
• Paul Coetser: Band 2

Corporate Investigations

• Bernard Hotz: Band 2
• Jeremy Gobetz: Band 3 (higher ranking)

Corporate/M&A

• Danny Andropoulos: Band 4
• David Gewer: Band 4
• Elliot Wood: Band 5
• Gerhard Johannes: Band 3
• Kevin Trudgeon: Band 3

Dispute Resolution

• Corlett Manaka: Band 3
• David Hertz: Band 1
• Des Williams: Senior Statespeople
• Jones Antunes: Band 4

Employment

• Anastasia Vatalidis: Band 2
• Jacques van Wyk: Band 4
• Sandile July: Band 4

Energy & Natural Resources: Mining

• Chris Stevens: Band 1

Environment

• Justin Truter: Band 2

Intellectual Property

• Donvay Wegierski: Band 4
• Janine Hollesen: Band 4

Media & Broadcasting

• Wendy Rosenberg: Band 2

Projects & Energy

• Chris Moraitis: Band 4

Real Estate

• Fatima Rodrigues: Band 3
• Hendrik Kotze: Band 2

Restructuring/Insolvency

• Eric Levenstein: Band 1
• Lauren Becker: Up and Coming
• Nastascha Harduth: Up and Coming

Tax

• Doelie Lessing: Band 2
• Ernest Mazansky (Consultant): Band 1
• Michael Honiball: Band 2
• Ryan Killoran: Up and Coming (new ranking)

LEX Africa is pleased, to once again be ranked as a Band 1 Leading Regional Law Firm Network – Africa Wide. In addition, there were 48 member firm and 97 individual lawyer rankings across various practice areas.

Congratulations to all the ranked lawyers and the teams for maintaining a strong presence in the global legal space in the Chambers Global Rankings 2022.