IFLR1000 Rankings

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 2

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; and Capital 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
Lureshan Naidoo – Energy and infrastructure; and Project Development
Natalie Scott – Banking

This brings our total number of ranked individuals to nineteen.