Banking and finance

Banking and finance

“[The firm] has been rated by several recent surveys as South Africa’s leading firm in relation to financial services and banking, including structured and project finance.” Chambers 2011

Major banks, corporates, property developers, private equity funds, transport, technology, media, telecommunications and energy and utilities companies – as well as financial institutions and government agencies – look to us for our wide-ranging expertise across the board in the banking and finance regulatory environment.

We offer our clients unrivalled experience both on the African continent and globally, and truly pan-African reach, expertise, and insight.

Clients

The firm represented the lenders in relation to the financing of the massive international Lesotho Highlands Water Project, the lenders to two major toll road projects, the first major BOT project finance transactions in South Africa, one of the first prison projections in South Africa, and represented both the consortium and lenders in the first hospital project in South Africa. The firm is currently advising in regard to several further toll road projects, an accommodation project, and the Gautrain rapid rail link project.

Expertise

We offer a large team of finance and banking lawyers with a broad range of specialisations and areas of expertise. We have a thorough and wide understanding of the banking and finance regulatory environments, both locally and throughout Africa. Further, as part of the Norton Rose Group we are able to offer the most comprehensive global network of related expertise for an integrated approach to your needs.