Banking & Finance

About

Provided by ENS

ENSafrica has a dedicated banking and finance team which is well known for its scale and depth, and for its cross-border work throughout Africa.

Our key differentiator is the extent and breadth of our expertise and experience across the full spectrum of banking and finance work, including financial services regulation, leveraged finance, asset finance, debt finance, trade finance and capital markets.

We work with leading African and international financial institutions and blue chip companies, and we are sought after by investors, including development finance institutions, who require our expertise in their complex and high value matters, including cross-border mandates spanning multiple countries.

We have well-established capabilities in local law, English law, French law and OHADA law, which enables us to provide you with legal advice in every jurisdiction in Africa.

ENSafrica is recognised by top ranking agencies for achieving consistently high standards when working on the continent.

Recent work highlights:

• Multi-currency club loan of ZAR1.2-billion to MTN Zambia by joint lenders, including FirstRand Bank, as lead counsel.
• ZAR20-billion highly complex group-wide debt restructure of the Edcon Group.
• Raising of USD2.25-billion in the US market by Sasol Financing USA LLC, guaranteed by Sasol Limited.
  Partial financing by Citibank of the acquisition by Comair of one new Boeing 737 Max-8 aircraft.