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Our Banking and Finance practice is the pre-eminent finance practice in the South African market with a significant presence in the broader African market. We provide legal advisory services in the areas of general banking and finance (including capital markets), asset finance, project finance, and financial regulatory services. We act as counsel to mandated lead arrangers, lender groups, individual borrowers, borrower groups, and providers of security, on a wide range of complicated and high profile banking and finance transactions, including transactions relating to mezzanine funding, and have an extensive track record advising South African and international clients (including commercial banks, export credit agencies and development finance institutions) on their most challenging transactions. We are fundamentally a Lenders’ practice with circa 75% of our revenues attributable to Lender mandates. We are part of a large corporate firm and, as a result, also attend to selected, significant corporate / borrower mandates for legacy blue chip clients.


Contact: Khurshid Fazel, Partner ([email protected]).

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance - South Africa

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What the Team is Known For

Webber Wentzel continues to operate at the upper end of this market, offering excellent full-spectrum banking and finance services. The team is active on both high-value refinancings and new loan transactions. It is known for its lender-side practice, where it acts for major banks as well as significant domestic and international financial corporations. The law firm offers impressive cross-border capabilities, enhanced by its alliance with Linklaters, enabling the representation of clients on an international scale.

Work Highlights

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  • Webber Wentzel advised Entersekt International on the financing of its acquisition of Modirum Holdings.

Strengths

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The team comprises lawyers who have a deep understanding and are specialist banking and finance practitioners.

Banking & Finance respondent
Global

The firm has always displayed a high level of commercial awareness.

Banking & Finance respondent
Global

Webber Wentzel's team from the very beginning look for the best outcome of the client.

Banking & Finance respondent
Global

The best part of Webber Wentzel is not only their experience, but the fact that they are incredibly commercial, making sure they are going to find a solution to any issue that might arise.

Banking & Finance respondent
Global

Notable Practitioners

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Dawid de Villiers
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Dawid de Villiers
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Dawid de Villiers is a well-regarded banking regulatory specialist. He is instructed by numerous clients from the financial services industry in relation to digital platforms and e-payment solutions, asset transfers and derivatives transactions.

He is a pleasure to work with and his regulatory knowledge and practical application is brilliant.

Dawid de Villiers provides market-leading legal guidance and advice on regulatory issues.

He offers experienced and solid commercial advice.

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Khurshid Fazel
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Khurshid Fazel
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Khurshid Fazel is a top-tier practitioner, who is regularly instructed by South African banking institutions to provide counsel on preference sustainability credit facilities. She is additionally sought out for her counsel on debt refinancing.

She is technically very strong and commercially savvy which makes her a pleasure to work with.

Khurshid Fazel is technically exceptional and very endearing to both lender and borrower counsel. She remains pragmatic and has a very strong commercial sense.

Khurshid is an excellent lawyer who is solutions-driven and provides excellent service delivery to her clients.

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Johann Scholtz
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Johann Scholtz
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Johann Scholtz holds significant expertise in the field of banking and financial services regulation. He is based in Johannesburg, and his particular areas of expertise include derivatives.
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Kathy Shepherd
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Kathy Shepherd
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Kathy Shepherd is often instructed to advise on the provision of loan facilities and other finance transactions. She has notable experience advising large international banks as the lenders on debt restructuring mandates while also assisting borrowers with high-value refinancing matters.

Kathy Shepherd is an amazing lawyer. She is hard-working, dedicated to her clients and offers a top-notch service.

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Ranked Lawyers at
Webber Wentzel

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Banking & Finance
Khurshid Fazel
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Khurshid Fazel
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Kathy Shepherd
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Kathy Shepherd
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Banking & Finance: Regulatory
Dawid de Villiers
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Dawid de Villiers
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Johann Scholtz
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Johann Scholtz
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Members

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Muhammad Sader

Head of Department