Practice Areas
Phetole Modika is a partner in and head of Baker McKenzie's Banking & Finance Practice Group in Johannesburg.
He focuses on general banking and finance law, including secured and unsecured lending, acquisition and leveraged finance as well as structured trade commodity finance across industries in South Africa and in various other jurisdictions on the African continent.
Phetole has also acquired experience in certain niche areas of finance, such as municipal and public finance and has advised clients on the application and implications of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 and the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003.
Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Phetole was a partner at two large South African law firms.