Riza Moosa
Global Guide 2024
Band 3 : Banking & Finance
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About
Provided by Riza Moosa
Practice Areas
Riza is a banking and finance lawyer with over 20 years’ experience, specialising in financial restructuring, refinancing, insolvency, business rescue and workouts.
He co-founded the law firm, CMS South Africa, having previously headed Banking & Finance at the South African branch of an international law firm.
Riza advises on complex high-value domestic cross - border banking and finance transactions and leads large multi-disciplinary teams in complicated debt restructuring, workouts, business rescue and refinancing transactions.
His advice includes security reviews, finance and security documents restructuring, new money solutions, post commencement financing, strategic asset sales, compromises and schemes of arrangement, distressed equity capital raising, restructuring strategy, distressed debt trading, to mention a few.
Professional Memberships
Admitted Attorney, High Court of South Africa
Member of the Legal Practice Council, Gauteng office
Executive Member of CMS Africa Committee
Member of CMS Council
Chambers Review
Global
Head of CMS's South African banking and finance practice Riza Moosa handles a range of financing and refinancing matters, acting for both commercial banks and development finance institutions. His experience includes emergency relief finance as well as fund finance matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Riza is renowned in the South African finance law market as a subject matter expert. His expertise and sharp mind continue to provide calm direction on complex matters, both to clients and counterparties alike."
"Riza is renowned in the South African finance law market as a subject matter expert. His expertise and sharp mind continue to provide calm direction on complex matters, both to clients and counterparties alike."
