South Africa

Our team is fully integrated into Allen & Overy’s worldwide network, complementing our wider African capability, which includes working closely with our London, Paris and Casablanca offices in particular.

Combining the expertise and resources of a global elite law practice with a leading group of senior domestic practitioners, our SA office provides our clients with innovative and cost-effective legal solutions wherever they are located.

Our team includes lawyers qualified to practise in South Africa, England and Wales, who advise African home-grown companies and international corporations on opportunities in the banking, finance, energy, infrastructure and mining sectors, both in South Africa and elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our lawyers have established close working relationships with regulators, government entities, investors, banks and corporates across the region in order to offer our clients optimal support.

Clients benefit from our seamless integration across the firm, where a true spirit of client centric collaboration ensures the sharing of knowledge, information, technology systems, processes and skills. Whatever the transaction or legal issue, we are used to leveraging our resources as one firm to meet our clients’ needs, offering them the support and advice needed to succeed in the ever-changing and complex national and global market space.