Namibia

South African firm ENSafrica moved into Namibia in 2014 after merging with domestic firm Lorentz Angula. The firm has three branches in the country.  

ENS is a pan-African firm with more than 600 practitioners across offices in Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda. 

Focusses / specialisms 

The firm has a specialism in financial and corporate transactions in Namibia especially banking work. The firm often works on deals in the mining, oil and gas, energy, banking, and telecommunications sectors. 

Research period review: 34th edition (2024/2025)

During the research period, the firm was active in financial and corporate matters.

In banking the firm worked on loans and financings for borrowers in the financial services, mining and real estate sector.

In M&A the firm worked for domestic and international acquirers.

In project development the firm worked for developers on projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors.

In project finance the firm worked for lenders in the banking sector.

Deal highlights: 34th edition (2024/2025)

Sturdee Energy Namibia NAD 500 million acquisition of a majority interest in Greenam Electricity. 

Standard Bank Namibia NAD 1.2 billion project financing to Diaz Wind Power. 

 QKR Namibia $155 million loan facility. 

Client Feedback: 34th edition (2024/2025)

"They are attentive, commercially oriented, easy to deal with, professional, responsive and transparent." - Bank lending 

"Strong legal knowledge with great strategy and execution." - Insolvency 

"Excellent quality of advice." - Project development 

"Attentive, commercially oriented, easy to deal with, professional, responsive and transparent. Knowledgeable and authoritative, willing to engage the client on differences of opinion." - Cornelia Hausiku 

"He is the leading lawyer in Namibia for commercial matters." - Wolf Wohlers 

Key clients 

Notable clients include Lewis Group, Liberty Life Namibia, Napotel Pension Fund, Rembo, BAL Group, Allegrow Fund, Namib Sky Balloon Safaris Close Corporation, Bering IV Congelados, Platinum Equity, The Meat Corporation of Namibia, Nedbank Namibia, Werksmans, RMB Namibia, Edcon Namibia, B2Gold, Puma Energy Namibia, Central Energy Namibia, Hopsol, OsinoResources Corporation, Old Mutual Short Term Insurance, Development Bank of Namibia, Namibia Post, Alacer Gold Corp, aRisCura, and Micro Lenders Association of Namibia.