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Key contacts
Chairperson of LEX Africa: Pieter Steyn
Firm overview

LEX Africa is an alliance of leading law firms in over 25 African countries and is Africa’s first and largest legal alliance formed in 1993. Each member is an independent law firm with a key specialist focus on general corporate/commercial/financial law, regulatory laws and dispute resolution together with expert knowledge and experience on the local business, political, cultural and economic environment. With over 600 lawyers, LEX Africa provides a Pan African legal team for both cross border and local African legal solutions and is a valuable resource for corporates, investors and other clients in Africa.

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Quick facts
  • First and largest Pan African legal alliance
  • Founded in 1993
  • Over 25 member countries
  • Over 25-year track record
  • Over 600 lawyers across the continent
  • Over 200 legal directory rankings
Key transactional practices
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Derivatives
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Capital markets: High yield
  • CLO/CDO
  • Competition
  • Covered bonds
  • Financial restructuring
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Hedge funds
  • Investment funds
  • M&A
  • PPP/PFI
  • Private equity
  • Private equity funds
  • Project bonds
  • Project development
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Real estate funds
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Securitisation
  • Structured finance/securitisation
  • Trade finance
Key practice contacts and recent transactional highlights
Sector expertise
  • Accounting
  • Agriculture
  • Automotive
  • Aviation
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Fisheries and aquaculture
  • Food and beverage
  • Forestry
  • Gaming
  • Government and public policy
  • Healthcare
  • Industrials
  • Insurance
  • Investment management
  • Media
  • Mining
  • Natural resources
  • Oil and gas
  • Pharm and life sciences
  • Real estate
  • Shipping
  • Social infrastructure
  • Tech and telecoms
  • Tourism
  • Transport
  • Utilities
Address:
The Central
96 Rivonia Road
Sandton, Johannesburg, 2196
Tel:+27 11 535 8000 Fax:+27 11 535 8788 Email:Contact Us Web Address:http://www.lexafrica.com
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