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"A pan-African powerhouse with a strong team of experienced and respected lawyer" - Chambers Global Guide 2018
In today's competitive global market, to run a successful business it is important to have a business partner who understands the importance of:
- fast turnaround times
- cost-effective solutions
- differentiation
- limited risk
While Africa provides potential for growth, predicting in-country, or even regional challenges, and capitalising on the right opportunities for your business, is complex.
With over 600 practitioners and more than 200 years of experience, ENSafrica is Africa's largest law firm.
We provide legal and tax services across sub-Saharan Africa and are committed to ensuring work is done in the manner that best suits your risk profile, preferences and pricing structures.
It matters to us whether you achieve your business goals and we will find ways to ensure you do.
We are an independent law firm, which means that, irrespective of where you wish to pursue your business interests across Africa, we will ensure that you receive consistent, high-quality services.
In today's world, changing economic, political, technological, environmental, cultural and social climates are directly impacting target markets at a pace previously unknown. For a business to remain relevant, it requires know-how that spans various specialist areas.
Our specialist divisions include Africa regulatory and business intelligence, Asia, tax and IP. In addition, our artificial intelligence division is able to provide you with in-depth know-how, be it for purposes of corporate governance and information protection, due-diligence, e-discovery, data analytics and/or market understanding.
ENSafrica has lawyers qualified to practise English, French and OHADA law, as well as practitioners who are able to converse in various languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, French and Portuguese.
Through the financial services centre of Mauritius, ENSafrica also offers a unique possibility to integrate all aspects of structuring your investments in relation to all commercial areas of law, tax, IP and fiduciary.
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Deon Beachen
DirectorExecutive
Naa’ilah Abader
ExecutiveKaanit Abarder
ExecutiveNtsiki Adonisi
ExecutiveArmando Aguiar
ExecutiveRoss Alcock
ExecutiveCarli Aldrich
ExecutiveMark Badenhorst
ExecutiveJustin Balkin
ExecutiveDarren Band
ExecutiveJohann Basson
ExecutiveCelia Becker
ExecutiveAndrew Bembridge
ExecutiveZeyn Bhyat
ExecutiveLeonard Bilchitz
ExecutiveGuillaume P. Blanc
ExecutiveGuinevere Blignaut
ExecutiveLizél Blignaut
ExecutiveJessica Blumenthal
ExecutiveRidwaan Boda
ExecutiveAnina Boshoff
ExecutiveNils Braatvedt
ExecutiveJames Brand
ExecutiveEsti Brand
ExecutiveJens Brodbeck
ExecutiveJoshua Broll
ExecutiveJuanita Broom
ExecutiveManisha Bugwandeen-Doorasamy
ExecutiveArnaaz Camay
ExecutiveDerushka Chetty
ExecutiveKenny Chiu
ExecutiveTracy Cohen
ExecutiveCeleste Coles
ExecutivePieter Colyn
ExecutivePeter Dachs
ExecutiveCheván Daniels
ExecutiveMohamed Sajid Darsot
ExecutiveLavina Daya
ExecutiveCharles de Wet
ExecutiveGerard du Toit
ExecutiveSiphamandla Dube
ExecutiveGerhardt Ehlers
ExecutiveEdwin Ellis
ExecutiveAndré Erasmus
ExecutivePiet Faber
Executive ConsultantIsaac Fenyane
ExecutiveJulia Ferraz-Cardoso
ExecutiveAlex Ferreira
ExecutiveLetitia Field
ExecutiveJeffrey Flax
Executive ConsultantRowan Forster
ExecutiveTyla Foster
ExecutiveRobert Gad
ExecutiveCecil Gelbart
Executive ConsultantPhilip Geromont
ExecutiveCarmen Gers
ExecutiveAnnelie Giles
ExecutiveRoy Gillespie
ExecutiveRyan Goodman
ExecutiveWade Graaff
ExecutiveClifford Green
ExecutiveEra Gunning
ExecutiveItayi Gwaunza
ExecutiveSuemeya Hanif
ExecutiveStuart Harrison
ExecutiveShafeeka Hartley
ExecutiveJames Haydock
ExecutiveSue Hayes
ExecutiveLawrence Helman
ExecutiveWarren Hendricks
ExecutiveLee-Ann Hopley
ExecutiveHendrik Hugo
ExecutiveDale Hutchison
ExecutiveAngela Itzikowitz
ExecutiveSuad Jacobs
ExecutiveDoron Joffe
ExecutiveDoron Joffe
ExecutiveAudrey Johnson
ExecutiveSanjay Kassen
ExecutiveLeonard Katz
ExecutiveJocelyn Katz
ExecutiveJacqui Kaufmann
ExecutiveMuzi Khoza
ExecutiveDeon Lambert
ExecutiveDanielle Laubscher
ExecutiveEric le Grange
ExecutivePeter le Roux
Executive ConsultantWillem le Roux
Executive ConsultantSean Lederman
ExecutiveTony Lee
ExecutiveStephen Levetan
Executive ConsultantStephen Lewis
Executive ConsultantNatalia Lopes
ExecutiveJohan Loubser
ExecutiveGabi Mailula
ExecutiveNtlhane Makena
ExecutiveWitness Makhubele
ExecutiveFritz Malan
ExecutiveGovan Manuel
ExecutiveMonique Maree
ExecutiveKevin Markman
ExecutiveDion Masher
ExecutiveSenzo Mbatha
ExecutiveAziza Mdee
ExecutiveLisa Melis
ExecutiveLebusa Meso
ExecutiveMzi Mgudlwa
Chief ExecutiveNoma Modise
ExecutiveTumi Modubu
ExecutivePrencess Mohlahlo
ExecutiveDouglas Molepo
ExecutiveAslam Moosajee
ExecutiveMatthew Morrison
ExecutiveLiézal Mostert
ExecutiveJoe Mothibi
ExecutiveRefilwe Mphego
ExecutiveShenaaz Munga
ExecutiveAndries Myburgh
ExecutiveIsaivan Naidoo
ExecutiveKumeshnie Naidoo
ExecutiveWandile Ndabambi
ExecutiveJan Norval
ExecutiveGary Oertel
ExecutiveJulius Oosthuizen
ExecutiveMansoor Parker
ExecutiveBrian Patterson
ExecutiveLauren Petersen
ExecutiveSteven Powell
ExecutiveKoos Pretorius
ExecutiveMichael Reifarth
ExecutivePippa Reyburn
ExecutiveAltair Richards
ExecutivePareen Rogers
ExecutiveHenry Rossouw
ExecutiveRoger Rudolph
ExecutiveLauren Salt
ExecutiveCraig Saven
ExecutiveAidan Scallan
ExecutiveFritz Schulz
ExecutiveRob Scott
ExecutiveGaelyn Scott
ExecutiveLeigh Sedice
ExecutiveNtebaleng Sekabate
ExecutiveHB Senekal
ExecutiveBrad Serebro
ExecutiveZara Sher
ExecutiveBalindile Shezi
ExecutiveSasha Singh
ExecutiveNicolette Smit
ExecutiveMagda Snyckers
ExecutiveAlida Spies
Executive ConsultantWaldo Steyn
ExecutiveAndre Symington
ExecutiveAlex Taylor
ExecutiveLoren Tibshraeny
ExecutiveThato Tomotomo
ExecutiveNkosi Tshabalala
ExecutiveMichael Tucker
ExecutiveJason Valkin
ExecutiveGustav van den Berg
ExecutiveDr. Joanne van Harmelen
ExecutiveYana van Leeve
ExecutiveClinton van Loggerenberg
ExecutiveGeorge van Niekerk
ExecutiveKristel van Rensburg
ExecutiveRichardt van Rensburg
ExecutiveTracy van Wyk
ExecutiveSuzanne Viljoen
ExecutiveStephen von Schirnding
ExecutiveLen Vorster
ExecutiveDerek Wanblad
ExecutiveSimon Weber
ExecutiveSteven Wiener
ExecutivePaul Winer
ExecutiveCecil Wulfsohn
ExecutiveJohn Zieff
ExecutiveAssociate
Anjé Albertyn
AssociateAzariah Alexander
AssociateZaahirah America
Trainee AssociateMame Amoateng
Senior AssociateAyesha Arend
AssociateAyesha Arend-Cottle
AssociateLeahandra Bailey
Senior AssociateNomampondo Banzi
Senior AssociateJenna Batt
Senior AssociateDelene Bertasso
Senior AssociateSamantha Bonato
Senior AssociateVicky Louise Borg-Jorgensen
Senior AssociateAlana Burgess
AssociateArshaad Carrim
Senior AssociateTalia Cullinan
AssociateLauren Davids
Senior AssociateJeremy de Beer
AssociateSamantha Delcarme
AssociateParusha Desai Valodia
Senior AssociateKerry-Anne do Couto
Senior AssociateKayla Dodo
AssociateCourtney-Jayne Dykes
AssociateAmber Ebden
AssociateNicholas Fairbairn
AssociateTusani Fakude
AssociateRobbyn Frank
AssociateMarzia Gertse
Senior AssociatePreanka Gounden
Senior AssociateJanke Gouws
AssociateDenisha Govender
Senior AssociateCourtney-Jayne Heynes
AssociateTatum Jacobs
AssociateDarryn Jacobus
Senior AssociateJenny Klein
Principal AssociateZinzi Lawrence
Senior AssociateMadison Liebmann
Senior AssociateRiëtte Lombard
Senior AssociateSazi Madlala
Senior AssociateSilindokuhle Magagula
Senior AssociateOrita Maharaj
Senior AssociateAalia Mahomed
AssociateKamvelihle Mangqishi
AssociateDavid Marais
Senior AssociateCarol Masego Makutu
Senior AssociateZamadlomo Matshaya
AssociateLameez Mayet
Senior AssociateJordan Maze
Senior AssociateBuhle Mcengwa
AssociateKylynn Meyer
AssociateTashreek Miller
AssociateCorné Moodie
Senior AssociateShivani Moodley
Senior AssociateKlaas Mphego
Senior AssociateBrittany Muller
Senior AssociateJodie Muller
Senior AssociatePriyanka Naidoo
Senior AssociateCameron Nathaniel
AssociateAriane Nevin
Senior AssociateCurtis Nhliziyo
Senior AssociateClaire Nolan
AssociateMichael Papas
AssociateAndréa Pekeur
AssociateTimon Prins
AssociatePriyanka Raath
Senior AssociateGeraldine Rabe
Senior AssociateJo-Paula Roman
Senior AssociateTyrone Roode
AssociateMegan Roos
AssociateAdrian Roux
Senior AssociateScott Salusbury
Senior AssociateJulio Sanchez
Senior AssociateRaeesa Seedat
Senior AssociateWendy Shih
Senior AssociateTaryn Solomon
Principal AssociateWim Steyn
Senior AssociateElsabe Strydom
AssociateMegan Stuart-Steer
Senior AssociateDarren Swartz
AssociateTayla Theron
Senior AssociateAndrea Trueman
Senior AssociateNicolette van der Walt
AssociateJayshall Vassen
AssociateLisa Vezasie
AssociateAmelia Warren
AssociateChristopher Webb
AssociateSamantha Williams
AssociateCheri Young
Senior AssociateSiobhan Zeiler
AssociateOther
Daniela Druker
Senior ConsultantJoshua Eksteen
IntelligENS AnalystCarlyn Frittelli Davies
ConsultantAvi Gray
Senior Forensics ManagerWil Huang
Senior Transactions SpecialistRobyn Kantor
Tax ManagerMichael Katz
ChairmanBarry Knoetze
ConsultantCandace Lategan
Forensics ManagerChristopher Lubbe
Project ManagerOtsile Matlou
Chief Operating OfficerMegan McEvoy
Forensics ManagerLee Mendelsohn
Chief Operating OfficerSeelan Moonsamy
Tax ManagerFeroza Solomon
Tax AdvisorColeta Wesso
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JCPC's Landmark Judgment on Standing in Environmental Cases
In the recent judgment of John Mussington & Anor v. Development Control Authority & Others (Antigua and Barbuda) [2024] UKPC 3, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (“JCPC”) found that the appellants had standing to challenge the construction of an airstrip in Bermuda. This conclusion was based on several factors, namely the appellants’ background, their knowledge in the field, their status as local residents, and their experience in environmental assessments. This decision overturned the dismissal of the appellants' application for judicial review by the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Antigua and Barbuda)...
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ENSafrica’s Gaelyn Scott Named one of South Africa’s Top Women in IP
Head of ENSafrica’s IP department Gaelyn Scott is one of only three women in South Africa to have been included in Managing IP’s IP STARS Top 250 Women in IP for 2021/22. The publication recognises senior female IP practitioners in private practice from over 30 jurisdictions who have performed exceptionally for their clients and firms in the past year. Gaelyn is consistently recognised as one of the top trade mark litigators in South Africa. She founded the intellectual property department at ENSafrica twelve years ago and has contributed significantly to its growth to a team of over 50 people and to it quickly becoming a force within the African IP legal market...
ENSafrica Sustains Growth with Expansion of Executive Team
ENSafrica is pleased to announce that the following practitioners in Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa have been promoted to Executive, bolstering our service offerings in these practice areas and jurisdictions: • Jacqui Kaufmann Shipping and Logistics CPT • Joseph Konadu Dispute Resolution ACC • Kathleen Taylor Banking and Finance CPT • Noma Modise Project Development and Project Finance JNB • Patricia Jane Mumuni Corporate Commercial ACC • Rakhee Dullabh Corporate Commercial JNB • Shrivan Dabee Dispute Resolution MRU “Their outstanding achievement is all the more commendable amid the enormous challenges of the past year,” said ENSafrica Chief Executi