Hartmut Ruppel is the Executive Chairperson at ENS in Namibia.

Hartmut specialises in corporate commercial and public law. He acts for and represents mandates in both the private and public sectors across major industries, including banking and non-banking institutions, telecommunications operators, retirement funds and insurance companies, medical aid organisations, mining houses and agricultural institutions, as well as state-owned enterprises, public utilities and regulators.

His experience includes opinion work and assisting clients in corporate commercial, constitutional, administrative and competition matters and in negotiations, as well as the drafting of contracts and legal instruments and on the process in adversarial proceedings.

Hartmut served as an elected member of the Constituent Assembly, which adopted Namibia’s Constitution. From 1990 to 2000, he was a member of Parliament and, as Attorney General, also of Cabinet until 1995 when he returned to private practice.

Hartmut is recognised as a leading/recommended lawyer by:

• Chambers Global Guide 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 – General Business Law (Namibia)
• IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide; ( including Energy and Infrastructure); Project Development - 2023, 2018, 2017, 2016 – Highly Regarded (Namibia)