Loris holds the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and Bachelor of Laws from the University of the Witwatersrand and Master of Laws from the University of South Africa.

• Attorney, qualified in South Africa 1995

Loris specialises in local and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and has acted for many well known South African and international mining, commercial and industrial corporations, various South African and international banks and local and international private equity houses. Amongst others he has acted for Actis LLP, Afrisam, Anglo Operations Limited, Avgold, ABSA Bank, Ethos Private Equity, First National Bank Limited, Rand Merchant Bank, Fresenius Kabi, Faurecia, Kumba Resources, Deutsche Telekoms AG, Plastic Omnium International BV, Nalco Chemserve, Standard Bank, Telkom, Transnet, Virgin Active, Barloworld Limited, British Nuclear Fuels, Goldman Sachs International, Hans Merensky Holdings, Investec Bank Limited, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Macquarie Bank Limited, NS Resources International BV, Rio Tinto, Virtual Investment Group Limited, Lonmin Platinum, TaChen, Nordzucker A.G., CDC GROUP PLC, Brockwell Capital, Exxaro Resources and Barclays Bank.

Loris has over 20 years of market leading experience in the field of legal due diligence and has led large teams in the carrying out of complex due diligence investigations often under extremely tight timelines on behalf of large South African and international clients with an emphasis on providing clients with reports and recommendations which are both legally and commercially sound. 

Loris is the market leading authority in South Africa in the field of Warranty and Indemnity Insurance.  His clients include AIG, Liberty Global Transaction Solutions, Tokio Marine HCC, Euclid Transactional UK and Brockwell Capital, to which he provides risk analysis and advice in relation to Warranty and Indemnity Policies issued by these institutions to sellers and purchasers in large corporate M&A transactions.

Recognised as a leading lawyer, Corporate, M&A in IFLR1000 2023

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