South African office ranked by IFLR1000

IFLR1000, the international legal directory dedicated to ranking law firms and lawyers on the basis of financial and corporate transactional work, has ranked Norton Rose South Africa as a top-rated firm in its rankings for 2023.

Our Project Finance and Energy practices need a special recognition for achieving Tier 1 rankings for 2023, this is as a direct result of the exceptional legal services provided by these teams to our valued clients. We achieved rankings across various practices and are proud of our achievements in the following rankings:

• Project Finance: Tier 1
• Project Development – Energy: Tier 1
• Banking and Finance: Tier 2
• Mining: Tier 2
• Project Development – Infrastructure: Tier 2
• Capital Markets, Debt: Tier 3
• M&A: Tier 3

Congratulations to the following lawyers who have excelled and achieved individual rankings in their respective practice areas:

• Matt Ash: Highly Regarded
• Steve Chemaly: Highly Regarded 
• Jackie Midlane: Highly Regarded 
• Michael Dale:  Highly Regarded 
• Willem de Villiers: Highly Regarded
• Stephen Kennedy-Good: Highly Regarded
• Desiree Reddy: Highly Regarded 
• Izak Lessing: Highly Regarded 
• Greg Nott: Highly Regarded 
• Gary Rademeyer: Highly Regarded
• Marianne Wagener: Notable Practitioner 
• Loris Rech: Notable Practitioner 
• Raghemah Hendricks: Rising Star Partner

Brent Botha, Chief Executive Officer says:

“This latest recognition by IFLR1000 is a just and appropriate endorsement of the excellence of the legal services we provide as a Firm and of our lawyers to our clients. Each of our ranked lawyers add significant depth to the pool of exceptional talent (leading talent at that) at Norton Rose Fulbright in the Banking, Corporate and Projects practices. On the back of the recently announced Best Lawyers rankings, and our Africa Legal Awards win as 2023’s African Law Firm of the Year (Southern Africa (Large Firm)), we especially celebrate our lawyers who work tirelessly at delivering the client experience that produces these results.  Congratulations to our recognised lawyers.  You are right to be proud.  We celebrate you.”