South African Team Ranked by Chambers & Partners

Chambers and Partners released their rankings for 2023 on 16 February, applauding NRFSA for our global reach and reputation expertise in mining and project financing, noting that we regularly work alongside local financial institutions on significant transactions.

Chambers and Partners ranks the top lawyers and law firms in over 200 jurisdictions. NRFSA’s expertise was recognised in nine practice areas, and 20 of our lawyers received individual rankings with Patrick Bracher (Insurance) noted as a Senior Statesperson, Professor Michael Dale (Mining) as a Star Individual and Peter Lamb (Shipping) and Desiree Reddy (Banking & Finance Regulatory) as Up & Coming.

We are very pleased with these results. Chambers has a credible research methodology and is well respected in the legal industry. As such, these results serve as an important external commendation of our expertise and reputation in the market.

Individual rankings are as follows:

• Andrew Robinson - Band 1 (Shipping)
• Jeffrey Kron - Band 1 (Dispute Resolution)
• Donald Dinnie – Band 2 (Insurance)
• Gary Rademeyer - Band 2 (Construction)
• Malcolm Hartwell - Band 2 (Shipping)
• Jackie Midlane - Band 2 (Projects & Energy), Band 3 (Banking & Finance)
• Tony Chappel - Band 3 (Construction)
• Mohammed Chavoos - Band 3 (Employment & Labour)
• Dale Cridlan - Band 3 (Tax)
• Willem de Villiers – Band 3 (Corp/M&A), Band 4 (Banking & Finance)
• Marianne Wagener - Band 4 (Competition & Antitrust)
• Jason Whyte - Band 4 (Employment & Labour)
• Murray Alexander – Band 4 (Employment & Labour)
• Tina Costas - Band 4 (Environment)
• John Bell – Band 4 (Dispute Resolution)
• Stephen Kennedy-Good – Band 5 (Corp/M&A)

Andrew Robinson, Chief Executive Officer says:

Congratulations to all of our lawyers for their achievements – it is testament to the brilliant work we do in South Africa and highlights our exceptional cross border capabilities.