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CDH's rankings in IFLR1000 demonstrates our continued expertise in financial and corporate transactional work across Africa

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CDH's rankings in IFLR1000 demonstrates our continued expertise in financial and corporate transactional work across Africa

Congratulations to all our leading experts across Africa for their outstanding results in IFLR1000 2022.

30 Sep 2022 2 min read CDH Alert Article

At a glance

  • CDH celebrates the outstanding results of its leading experts in the IFLR1000 2022 rankings across Africa, recognizing their excellence in financial and corporate transactional work.
  • Numerous lawyers from CDH in South Africa, including Peter Hesseling, Tessa Brewis, Vivien Chaplin, and others, have been acknowledged as market leaders and highly regarded professionals in various practice areas such as M&A, Project Development, Capital Markets, Private Equity, and Banking.
  • CDH's CEO, Brent Williams, expresses commitment to excellence and dedication to fulfilling clients' visions, highlighting the humbling recognition of their consistent efforts in the IFLR1000 rankings. The IFLR1000 is an internationally recognized legal directory focused on ranking law firms and lawyers in financial and corporate transactions.
Brent Williams, CEO at CDH, says "We are committed to turning intent into action with a relentless pursuit of excellence that is to the benefit of our clients. We are dedicated to bringing our clients vision to fruition. We are thus humbled when these consistent efforts are recognised in this manner".

South Africa:

  • Special congratulations to Peter Hesseling who has been recognised as a market leader in M&A.
  • Tessa Brewis is highly regarded as a leading lawyer in Project Development.
  • Vivien Chaplin is highly regarded as a leading lawyer in M&A.
  • Chris Charter is highly regarded as a leading lawyer.
  • Andrew Giliam is a leading lawyer and rising star in M&A.
  • Ian Hayes is highly regarded as a leading lawyer in Capital Markets: Debt and Equity; Private Equity, and M&A.
  • Roux van der Merwe is a leading lawyer and a notable practitioner in M&A.
  • Willem Jacobs is highly regarded as a leading lawyer in Private Equity and M&A.
  • Jacqueline King is highly regarded as a leading lawyer in Capital Markets: Debt.
  • Yaniv Kleitman is a leading lawyer and a notable practitioner in M&A.
  • Susan Meyer is a leading lawyer and a notable practitioner.
  • Anita Moolman is highly regarded as a leading lawyer in M&A.
  • Mashudu Mphafudi is highly regarded as a leading lawyer in Banking, Project Finance, and Capital Markets: Debt.
  • Francis Newham is a leading lawyer and a notable practitioner in Capital Markets: Equity, and M&A.
  • Verushca Pillay is a leading lawyer and a notable practitioner in M&A.
  • David Pinnock is a leading lawyer and a notable practitioner in Private Equity, and M&A.
  • Megan Rodgers is highly regarded as a leading lawyer in Project Development.
  • David Thompson is highly regarded as a leading lawyer in M&A.
  • Tamarin Tosen is a leading lawyer and rising star partner in M&A.
  • Andrew van Niekerk is highly regarded as a leading lawyer in Project Development, Banking, and Project Finance.
  • Deon Wilken is highly regarded as a leading lawyer in Project Finance, and Capital Markets: Debt.
  • Jenni Darling is highly regarded as a leading lawyer in Banking and Project Finance.
  • Jess Reid is a leading lawyer and rising star partner in Banking.

Kenya:

  • Sammy Ndolo is a leading lawyer and a notable practitioner.
  • Martha Mbugua is highly regarded as a leading lawyer in M&A, and Private Equity.

The IFLR1000 has been producing legal market intelligence since 1990 and remains the only international legal directory dedicated to ranking law firms and lawyers on the basis of financial and corporate transactional work.

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