Debt Capital Markets

Our Debt Capital Markets practitioners serve as legal counsel to South Africa's major banking groups and a number of major international banks.

We serve as legal counsel to South Africa's major banking groups and a number of major international banks. We are often mandated to advise on banks' lending arrangements and compliance with the South African banking and financial services regulatory framework.

Our mandate for foreign banks at times extends to advising on the establishment of representative offices in South Africa and related aspects of the regulatory framework.

We also advise borrowers from the public and private sector, and many financial services providers and other organisations that have direct and indirect interests in lending arrangements. These organisations include asset managers, developmental finance institutions, private equity funds, insurance underwriters, rating agencies, security trusts and guarantors.

Our services include:

  • Commercial paper programmes and private placements.
  • Bonds.
  • Domestic medium term notes.
  • Updating or supplementing of these progammes.
  • Securitisation.
  • Preference shares and other debt instruments.

Services

We serve as legal counsel to South Africa's major banking groups and a number of major international banks. We are often mandated to advise on banks' lending arrangements and compliance with the South African banking and financial services regulatory framework.

Our mandate for foreign banks at times extends to advising on the establishment of representative offices in South Africa and related aspects of the regulatory framework.

We also advise borrowers from the public and private sector, and many financial services providers and other organisations that have direct and indirect interests in lending arrangements. These organisations include asset managers, developmental finance institutions, private equity funds, insurance underwriters, rating agencies, security trusts and guarantors.

Our services include:

  • Commercial paper programmes and private placements.
  • Bonds.
  • Domestic medium term notes.
  • Updating or supplementing of these progammes.
  • Securitisation.
  • Preference shares and other debt instruments.

Debt Capital Markets Lawyers

Our Debt Capital Markets team is often mandated to advise on banks' lending arrangements and compliance with the South African banking and financial services regulatory framework.

Our Debt Capital Markets Lawyers

Recognition

2021-2023

Chambers Global

Chambers Global 2021-2023 ranked our Finance & Banking practice in Band 2 for capital markets: equity and Band 2 for capital markets: debt. From 2013–2020 our Finance & Banking practice was ranked in Band 1 for capital markets: equity and Band 2 for capital markets: debt.

2017–2023

Chambers Global

Chambers Global 2017–2023 ranked our practice in Band 2 for banking & finance.

2009–2022

Legal 500 EMEA

The Legal 500 EMEA 2009–2022 recommended our practice in Tier 2 for banking & finance.

2016–2022

IFLR1000

IFLR1000 2016–2022 ranked our practice in Tier 2 for banking and project finance.

2014–2022

IFLR1000

IFLR1000 2014–2022 ranked our practice in Tier 2 for capital markets.

Chambers Global

Chambers Global 2021-2023 ranked our Finance & Banking practice in Band 2 for capital markets: equity and Band 2 for capital markets: debt. From 2013–2020 our Finance & Banking practice was ranked in Band 1 for capital markets: equity and Band 2 for capital markets: debt.

Chambers Global

Chambers Global 2017–2023 ranked our practice in Band 2 for banking & finance.

Legal 500 EMEA

The Legal 500 EMEA 2009–2022 recommended our practice in Tier 2 for banking & finance.

IFLR1000

IFLR1000 2016–2022 ranked our practice in Tier 2 for banking and project finance.

IFLR1000

IFLR1000 2014–2022 ranked our practice in Tier 2 for capital markets.

Happy Clients

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr will walk the proverbial extra mile for their clients.

Chambers Global 2023

The lawyers are very knowledgeable and hands-on."

Chambers Global 2023