Africa Legal´s services

Africa Legal is the Africa specialised division of Deneys Reitz Inc, one of South Africa´s largest and most reputable law firms, with 94 directors, 64 associates, 71 candidate attorneys, 1 economists and 300 support staff. As a seamless part of Deneys Reitz´s services, we offer expertise under English and South African law throughout the African continent and we have advised on transactions involving major international and South African financial, corporate and private equity institutions involving some 20 African jurisdictions.

Africa Legal provides a complete commercial legal advisory service to international standards, which aims to ensure that our clients receive legal advice and protections appropriate to the countries in which they operate. We believe in providing legal advice which is practical and focused on the client´s specific needs. Most of our work in Africa relates to Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity transactions (including fund work), Banking transactions (including General Banking, Project Finance and Commodity Trade Finance) as well as other corporate and commercial advice.

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Recent News

South African ambitions to drive regional market
International law firms in the UK and US have been chewing for many years on the chestnut of how to position their firms to capture the international legal services market in Sub-Saharan Africa.
May 2010
Deneys Reitz and Africa Legal open offices in Tanzania
Africa Legal, the specialised legal division of major Johannesburg law firm Deneys Reitz, has expanded its network of offices into Africa by establishing a Tanzanian presence.
May 2010
The JSE´s Africa Board – Facilitating investment in Africa
Jason van Dijk of Deneys Reitz Inc and Julian Jackson of Africa Legal discuss the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)´s Africa Board from a legal perspective.
April 2010
South African private equity funds investing in Africa
When establishing private equity funds targeting investments in Africa, South African fund managers are increasingly starting to look offshore.
November 2009
Mauritius competition law gets into gear
On 25 November 2009, the Mauritian Competition Act will come into full effect.
November 2009

News Archive

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Africa Legal Team



The Africa Legal team includes English solicitors, South African attorneys, and French, Hong Kong and Zimbabwean qualified lawyers. All team members have extensive pan-African deal experience and share a special interest and expertise in Africa. Click on the names or faces of the team members to see their résumés.