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2016AND PARTNERS
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TOP FOREIGN
LAW FIRMS
INDIA BUSINESS
LAW JOURNAL
2016
top foreign law firm
who is ENSafrica?
ENSafrica is Africa’s largest law firm with over 600 practitioners and was established over 100 years ago.
The firm has a significant breadth and depth of experience and specialist expertise that spans all commercial areas of law, tax, forensics and IP and benchmarks itself according to international standards whilst retaining a uniquely African focus.
why choose us?
The firm offers clients high-quality know-how that covers the:
legal, IP and tax systems that relate to each country on the continentpractical in-country application of legislative provisionscountry and regional business investment, risk and economic profileslocal cultural and social customs across Africa
one firm | one team
ENSafrica’s key differentiator in the market is that it operates as one firm across Africa. The firm does not collaborate by means of a network, an alliance nor as a “Swiss Verein” across various countries; rather, all of its offices are fully integrated and work as one team. This means that clients are assured of a consistent and high-quality offering and the level of service they would expect when dealing with a world-class law firm. At a practice level, the firm has specialised units, each consisting of a number of practitioners who dedicate themselves to building their expertise in a specific area of law, tax, forensics or IP across Africa. Irrespective of how many business areas a transaction spans, work is done at the right level, by the person most qualified to give the client the best advice, resulting in fast turnaround times, and an extremely cost- effective offering.
ENSafrica experience
our presence
To the extent that it is required in a transaction, the firm also has in-house English law capability, for Anglophone African countries, as well as practitioners who are qualified to practise French law (relevant in Francophone African countries) and OHADA law (the legal system used for business in 17 countries in West and Central Africa).
The firm’s Portuguese-speaking lawyers are able to assist clients doing business in Lusophone African countries such as Angola and Mozambique.
ENSafrica has a dedicated China practice group (with Mandarin and Cantonese-speaking practitioners) and a focused India practice group, which facilitate China’s and India’s entry and expansion strategy into Africa, respectively.
Through the financial services centre of Mauritius, ENSafrica offers a unique possibility to integrate all aspects of structuring a client’s investment in relation to all areas of law, tax, fiduciary, forensics and IP. Mauritius is a major gateway of investment into Africa. It is also an important strategic corridor for African-Asian-Indian trade and business development into, and out of, the continent.
NedbankNeotelNestlé PetroSAPeugeot CitroënPrimediaProparcoRocheRoyal Bank of ScotlandSAASamancorSanlamSanofi AventisSantamSasfinSasolShangdong Qixing Iron Tower Co. Shanghai Zendai PropertyShellSiemensSocial Security Commission of NamibiaStandard BankStatoilStar Communication Network Technology Co.State Bank of IndiaSun InternationalSun ResortsSwan GroupTanzania BreweriesTataTelkom SAThe Namibian Association of Medical Aid FundsThe Oprah Winfrey Leadership AcademyTiger BrandsTongaat HulettTotalToyotaUnileverVisaVitol SAVodacomWoolworthsXeroxZijin Mining Group Co.
Absa BankAgence Française de DéveloppementAlexander ForbesAllan GrayAltechAlteoAnglo AmericanAngloGold AshantiAnglo MauritiusArevaBank OneBarclaysBarloworldBHP BillitonBidvestBPBritish AirwaysBritish American TobaccoCaterpillarChamber of Mines of South AfricaChina Construction BankChina-Africa Development FundCiel GroupCipla MedproCitigroupCity of JohannesburgCoca-ColaCrédit SuisseDeutsche BankDiscoveryDistellEdcon GroupEngenENLEskomFirst Global FundFirstRandGlencore XstrataGold FieldsGold One InternationalGold Reef ResortsGrindrodHCIHitachiHollardHSBCICICI BankImpala PlatinumIndustrial Development CorporationInnowindInternational Finance CorporationInvestecItochuJP MorganJinchuan Group LafargeLagardèreLand BankLiberty InternationalMacquarie BankMassmartMauritius Commercial BankMitsubishi CorporationMorgan StanleyMTNNational Bank of Commerce (Tanzania)
some of our clients
our awards and business areas
• advertising/ASA • Anglophone Africa • anti-bribery compliance • anti-trust/competition • arbitration and mediation • asset finance • aviation • banking and finance • BBBEE • capital markets • China • collective investment schemes • constitutional • construction and engineering • copyright • corporate commercial • corporate finance • corporate governance • corporate tax • criminal matters • customs • designs • dispute resolution • domain names • due diligence • employee benefits • employee incentives • employee tax • employment • energy • entertainment • environment • estates/estate planning • exchange control • fiduciary • fishing/marine resources • forensics • franchising • Francophone Africa • gaming/gambling • global mobility • healthcare/pharmaceutical • hedge funds • human capital • immigration • India • indirect tax • infrastructure • insider trading • insolvency/business rescue/debt recovery • insurance • international tax • international trade • IP • IT law • licensing • listed property funds • litigation • management buy-outs/takeovers • maritime • media • mergers and acquisitions • mine health and safety • mining • municipal • natural resources • occupational health and safety • OHADA • oil and gas • patents • personal injury/delict • personal tax • plant breeders’ rights • preference share funding • private clients • private equity • pro bono • project development and project finance • public private partnerships • real estate/property • regulatory compliance: JSE/TRP/FSB • retail • retirement funds • shipping, ports and logistics • sports • structured finance • swaps and derivatives • tax • technology/media/telecommunications • trade marks • transfer pricing • transport/rail/logistics • trusts • VAT • wills
The ‘practical’ team at ENSafrica is well placed to advise clients on investments into Africa, leveraging its strong network of offices across the continent.
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Pioneering full-service firm with a large African continental network.” … “Highly competent and extremely professional, with just the right degree of personal touch.
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2016AND PARTNERS
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‘ENSafrica has always provided us with a very professional and prompt service of the highest standard,’ says one client. Others praise the ‘very good work’ of the team overall.
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• ranked in the highest tier by top legal rankings agencies, Chambers and Partners, the Legal 500 and
IFLR1000 • named African Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer European Awards 2016 • ranked an Elite Law Firm by the Global
Competition Review 100 (16th ed) • named Commercial Law Firm of the Year, Africa at the Acquisition International Legal Awards 2015 • named
Overall Law Firm of the Year, South Africa at the ACQ5 Law Awards 2016 • named Best International Law Firm, Mauritius at the Acquisition International Legal
Awards 2015 • named Energy and Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year, Uganda at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2016 • ranked in the Top Tier for Leading Tax Law Firms, South Africa in the Legal 500 Tax Directors Handbook 2016 • ranked Silver for Intellectual Property, South Africa by the World Trademark Review 2016 • named Commercial Law Firm of the Year, South Africa at the African Corporate Excellence Awards 2015 • named Oil and
Gas Law Firm of the Year, Uganda at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2016 • named Corporate Law Firm of the Year, South Africa at the Wealth and Finance International Finance Awards 2015 • Editor’s Choice winner of the Corporate Law Firm of the Year, Mauritius at the Corporate INTL Legal Awards 2015 • named a Top Foreign Law Firm for India-related work 2015 by the India Business Law Journal •
voted Employment Law Team of the Year at the African Legal Awards 2015 • voted South Africa Tax Firm of the Year and South Africa Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year at the International Tax Review European Tax Awards
2015 • received a Top Employers South Africa 2016 certification • ranked Silver for Intellectual Property, South Africa by the IAM Patent 1000 2015 • voted Best Tax Firm, South Africa at the World Finance Legal
Awards 2015 • named Litigation and Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year, South Africa at the InterContinental Finance and Law Magazine’s Law Awards 2015 • named
Tax Law Firm of the Year, South Africa at the ACQ5 Law Awards 2016 • named Best in Project Finance, South Africa at the Wealth
and Finance International Finance Awards 2015 • named Best in Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Law, South
Africa at the Acquisition International Legal Awards 2015 • awarded International Tax Firm of the Year,
South Africa at the Finance Monthly Tax Awards 2015 • named Best Employment Law Firm, South Africa at the 2016 InterContinental Finance and Law Magazine’s Country Awards • named Indirect Tax Firm of the Year, South
Africa at the LegalComprehensive Law Awards 2016 • named Recognised Leader in Corporate
Governance, South Africa at the Wealth and Finance International Finance Awards
2015 • named Best in Tax Law, South Africa at the Wealth and Finance International Finance Awards 2015 • named Best Employment Law Firm, South Africa at the DealMakers Country Awards 2016 • named Real Estate Law Firm of the Year, South Africa at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2016
GLOBAL
chambers
2016AND PARTNERS
top tier firm top tier firm
6top tier firm team of the year SA firm of the year
Managing
Intellectual
PropertyTM
top tier firm elite law firm recommended firm recommended firm
TOP FOREIGN
LAW FIRMS
INDIA BUSINESS
LAW JOURNAL
2016
top foreign law firm
ENSafrica en quelques mots ENSafrica est le plus grand cabinet d’avocats en Afrique avec plus de 600 praticiens, créé il y a plus de 100 ans.
ENSafrica offre un éventail complet d’expertises en droit des affaires, fiscalité, forensics et propriété intellectuelle. Le cabinet dispose d’une dimension internationale, tout en conservant son profil Africain. Pourquoi choisir ENSafrica? Le cabinet offre à ses clients un savoir-faire de haut niveau couvrant les domaines suivants:
droit, propriété intellectuelle et fiscalité relatifs à chaque pays et organisations régionales sur le continentapplication pratique des dispositions légales dans le pays concernéinvestissements régionaux et dans les pays concernés, risque et profil économiqueconnaissance des coutumes culturelles et sociales locales en Afrique
un cabinet | une même équipe ENSafrica opère comme une seule et même équipe à travers l’Afrique, ce qui nous différencie des autres cabinets. ENSafrica ne coopère pas à travers un réseau ou une alliance ni comme une association de cabinets sur le continent, mais plutôt comme une équipe unifiée avec ses bureaux complètement intégrés. Cela signifie que nos clients obtiennent la garantie d’un service consistant et de qualité répondant aux critères d’un cabinet de dimension internationale. Sur le plan pratique, le cabinet dispose d’unités spécialisées composées chacune d’un nombre de praticiens qui se consacrent à renforcer leurs compétences dans une discipline spécifique du droit, de la fiscalité, du forensics ou de la propriété intellectuelle à travers l’Afrique.
Quelles que soient les compétences requises pour réaliser une transaction, le conseil apporté au client par ENSafrica est accompli au meilleur niveau et par la personne la mieux qualifiée, ce qui garantit ainsi des délais d’exécution rapides dans des conditions de coût extrêmement efficientes.
Dans la mesure où cela est nécessaire pour une opération, le cabinet mobilise des juristes qualifiés en droit anglais pour les pays africains anglophones, des juristes qualifiés pour pratiquer le droit français pour les pays africains Francophones, ainsi que des juristes spécialisés en droit de l’OHADA (l’organisation en charge de l’harmonisation du droit des affaires dans 17 pays d’Afrique occidentale et centrale).
Nos avocats lusophones sont en mesure d’aider nos clients investissant dans les pays africains lusophones comme l’Angola et le Mozambique.
ENSafrica comprend aussi une équipe de juristes dédiés à la Chine (pouvant s’exprimer en Mandarin et en Cantonais), et une équipe focalisée sur l’Inde. Ces deux équipes spécialisées jouent un rôle essentiel pour faciliter l’entrée et les stratégies d’expansion respectives de la Chine et de l’Inde en Afrique.
À travers le centre financier de l’Île Maurice, ENSafrica offre l’opportunité exceptionnelle d’intégrer tous les aspects de la structure de l’investissement d’un client en ce qui concerne tous les secteurs du droit, de la fiscalité, des fiducies, de la pratique forensics et de la propriété intellectuelle. L’Île Maurice constitue une porte d’entrée majeure pour investir en Afrique. Elle est également un couloir stratégique important pour le commerce et le développement des échanges afro-indo-asiatiques dans et à partir du continent Africain.
GLOBAL
chambers
2016AND PARTNERS
top tier firm top tier firm
6top tier firm team of the year SA firm of the year
Managing
Intellectual
PropertyTM
top tier firm elite law firm recommended firm recommended firm
TOP FOREIGN
LAW FIRMS
INDIA BUSINESS
LAW JOURNAL
2016
top foreign law firm
谁是ENSafrica 植根於100多年前，ENSafrica 是非洲规模最大的律师事务所，目前拥逾千名员工其中600多名专才。
ENSafrica涵括所有的商业範畴并拥有极深的经验，为客户提供全面的法律、税务、取证和知识产权的专业服务。ENSafrica的服务准则以国际专业标准为依据，但同时保留了对非洲独特的见解。
为何选择我们？
ENSafrica为客户提供高质数的实践知识，当中覆盖：非洲大陆各国的法律、知识产权和税务系统各国当地法律的实践和应用针对国家和地区性的商务投资、风险和经济情况遍佈非洲的当地文化和社会习俗
同一家律所 | 同一个团队 ENSafrica在律师业界中与众不同之处，在於以同一律师事务所的经营模式涵盖整个非洲大陆。ENSafrica的所有办公室皆完全融合一体，由始至终以同一个团队的方式为客户提供服务，而不是在各国透过律所联网、联盟或联合的方式自居經營。不管客户身在何处，皆可获得由国际性律师事务所所提供贯彻始终的顶级服务。
在执业的层面上，ENSafrica分别由专精各特定领域的团队所组成，团队中的各专业人士专攻其擅长遍及非洲的法律、税务、取证和知识产权。不论一笔交易牵涉多少不同的商业领域，工作均由能承接此项工作之最佳人选所负责，客户从而可以得益于最快捷的反馈、得到最正确的建议以及最具成本效应的解决方案。
ENSafrica 拥有多位具英国执业资格的律师，为客户在英语系的非洲国家中提供交易上的法律咨询。ENSafrica 在法语系的非洲国家也有精通法语的执业律师，他们也具备 OHADA的法律执业资格(西非和中非17国所共同使用的商业法律系统)。
对於在葡萄牙语系非洲国家经商的客户，例如安哥拉和莫桑比克，我们具备能操流利葡萄牙语的专责律师，为客户提供全面的谘询服务。
为满足来自中国和印度的客户开拓和扩展非洲市场的需求，ENSafrica更特别成立了中国企业服务部（具备能操流利普通话、闽南语和粤语的专才），以及印度企业服务部。
对於欲透过毛里求斯作为离岸金融服务中心之地位，用以优化投资非洲的企业来说，ENSafrica能提供融合法律、税务、信托、取证和知识产权的独特方案，以整合最佳的投资架构。除此之外，针对来自亚洲和印度对非洲各国的经贸合作，毛里求斯也提供了作为战略性投资平台的重要选择。
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