Lawyers who practise in this area in South Africa require specific knowledge or the laws:
Lawyers may act for lenders, investors in debt instruments or preference shares, borrowers, issuers of debt instruments and preference shares, arrangers, underwriters, security providers, trustees, business rescue practitioners, or liquidators.
Depending on a client's requirements, the documents used for transactions are based on the bank's standard-form documents, the template documents suggested by the Loan Market Association, the master documents of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, and the International Securities Lending Association or the law firm's preferred documentation.
Given the increasing importance of the \"shadow banking sector\", the banking and finance departments of corporate law firms in South Africa also typically include specialists who provide legal services to asset managers, collective investments schemes and the investment consultants to pension funds, insurers, and family offices.
","DefinitionIsActive":true,"DefinitionCanDisplay":true,"DefinitionAuthorHtml":"Johan Loubser, Director and Stephen von Schirnding, Director","DefinitionAuthorFirmId":43972,"DefinitionAuthorFirmName":"ENSafrica","DefinitionAuthorFirmHasProfile":false,"DefinitionAuthorFirmHasBlfProfile":false,"DefinitionAuthorFirmProfileImageUrl":"https://cdn.blrankings.com/best-lawyers/firm-profile-images/ensafrica-za-43972?t=2021021117570724","DefinitionAuthorFirmBlfProfileUrl":null,"DefinitionAuthorFirmProfileUrl":null,"OverviewHtml":"","OverviewCanDisplay":false,"OverviewAuthorHtml":"","OverviewViewUrl":"https://www.bestlawyers.com/south-africa/banking-and-finance-law","OverviewIsActive":false,"OverviewAuthorFirmId":null,"OverviewAuthorFirmName":null,"OverviewAuthorFirmHasProfile":false,"OverviewAuthorFirmHasBlfProfile":false,"OverviewAuthorFirmProfileImageUrl":null,"OverviewAuthorFirmProfileUrl":null,"DefinitionViewUrl":"https://www.bestlawyers.com/methodology/practice-areas/south-africa/banking-and-finance-law","OverviewAuthorFirmBlfProfileUrl":null,"LexicographicSortName":"15815","SearchItemType":1048576,"SearchItemTypeName":"PracticeAreaDefinition","SearchSortOrder":16,"SortTitle":"15815","HideFromSearch":false}};