Private Practice Categories

African Law Firm of the Year

• Africa Law Partners
• ALN | Anjarwalla & Khanna
• Bowmans — WINNER
• CLG
• G. Elias
• JLA Advogados
• Lopes Attorneys
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Olaniwun Ajayi
• PLMJ Colab - RVA Advogados
• Thiam & Associés
• Webber Wentzel

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African Law Firm of the Year – East Africa

• ADRA Advocates
• Africa Law Partners
• Bowmans
• Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Incorporating Kieti Law
• CMS | Daly Inamdar Advocates
• DLA Piper Africa — WINNER
• Extent Corporate Advisory
• MMAN Advocates
• Mutawinat Benevolent Company
• Tara Advocates
• TripleOKLaw

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African Law Firm of the Year – North Africa

• DLA Piper Africa — WINNER
• Eversheds Sutherland Elheni In association with Elheni Law Firm
• Global Law Firm & Partners

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African Law Firm of the Year – Southern Africa

• Bowmans
• Couto, Graça e Associados
• DLA Piper Africa — WINNER
• JLA Advogados
• Lopes Attorneys
• Mulenga Mundashi Legal Practitioners
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Nupen Staude de Vries
• PLMJ Colab - RVA Advogados
• Webber Wentzel
• WMN Attorneys

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African Law Firm of the Year – West Africa

• ALN Nigeria | Aluko & Oyebode
• Banwo & Ighodalo
• DLA Piper Africa
• Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe
• FBL Advogados
• G. Elias
• N. Dowuona and Company
• Olaniwun Ajayi
• Pavestones Legal
• Thiam & Associés — WINNER

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African Network / Alliance of the Year

• Abreu Advogados
• ALN
• CMS
• DLA Piper Africa — WINNER
• LEX Africa
• Miranda Alliance
• Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
• PH Attorneys
• PLMJ Colab
• TerraLex Africa
• Webber Wentzel

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Banking & Finance Team of the Year - Large Sized Firm 
(A large firm is classified by being top 25 in the Africa Top 50 or in the Global 100)

• A&O Shearman
• AELEX
• ALN | Aluko & Oyebode
• Bowmans — WINNER
• CMS
• Dentons
• Fasken
• Hogan Lovells
• Olaniwun Ajayi
• Webber Wentzel

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Banking & Finance Team of the Year - Medium Sized Firm

• Couto, Graça e Associados
• Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe
• GDA Advogados
• Jackson, Etti & Edu
• Lopes Attorneys
• MMAN Advocates
• Mulenga Mundashi Legal Practitioners
• Muma and Kanjama Advocates
• PLMJ Colab - RVA Advogados
• TripleOKLaw
• TTA - Sociedade de Advogados

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Capital Markets Team of the Year

• A&O Shearman
• ALN | Aluko & Oyebode
• Baker McKenzie — WINNER
• Banwo & Ighodalo
• IKM Advocates (DLA Piper Africa)
• Fasken
• G. Elias
• Moira Mukuka Legal Practitioners
• Olaniwun Ajayi
• TripleOKLaw
• Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
• Wigwe & Partners

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Competition and Regulatory Team of the Year

• Africa Law Partners
• ALN | Aluko & Oyebode
• Baker McKenzie
• Banwo & Ighodalo
• IKM Advocates (DLA Piper Africa)
• SAL & Caldeira Advogados (DLA Piper Africa)
• Fasken
• Mulenga Mundashi Legal Practitioners
• Olaniwun Ajayi
• PH Attorneys
• Primerio
• Webber Wentzel — WINNER

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Employment Law Team of the Year

• AELEX
• ALN | Anjarwalla & Khanna
• Baker McKenzie
• Banwo & Ighodalo
• Bowmans
• Clyde & Co
• CMS
• Olajide Oyewole (DLA Piper Africa)
• Norton Rose Fulbright — WINNER
• TTA - Sociedade de Advogados

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Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Team of the Year - Large Firm
(A large firm is classified by being top 25 in the Africa Top 50 or the Global 100)

• A&O Shearman
• Adepetun Caxton Martins Agbor & Según (Dentons ACAS-Law)
• AELEX
• ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna
• Banwo & Ighodalo
• Bowmans
• Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Incorporating Kieti Law
• CMS
• Covington
• Hogan Lovells
• IKM Advocates (DLA Piper Africa)
• Norton Rose Fulbright — WINNER
• Pinsent Masons
• Webber Wentzel

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Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Team of the Year - Medium Sized Firm

• ASP Advogados
• Corpus Legal Practitioners
• Jackson, Etti & Edu
• LnP Beyond Legal — WINNER
• Lopes Attorneys
• PLMJ Colab - RVA Advogados
• SNC Incorporated

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International Law Firm of the Year

• Baker McKenzie
• BonelliErede
• Clyde & Co
• DLA Piper
• Giambrone & Partners
• Hogan Lovells
• Miranda & Associados
• PLMJ
• VdA - Vieira de Almeida — WINNER

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IP Team of the Year

• Adams & Adams
• Africa Law Partners
• Banwo & Ighodalo
• Bowmans
• Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Incorporating Kieti Law
• Olajide Oyewole (DLA Piper Africa)
• Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe
• G. Elias
• Olaniwun Ajayi
• Webber Wentzel — WINNER

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Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year - Large Sized Firm
(A large firm is classified by being top 25 in the Africa Top 50 or in the Global 100)

• AELEX
• ALN | Anjarwalla & Khanna
• Banwo & Ighodalo
• Bowmans
• Clyde & Co
• CMS
• Norton Rose Fulbright — WINNER
• Olaniwun Ajayi
• Pinsent Masons
• Webber Wentzel
• Werksmans Attorneys

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Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year - Medium Sized Firm

• ADRA Advocates
• Cox Yeats Attorneys
• Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe
• Gwina Attorneys Incorporated
• Lawtons
• LnP Beyond Legal — WINNER
• Mulenga Mundashi Legal Practitioners
• Muma and Kanjama Advocates
• Thiam & Associés
• TripleOKLaw

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M&A Team of the Year - Large Sized Firm
(A large firm is classified by being top 25 in the Africa Top 50 or in the Global 100)

• ALN | Anjarwalla & Khanna — WINNER
• Baker McKenzie
• Bowmans
• Clyde & Co
• CMS South Africa
• IKM Advocates (DLA Piper Africa)
• Olajide Oyewole (DLA Piper Africa)
• ENSafrica
• Olaniwun Ajayi
• Webber Wentzel
• Werksmans Attorneys

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M&A Team of the Year - Medium Sized Firm

• Gwina Attorneys
• PLMJ Colab - RVA Advogados
• Thiam & Associés — WINNER
• Wigwe & Partners

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Partner of the Year – East Africa

• Charles Kanjama, SC, Muma and Kanjama Advocates
• Daniel Ngumy, ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna
• Wilbert Kapinga, Bowmans
• Guilherme Daniel, GDA Advogados
• John M Ohaga, TripleOKLaw
• Nabiry Juma Jumanne, Extent Corporate Advisory
• Peter Kasanda, Clyde & Co — WINNER
• Sammy Ndolo, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Incorporating Kieti Law

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Partner of the Year – North Africa

• Kamal Nasrollah, Baker McKenzie — WINNER
• Moulay Mohamed Lahbib Rhalib, Giambrone & Partners

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Partner of the Year – Southern Africa

• António de Sousa Penelas, ASP Advogados
• Cameron Staude, Nupen Staude de Vries
• Eduardo Alberto Calú, SAL & Caldeira Advogados (DLA Piper Africa)
• Kevin Trudgeon, Werksmans Attorneys
• Lydia Shadrach-Razzino, Baker McKenzie
• Megan Harrington-Johnson, Harrington Johnson Wands Attorneys
• Mlungisi Mahlangu, Webber Wentzel
• Ricardo Pillay, LnP Beyond Legal
• Ryan Wessels, Bowmans — WINNER
• Zara Jamal, JLA Advogados

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Partner of the Year – West Africa

• Adeleke Alex-Adedipe, Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe — WINNER
• Aderonke Alex-Adedipe, Pavestones Legal
• Baba Hady Thiam, Thiam & Associés
• Fidelis Adewole, G. Elias
• NanaAma Botchway, N. Dowuona and Company
• Oladele Oladunjoye, Greychapel Legal
• Samuel Salako, Olajide Oyewole (DLA Piper Africa)
• Uche Wigwe, Wigwe & Partners

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Private Equity Team of the Year

• Baker McKenzie
• Barnard Incorporated
• Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah
• Bowmans — WINNER
• CMS
• Hogan Lovells
• Olaniwun Ajayi
• TripleOKLaw
• Webber Wentzel
• Werksmans Attorneys

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Private Practice Most Promising Newcomer Award

• Alex Ndegwa, Bowmans
• Bukhobethu Matyeni, Herold Gie Attorneys
• Daniel Muroki, TripleOKLaw
• Dylan Theunissen, Webber Wentzel
• Elijah Joseph, ALN Nigeria | Aluko & Oyebode
• Jabu Khumalo, Lopes Attorneys
• Juniours Moremi, Tugendhaft Wapnick Banchetti and Partners
• Michaela Holl, Rupert Candy Attorneys
• Puleng Mothabeng, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr — WINNER
• Sipho Mtsweni, Lawtons

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Private Practice Rising Star Award

• Ariana Issaias, Bowmans — WINNER
• Aurélie Chazai, Chazai Wamba
• Barbara Kwanga, Bond Advocates
• Darren Hardie, Tiefenthaler Africa
• Erwyn Durman, Webber Wentzel
• Ganiyat Seriki, Olaniwun Ajayi
• Jaimé-Lee Jacobs, Herold Gie Attorneys
• Kyra South, Werksmans Attorneys
• Lebogang Molebale, CMS
• Simone Izzard, Hogan Lovells
• Tochukwu Anaenugwu, ALN Nigeria | Aluko & Oyebode
• Zaakira Haffejee, Lawtons

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Property and Construction Team of the Year

• ALN| Anjarwalla & Khanna
• Bowmans — WINNER
• G. Elias
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Pinsent Masons
• Tiefenthaler Africa
• TTA - Sociedade de Advogados
• Wigwe & Partners

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Restructuring Team of the Year

• A&O Shearman
• ALN| Aluko & Oyebode
• Baker McKenzie
• Bowmans — WINNER
• Clyde & Co
• CMS
• Olajide Oyewole (DLA Piper Africa)
• G. Elias
• Hogan Lovells

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Specialist Law Firm of the Year

• ADRA Advocates
• Beech Veltman
• Dentons
• LnP Beyond Legal
• Lopes Attorneys — WINNER
• Nupen Staude de Vries
• Palesa Maseko and Associates
• Rammika Tafa & Jallow
• Spoor & Fisher
• WMN Attorneys

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Tax Team of the Year

• AELEX
• ALN | Aluko & Oyebode
• Baker McKenzie
• Banwo & Ighodalo
• Bowmans
• SAL & Caldeira Advogados (DLA Piper Africa)
• G. Elias
• Prism Chambers
• TripleOKLaw
• Webber Wentzel — WINNER

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TMT Team of the Year

• ALN | Anjarwalla & Khanna
• ALN | Aluko & Oyebode
• Baker McKenzie — WINNER
• Bowmans
• Olajide Oyewole (DLA Piper Africa)
• Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe
• Eversheds Sutherland
• Lighthouse Law
• PLMJ Colab - RVA Advogados
• Webber Wentzel

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Transportation and Infrastructure Team of the Year

• A&O Shearman
• ALN | Aluko & Oyebode
• ASP Advogados
• Baker McKenzie
• Banwo & Ighodalo
• CMS South Africa
• IKM Advocates (DLA Piper Africa)
• Hogan Lovells — WINNER
• LnP Beyond Legal
• Thiam & Associés

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Awards Open to both Private Practice & In-House

Best Use of Technology

• AL-Othman Law Firm
• AngloAmerican
• Bowmans
• Lighthouse Law
• Lopes Attorneys
• National Bank of Egypt
• Sheria Kiganjani — WINNER
• Takealot Group
• Webber Wentzel

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CSR, Diversity, Transformation and Economic Empowerment Award

• DLA Piper
• Fasken
• Lawtons
• Lighthouse Law — WINNER
• Lopes Attorneys
• National Bank of Egypt
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Pinsent Masons
• PLMJ Colab
• Sheria Kiganjani
• Webber Wentzel

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ESG Initiative of the Year

• Alexforbes
• Bowmans
• National Bank of Egypt
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Sitef & Co
• Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Legal Task Force — WINNER
• Webber Wentzel

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Innovation Award

• Afriwise
• Bowmans
• Briefco Legal Cost Consultants
• Legalese
• Lighthouse Law
• National Bank of Egypt
• Professional Provident Society Healthcare Administrators
• South African Legal Technology Network
• THEMIS
• Webber Wentzel — WINNER

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Women Leaders in Law

• Carina Wessels, Alexforbes
• Catherine-Jane Paulse, BriefCo and South African Legal Technology Network
• Riaana Sayed, City of Cape Town Municipality
• Seun Timi-Koleolu, Pavestones Legal — WINNER
• Adela Petersen, Fairbridges Wertheim Becker
• Bola Tinubu, Olajide Oyewole (DLA Piper Africa)
• Dhouha Allagui, Global Law Firm & Partners
• Gimina Mahumana Langa, SAL & Caldeira Advogados (DLA Piper Africa)
• Johanne Hague, Prism Chambers
• Kemilembe Barongo, Port Town Legal
• Kofo Dosekun, ALN Nigeria | Aluko & Oyebode
• Lili Nupen, Nupen Staude de Vries — WINNER
• Marysheila Onyango-Oduor, TripleOKLaw
• Neema Ayoub Magimba, Extent Corporate Advisory
• Renata Valenti, PLMJ Colab - RVA Advogados
• Winnie Mbali Zama Ngcobo, WMN Attorneys

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Lifetime Achievement Award

• Chief Justice Raymond Zondo — WINNER

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