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In-House Categories

General Counsel of the Year

  • Andrita Maharaj, TMF Group
  • Carina Wessels, Alexforbes — WINNER
  • Jeannine Naude-Viljoen, TransUnion Africa
  • Michael Maistry, Roche
  • Shadrach Iguh, Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company (InfraCredit)
  • Tyrone Reis, PepsiCo
  • Yesthiel Singh, IQbusiness

In-House Rising Star Award

  • Dalila Djamane, Mountain view
  • Fezile Nqiwa, Takealot Group
  • Fiona Rollason, Alexforbes
  • Jens Heyerdahl, Pick n Pay
  • Lebo Setshogwe, Absa Bank Corporate and Investment Banking (Absa CIB)
  • Mitchell Cason, Sappi Southern Africa
  • Mubeen Sablay, PepsiCo — WINNER
  • Nqolokazi Nomvalo, Life Healthcare Group
  • Oluwatimilehin Oladeji, Moneda Investment
  • Shruti Singh, Sun International
  • Thandeka Nene-Matlou, Development Bank of Southern Africa

Legal Department of the Year - Banking & Finance

  • Absa Bank Corporate and Investment Banking (Absa CIB)
  • Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company (InfraCredit) — WINNER
  • National Bank of Egypt
  • Standard Chartered Bank

Legal Department of the Year - Large Team

  • Absa Bank
  • IHS
  • Lesaka Technologies
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company
  • National Bank of Egypt — WINNER
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • Takealot Group
  • TransUnion
  • Unilever

Legal Department of the Year - Small Team

  • AFGRI Group
  • Infinity Power Holding B.V.
  • Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company (InfraCredit)
  • L’Oreal
  • PepsiCo — WINNER
  • Uber

Risk & Compliance Department of the Year

  • AFGRI Group
  • City of Cape Town
  • Professional Provident Society Healthcare Administrators
  • Roche — WINNER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

M&A Team of the Year - Medium Sized Firm

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

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

Partner of the Year – North Africa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Chief Justice Raymond Zondo — WINNER