In-House Categories
General Counsel of the Year
- Annabelle Thomas, L'Oréal
- Chayse Kriel, Jaltech
- Dr Denis Peterson, Mercedes-Benz
- Izak Aucamp, Development Bank of Southern Africa
- Julia Nsaleni Tembe, Vodacom
- Marthinus Janse van Rensburg, Absa Bank
- Michael Maistry, Roche
- Mpho Chitapi, Nedbank
- Okechukwu Eke, Moniepoint
- Philip Lenon, Puma Energy
- Sheylen Moodley, Mobalyz — WINNER
- Yesthiel Singh, IQbusiness
In-House Rising Star Award
- Amarachi Chizaram Okonkoh, Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company — WINNER
- Anola Naidoo, Massmart
- Candy Musekene, Ayoba
- Emmanuel Gosbert Blandes, Vivo Energy
- Jens Heyerdahl, AECI
- Oluwatimilehin Oladeji, Moneda Investment
- Poppy Kgwadi, Absa Bank
- Sebaga Tlhale, African Bank
- Taryn Jade Moonsamy, Roche
- Xavier Erasmus, City of Cape Town
Legal Department of the Year - Banking & Finance
- Anglo American
- Absa Bank
- CRDB Bank
- Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company
- National Bank of Egypt — WINNER
Legal Department of the Year - Large Team
- Anglo American
- City of Cape Town Municipality
- CRDB Bank
- Massmart
- Moniepoint Inc.
- Mountain View
- National Bank of Egypt — WINNER
- Puma Energy
- Safaricom
Legal Department of the Year - Small Team
- Africa50 — WINNER
- Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company
- Kellanova
- L'Oréal
- Mobalyz
- PPS Healthcare Administrators
- Roche
- Simfy Africa
- Sun International
- Uber
Risk & Compliance Department of the Year
- AFGRI — WINNER
- Africa50
- City of Cape Town Municipality
- PPS Healthcare Administrators
- Roche
- Vodacom
Senior In-House Legal Counsel of the Year
- Andréa Campbell, Microsoft
- Anthea Holland, Massmart
- Lena Militisi, Africa50 — WINNER
- Selogadi, PPS Healthcare Administrators
- Sherizad Sacks, Absa Bank
- Shruti Singh, Sun International
- Sibusiso Dube, Nedbank
- Theresa Mruttu, Safaricom
- Zanoodene Kassim, Uber
Women Leaders in Law - In-House
- Christine Kamugisha, Mondelez
- Flora Obeto, Vivo Energy
- Grace Mbabazi, Energy Utility Corporation
- Lauren Plein, Absa Bank — WINNER
- Rorisang Mzozoyana, Nedbank
- Samantha Anderson, AngloAmerican
- Thembile Gumede, Takeda
- Wangechi Gichuki, Safaricom
Private Practice Categories
African Law Firm of the Year
- Africa Law Partners
- ALN | Anjarwalla & Khanna
- Aluko & Oyebode
- Bowmans
- G. Elias
- Kaplan & Stratton
- Olaniwun Ajayi
- Thiam & Associés
- Webber Wentzel — WINNER
African Law Firm of the Year – East Africa
- Africa Law Partners
- Aman & Partners
- Bowmans
- CMS Kenya | Daly Inamdar Advocates
- DLA Piper Africa — WINNER
- Extent Corporate Advisory
- KN LAW
- O&M Law
- Paul Andrew Advocates
- Port Town Legal
African Law Firm of the Year – North Africa
- DLA Piper Africa
- Global Law Firm & Partners — WINNER
African Law Firm of the Year – Southern Africa
- ALC Advogados
- Avillez, Bacar, Duarte & Centeio Sociedade de Advogados, Lda.
- Bowmans
- Couto, Graça e Associados
- DLA Piper Africa
- JLA Advogados
- LnP Beyond Legal
- Mulenga Mundashi Legal Practitioners
- Musa Dudhia & Company
- NSDV Law Incorporated
- PLMJ Colab Angola - RVA Advogados
- SNC Incorporated
- Webber Wentzel — WINNER
African Law Firm of the Year – West Africa
- Aluko & Oyebode
- Banwo & Ighodalo
- DLA Piper Africa
- Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe
- N. Dowuona & Company |ALN
- Odujinrin & Adefulu
- Olaniwun Ajayi LP — WINNER
- Pavestones Legal
- Streamsowers & Köhn
- Thiam & Associés
African Network / Alliance of the Year
- Abreu Internacional
- ALN — WINNER
- DLA Piper Africa
- LEX Africa
- Miranda & Associados
- Morais Leitão Legal Circle
- PLMJ Colab
- Primerio International
- 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)
- AELEX — WINNER
- Baker McKenzie
- Banwo & Ighodalo
- Bowmans
- G. Elias
- Webber Wentzel
- Werksmans Attorneys
- White and Case
- Wigwe and Partners
Banking & Finance Team of the Year - Medium Sized Firm
- Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe
- Greychapel Legal
- Gwina Attorneys
- KN LAW
- Maphosa Attorneys Inc
- Musa Dudhia & Company
- Muthaura Mugambi Ayugi & Njonjo Advocates
- Odujinrin & Adefulu — WINNER
- Olajide Oyewole (DLA Piper Africa)
- Rive & Co
Capital Markets Team of the Year
- ALN | Anjarwalla & Khanna
- Aluko & Oyebode
- Bowmans
- IKM Advocates (DLA Piper Africa)
- G. Elias
- N.Dowuona and Company | ALN
- Odujinrin & Adefulu — WINNER
- Olaniwun Ajayi
- Stren & Blan Partners
- Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
- Webber Wentzel
- Wigwe and Partners
Competition and Regulatory Team of the Year
- Aluko & Oyebode
- Bowmans
- G. Elias
- Lawtons
- Odujinrin & Adefulu
- Olaniwun Ajayi — WINNER
- Pavestones Legal
- PLMJ Colab Angola - RVA Advogados
- Streamsowers and Kohn
- Webber Wentzel
Employment Law Team of the Year
- Aluko & Oyebode — WINNER
- Baker McKenzie
- Banwo & Ighodalo
- Bowmans
- Eversheds Sutherland
- G. Elias
- Mulenga Mundashi Legal Practitioners
- SAL & Caldeira Advogados (DLA Piper Africa)
- TripleOKLaw Advocates
- TTA - Sociedade de Advogados
- Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
- Webber Wentzel
Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Team of the Year
- Alevina Partners
- ALN | Anjarwalla & Khanna
- Baker McKenzie
- Banwo & Ighodalo
- Bowmans
- Caveat Legal
- CLG
- Dentons
- LnP Beyond Legal
- N. Dowuona & Company |ALN
- Stren & Blan Partners — WINNER
- Tiefenthaler Legal
- Transadvisory Legal
International Law Firm of the Year
- Baker McKenzie
- BonelliErede
- Clifford Chance
- Clyde & Co
- DLA Piper — WINNER
- Olaniwun Ajayi
- PLMJ Colab
IP Team of the Year
- Aluko & Oyebode
- Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr — WINNER
- Olajide Oyewole (DLA Piper Africa)
- Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe
- Jackson, Etti & Edu
- Olaniwun Ajayi
- Rive & Co
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)
- Bowmans
- IKM Advocates (DLA Piper Africa)
- G. Elias
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- SAL & Caldeira Advogados
- Webber Wentzel
- Werksmans Attorneys — WINNER
Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year - Medium Sized Firm
- Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe
- GDA Advogados | VdA Legal Partners
- Gwina Attorneys
- Lawtons — WINNER
- Mak & Partners Advocates
- Motsoeneng Bill Attorneys
- Mulenga Mundashi Legal Practitioners
- Thiam & Associés
- TripleOKLaw Advocates
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)
- AELEX
- ALN | Anjarwalla & Khanna — WINNER
- Banwo & Ighodalo
- Dentons
- G. Elias
- Olaniwun Ajayi
- Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
- Werksmans Attorneys
M&A Team of the Year - Medium Sized Firm
- Alevina Partners
- Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah
- CLG
- Olajide Oyewole (DLA Piper Africa)
- Greychapel Legal
- Muthaura Mugambi Ayugi & Njonjo Advocates
- Streamsowers & Kohn — WINNER
- Thiam & Associés
- Wigwe and Partners
Partner of the Year – East Africa
- Agnes Kanjejo, O&M Law
- George Muchiri Mwangi, CMS | Daly Inamdar Advocates
- Guilherme Daniel, GDA Advogados | VdA Legal Partners
- Kemilembe Barongo, Port Town Legal
- Michael Strain, Bowmans
- Peter Kasanda, Clyde & Co
- Rosa Nduati - Mutero, ALN | Anjarwalla & Khanna — WINNER
- Samuel Kisuu, Africa Law Partners
Partner of the Year – North Africa
- Maher Milad Iskander, Andersen - Maher Milad Iskander & Co.
- Zakaria Bouabidi, Giambrone & Partners — WINNER
Partner of the Year – Southern Africa
- António Penelas, PRIME Advogados | VdA Legal Partners
- Ayanda Khumalo, Webber Wentzel
- Bulelwa Mabasa, Werksmans Attorneys
- Eduardo Alberto Calú, SAL & Caldeira Advogados (DLA Piper Africa)
- Ezra Davids, Bowmans
- João Bravo da Costa, FBL Advogados
- Michelle Porter-Wright, Baker McKenzie — WINNER
- Mihlali Sitefane, Sitef & Co
- Mr Shakwa Reon Nyambe, SNC Incorporated
- Renata Valenti, PLMJ Colab - RVA Advogados
- Sihle Bulose, CMS
- Tomás Timbane, TTA - Sociedade de Advogados
Partner of the Year – West Africa
- Amadou Barry, Icarus Legal
- Baba Hady Thiam, Thiam & Associés
- Chinasa Unaegbunam, Streamsowers & Köhn
- Christian Aniukwu, Stren & Blan Partners
- Dr. Adeoye Adefulu, Odujinrin & Adefulu — WINNER
- Ken Etim, Banwo & Ighodalo
- NanaAma Botchway, N. Dowuona & Company |ALN
- Ozioma Agu, Stren & Blan Partners
- Uche Wigwe, Wigwe and Partners
- Yewande Senbore, Olaniwun Ajayi
Private Equity Team of the Year
- ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna
- Aluko & Oyebode
- Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah
- Bowmans
- IKM Advocates (DLA Piper Africa) — WINNER
- Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe
- Mulenga Mundashi Legal Practitioners
- Stren & Blan Partners
- TripleOKLaw Advocates
- Webber Wentzel
Private Practice Most Promising Newcomer Award
- Alpha Haïdara, Thiam & Associés
- Belinda A.C. Mvududu, Precious and Partners Legal Practice
- Juanita Derex-Briggs, Olaniwun Ajayi — WINNER
- Kolajo Onasoga, Stren & Blan Partners
- Lebogang Maragelo, Webber Wentzel
- Noreen Ross, NSDV Law
- Sharon Ndunge Muoki, ALN | Anjarwalla & Khanna
- Utonwa Onwumelu, G. Elias
Private Practice Rising Star Award
- Achare Takor, CLG
- Busola Bakinson, Olaniwun Ajayi
- Darren Hardie, Tiefenthaler Legal
- Francisca Igboanugo, Stren & Blan Partners
- Gugulethu Thabethe, Mtshali-Thabethe Attorneys
- Kuburat Abubakar, G Elias
- Mayowa Olagbaiye, Banwo & Ighodalo
- Michaela Höll, Rupert Candy Attorneys
- Tamlynn Caelers-Avis, WMN Attorneys
- Tamsin Tustin, Lawtons
- Timothy Ogele, Aluko & Oyebode
- Zaakira Haffejee, Zaakira Haffejee — WINNER
Property and Construction Team of the Year
- ALN | Anjarwalla & Khanna
- Aluko & Oyebode
- AMC Hunter
- Bowmans — WINNER
- Cox Yeats
- G. Elias
- LnP Beyond Legal
- Odujinrin & Adefulu
- TripleOKLaw Advocates
- Webber Wentzel
Restructuring Team of the Year
- Bowmans
- CMS
- Cox Yeats
- G. Elias
- GDA Advogados | VdA Legal Partners
- Mulenga Mundashi Legal Practitioners — WINNER
- Olaniwun Ajayi
- TripleOKLaw Advocates
- Webber Wentzel
Specialist Law Firm of the Year
- Adams & Adams
- ADRA Advocates
- Beech Veltman
- Cavendrys-WAM Advocates
- Hadar Incorporated
- LnP Beyond Legal — WINNER
- Piyush Sharma Attorneys
- Rupert Candy Attorneys
- Sitef & Co
- SL Law
- SNC
- Tiefenthaler Legal
- WMN Attorneys
Tax Team of the Year
- ALN | Anjarwalla & Khanna
- Aluko & Oyebode
- Banwo & Ighodalo
- Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah — WINNER
- Bowmans
- CMS Prism
- G. Elias
- Mak & Partners Advocates
- Olaniwun Ajayi
- Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
- Webber Wentzel
- Werksmans Attorneys
TMT Team of the Year
- Aluko & Oyebode
- Baker McKenzie
- Banwo & Ighodalo
- Bowmans
- Duale, Ovia & Alex-Adedipe
- Eversheds Sutherland
- G. Elias
- Jackson, Etti & Edu
- Lighthouse Law
- PLMJ Colab - RVA Advogados
- Webber Wentzel
- Werksmans Attorneys — WINNER
Transportation and Infrastructure Team of the Year
- Aluko & Oyebode
- Baker McKenzie
- Banwo & Ighodalo
- CMS
- Couto, Graça e Associados
- GDA Advogados | VdA Legal Partners
- LnP Beyond Legal — WINNER
- Olaniwun Ajayi
- Thiam & Associés
- Webber Wentzel
Women Leaders in Law - Private Practice
- Aderonke Alex-Adedipe, Pavestones
- Folashade Oluyadi, Olaniwun Ajayi
- Karien Hunter, AMC Hunter
- Lusanda Raphulu, Bowmans
- Marni Huyser, Burger Huyser Attorneys
- Megan Harrington-Johnson, Harrington Johnson Wands Attorneys
- Ms. Stella Duru, Banwo & Ighodalo
- NanaAma Botchway, N. Dowuona & Company |ALN
- Olubunmi Fayokun, Aluko & Oyebode
- Oneyka Cindy Ojogbo, CLG — WINNER
- Ozioma Agu, Stren & Blan Partners
- Renata Valenti, PLMJ Colab - RVA Advogados
- Sandra Oyewole, Olajide Oyewole (DLA Piper Africa)
- Zinta Strydom, ZS Attorneys
Awards Open To All
Best Use of Technology
- AngloAmerican
- Bowmans
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Pauw Attorneys
- PPS Healthcare Administrators — WINNER
- Vivo Energy
- Webber Wentzel
CSR, Diversity, Transformation and Economic Empowerment Award
- Baker McKenzie
- DLA Piper — WINNER
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Karanja Njenga Advocates
- Lighthouse Law
- Pavestones Legal
- Sheria Kiganjani Company
- Webber Wentzel
ESG Initiative of the Year
- Absa Bank
- Anglo American
- CLG — WINNER
- National Bank of Egypt
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Safaricom
- Sitef & Co
- Webber Wentzel
Innovation Award
- AngloAmerican
- Bowmans
- BriefCo
- Mercedes-Benz
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Vivo Energy
- Vodacom
- Webber Wentzel — WINNER