CDH’s consistent market-leading expertise across Africa recognised in Legal 500 EMEA 2025 rankings

CDH is proud to celebrate another year of recognition in The Legal 500 EMEA 2025 (Legal 500) rankings. Legal 500 is a leading guide that analyses the capabilities of law firms across the world, with a comprehensive research programme revised and updated every year to bring the most up-to-date vision of the global legal market. The guide assesses the strengths of law firms in over 150 jurisdictions, highlighting the practice area teams and experts delivering cutting-edge and innovative services to corporate counsel across the globe.

4 Apr 2025 2 min read CDH Corporate Alert Article

We are proud to be recognised by Legal 500 year on year. The recognition is particularly rewarding when you consider the stringent criteria that Legal 500 uses when reviewing the performance of a firm or department including bench strength of the team (partners and associates), and the consistency of quality of the individuals within the team. By being ranked, Legal 500 recognises our strong technical ability for the most complex and innovative work, our capacity for the biggest transactions/cases, our market share, our clear investment for the future in a particular practice, and our reputation for handling complex, innovative deals, amongst other criteria”.

Part of the process is for Legal 500 to confidentially interview our clients,” continues Brent “to gather genuine feedback on our service provision. We are therefore truly grateful for their positive insights that has again led to our extensive recognition by Legal 500”.

Congratulations to our experts for their dedication, client-centricity, and exceptional service provision. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with our clients and appreciate the trust they place in us to take them from vision to fruition,“ adds Sammy Ndolo, Managing Partner of our Kenyan practice.

The following testaments were collated independently by the Legal 500 research team:

‘CDH has a wide variety of expertise and is a one stop shop for all your legal needs.’

‘Client-centric approach and responsiveness.’

‘We have experienced rapid, precise responses in time-sensitive situations, demonstrating the law firm’s agility and unwavering dedication.’

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