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Debt Capital Markets

Our Debt Capital Markets practitioners serve as legal counsel to South Africa's major banking groups and a number of major international banks.

We serve as legal counsel to South Africa's major banking groups and a number of major international banks. We are often mandated to advise on banks' lending arrangements and compliance with the South African banking and financial services regulatory framework.

Our mandate for foreign banks at times extends to advising on the establishment of representative offices in South Africa and related aspects of the regulatory framework.

We also advise borrowers from the public and private sector, and many financial services providers and other organisations that have direct and indirect interests in lending arrangements. These organisations include asset managers, developmental finance institutions, private equity funds, insurance underwriters, rating agencies, security trusts and guarantors.

Our services include:

  • Commercial paper programmes and private placements.
  • Bonds.
  • Domestic medium term notes.
  • Updating or supplementing of these progammes.
  • Securitisation.
  • Preference shares and other debt instruments.

Services

We serve as legal counsel to South Africa's major banking groups and a number of major international banks. We are often mandated to advise on banks' lending arrangements and compliance with the South African banking and financial services regulatory framework.

Our mandate for foreign banks at times extends to advising on the establishment of representative offices in South Africa and related aspects of the regulatory framework.

We also advise borrowers from the public and private sector, and many financial services providers and other organisations that have direct and indirect interests in lending arrangements. These organisations include asset managers, developmental finance institutions, private equity funds, insurance underwriters, rating agencies, security trusts and guarantors.

Our services include:

  • Commercial paper programmes and private placements.
  • Bonds.
  • Domestic medium term notes.
  • Updating or supplementing of these progammes.
  • Securitisation.
  • Preference shares and other debt instruments.

Debt Capital Markets Lawyers

Our Debt Capital Markets team is often mandated to advise on banks' lending arrangements and compliance with the South African banking and financial services regulatory framework.

Our Debt Capital Markets Lawyers
SECTOR HEADS
Mashudu Mphafudi

Mashudu Mphafudi

Practice Head, Director +27 (0)11 562 1093mashudu.mphafudi@cdhlegal.com
Johan de Lange

Johan de Lange

Deputy Practice Head, Director +27 (0)21 481 6468johan.delange@cdhlegal.com

Our Work

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Our team advised Bank of China the issuance, of ZAR 350 million unsecured floating rate notes on the Interest Rate Market of the JSE
Debt Capital Markets

Our team advised Bank of China the issuance, of ZAR 350 million unsecured floating rate notes on the Interest Rate Market of the JSE

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr represented the Bank of China’s Johannesburg Branch.

Our Work

Our team advised Bank of China the issuance, of ZAR 350 million unsecured floating rate notes on the Interest Rate Market of the JSE
Debt Capital Markets

Our team advised Bank of China the issuance, of ZAR 350 million unsecured floating rate notes on the Interest Rate Market of the JSE

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr represented the Bank of China’s Johannesburg Branch.

Debt Capital Markets News

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Market recognition

Our Banking, Finance & Projects practice is externally praised for its depth of resources, capabilities and expertise.

 

  • Chambers Global 2021–2024 ranked our Finance & Banking practice in Band 2 for capital markets: equity.
  • Chambers Global 2013–2024 ranked capital markets: debt in Band 2.
  • Chambers Global 2017–2024 ranked our Finance & Banking practice in Band 2 for banking & finance.
  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2009–2024 recommended us in Tier 2 for banking & finance.
  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2024 recommends our Kenya banking, finance & capital markets practice in Tier 3.
  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2022–2023 recommends our Kenya banking, finance & capital markets practice in Tier 2.
  • IFLR1000 2024 ranked our practice Tier 2 for Banking, Capital Markets: Equity, Capital Markets: Debt,  Project Development: Energy and Infrastructure and, Project Development: Mining
  • IFLR1000 2024  ranked CDH Kenya in Tier 3 for Banking and finance. 
  • IFLR1000 2017–2023 ranked our practice in Tier 2 for banking, and also in project finance.
  • IFLR1000 2016–2023 ranked our practice in Tier 2 for capital markets: debt and capital markets: equity.

Market recognition

Our Banking, Finance & Projects practice is externally praised for its depth of resources, capabilities and expertise.

 

  • Chambers Global 2021–2024 ranked our Finance & Banking practice in Band 2 for capital markets: equity.
  • Chambers Global 2013–2024 ranked capital markets: debt in Band 2.
  • Chambers Global 2017–2024 ranked our Finance & Banking practice in Band 2 for banking & finance.
  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2009–2024 recommended us in Tier 2 for banking & finance.
  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2024 recommends our Kenya banking, finance & capital markets practice in Tier 3.
  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2022–2023 recommends our Kenya banking, finance & capital markets practice in Tier 2.
  • IFLR1000 2024 ranked our practice Tier 2 for Banking, Capital Markets: Equity, Capital Markets: Debt,  Project Development: Energy and Infrastructure and, Project Development: Mining
  • IFLR1000 2024  ranked CDH Kenya in Tier 3 for Banking and finance. 
  • IFLR1000 2017–2023 ranked our practice in Tier 2 for banking, and also in project finance.
  • IFLR1000 2016–2023 ranked our practice in Tier 2 for capital markets: debt and capital markets: equity.

Happy Clients

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr will walk the proverbial extra mile for their clients.

Chambers Global 2023

The lawyers are very knowledgeable and hands-on."

Chambers Global 2023

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