Africa’s Largest Law Firm Announces the Launching of ENSafrica Namibia
December, 2014 - South Africa
On the 1st November 2014, Lorentz Angula Inc (LA), one of Namibia’s largest and most prestigious law firms, joined forces with Africa’s largest law firm, ENSafrica.
“We are proud to announce that we have become ENSafrica Namibia,” said Hartmut Ruppel, previously executive chairperson of LA, and who remains the executive chairperson of ENSafrica Namibia. “This is a major development in the Namibian context and will significantly empower us to provide our clients with an enhanced breadth and depth of legal services when transacting within Namibia, across the African continent and internationally”.
“Namibia has exciting opportunities for business in terms of its rich agricultural, mining, commercial and natural resources,” said Hosea Angula, vice chairperson of ENSafrica Namibia. “It is therefore, important that we build an integrated African law practice for Africa to support business development and investment in the region. Local knowledge and expertise is key when doing business across Africa”.
ENSafrica Namibia has offices in Windhoek and Swakopmund, and will soon open an office in Walvis Bay. It is a full service law firm with expertise covering all aspects of commercial, litigation, mining and energy, banking, intellectual property, aviation, shipping, competition, insurance, industrial relations, labour, transport, pension funds and medical aid, telecommunications, IT, and conveyancing.
Mzi Mgudlwa, deputy chief executive of ENSafrica, said: “We see Namibia as an important jurisdiction that supports our commitment to Africa. Namibia is one of Africa’s major emerging market economies and this development will further enable our clients to capitalise on the unique and considerable opportunities Africa presents. It is important to us that when our clients do business in Africa, they not only have the local know-how to succeed and can benefit from in-depth in-country experience, but that they can also be assured of a world-class offering – ENSafrica Namibia delivers excellence on both these criteria.”
ENSafrica has over 620 legal, tax, forensics and intellectual property practitioners situated across the African continent. The firm’s announcement of ENSafrica Namibia follows hot on the heels of the launch of ENSafrica (Mauritius) less than a year ago. Piet Faber, chief executive of ENSafrica, confirmed that ENSafrica is committed to further expanding its offering in Africa, and has indicated that it will establish a presence in more countries across the continent in the near future.
