ENSafrica

Legal Services | Namibia

https://www.ensafrica.com/
tel: +264 61 379 700 | fax: +264 61 379 701
Unit 4, LA Chambers, Ausspann Plaza, Dr Agostinho Neto Road | Windhoek | 9000 | Namibia

Main Contacts

Charles VisserExecutive

Offices

ENSafrica News

ENSafrica's Overview

"A pan-African powerhouse with a strong team of experienced and respected lawyer" - Chambers Global Guide 2018

In today's competitive global market, to run a successful business it is important to have a business partner who understands the importance of:

- fast turnaround times
- cost-effective solutions
- differentiation
- limited risk

While Africa provides potential for growth, predicting in-country, or even regional challenges, and capitalising on the right opportunities for your business, is complex.

With over 600 practitioners and more than 200 years of experience, ENSafrica is Africa's largest law firm.

We provide legal and tax services across sub-Saharan Africa and are committed to ensuring work is done in the manner that best suits your risk profile, preferences and pricing structures.

It matters to us whether you achieve your business goals and we will find ways to ensure you do.

We are an independent law firm, which means that, irrespective of where you wish to pursue your business interests across Africa, we will ensure that you receive consistent, high-quality services.

In today's world, changing economic, political, technological, environmental, cultural and social climates are directly impacting target markets at a pace previously unknown. For a business to remain relevant, it requires know-how that spans various specialist areas.

Our specialist divisions include Africa regulatory and business intelligence, Asia, tax and IP. In addition, our artificial intelligence division is able to provide you with in-depth know-how, be it for purposes of corporate governance and information protection, due-diligence, e-discovery, data analytics and/or market understanding.

ENSafrica has lawyers qualified to practise English, French and OHADA law, as well as practitioners who are able to converse in various languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, French and Portuguese.

Through the financial services centre of Mauritius, ENSafrica also offers a unique possibility to integrate all aspects of structuring your investments in relation to all commercial areas of law, tax, IP and fiduciary.

Lawyers Worldwide: 500

Notable

Areas of Practice

African Regulatory and Business Intelligence
Agribusiness
Asia
Aviation
Banking and Finance
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE)
Competition/Anti-Trust
Corporate Commercial
Dispute Resolution
Employment
Energy
Environment
Fiduciary
Fintech
Forensics
Immigration
India
Infrastructure
Insolvency, Restructuring and Business Rescue
Insurance
Intellectual Property (IP)
IntelligENS
International Arbitration
Mine and Occupational Health and Safety
Mining
Natural Resources and Environment
Private Clients
Private Equity
Pro Bono and Corporate Social Investment
Project Development and Project Finance
Real Estate / Property
Shipping, Ports and Logistics
Tax
Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT)

Professionals

Executive

Ruben PhilanderExecutive

Andreas PotgieterExecutive

Willie RossouwExecutive

Hartmut RuppelExecutive

Charles VisserExecutive

Wolf WohlersExecutive

Associate

Vanessa BoesakSenior Associate

Stefanie BuschAssociate

Kennedy HarasebSenior Associate

Riëtte KarstenAssociate

Karin MalherbeSenior Associate

Twapewa MwashindangeSenior Associate

Tanya NamasesAssociate

Georgitte PaulseSenior Associate

Articles

UIF Does a Payment Re-Run and Gives Clarity on COVID-19 TERS Benefits Over the Festive Season
ENSafrica, January 2021

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (“UIF”) has shed some light on what will happen to existing and outstanding COVID-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (“TERS”) applications and payments, particularly over the festive season. We discuss the must-knows for employers below. COVID-19 TERS payment re-runs for April – 15 September 2020 periodThe UIF dedicated this entire week to re-run payments for the period between April to September 2020, and will repeat this for all lockdown periods on 19 December to clear the backlog as far as possible, so that beneficiaries will not suffer during this festive season...

Battling COVID-19: Mechanisms for Access to Antiviral Products and Diagnostics
ENSafrica, November 2020

IP landscape While the world is in the grip of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the patenting of pharmaceutical and biological compositions and the launch of generic products is even more hotly debated than before, particularly in the world's developing and least-developed countries. For many years, in the context of the devastating local HIV epidemic, organisations such as the Treatment Action Campaign and Medicines Sans Frontiers have challenged the government on the inadequacy of local IP laws to provide access to medicines...

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Press

ENSafrica’s Tax Team Grows with the Appointment of Two New Specialists
ENSafrica, March 2020

ENSafrica, Africa’s largest law firm, has made two key executive appointments in its tax department, further fortifying the firm’s tax capability. Kazi Mbangeleli and Mark Badenhorst have joined ENSafrica’s team of some 50-strong tax specialists, including 18 tax executives. Kazi specialises in M&A-related international tax and financial services tax. Kazi’s deep expertise includes the tax aspects of structured investments and disinvestments, M&A and offshore expansions. She also has due diligence and tax compliance expertise...

ENSafrica’s tax team grows with the appointment of two new specialists
ENSafrica, March 2020

ENSafrica, Africa’s largest law firm, has made two key executive appointments in its tax department, further fortifying the firm’s tax capability.Kazi MbangeleliandMark Badenhorsthave joined ENSafrica’s team of some 50-strong tax specialists, including 18 tax executives.Kazispecialises in M&A-related international tax and financial services tax. Kazi’s deep expertise includes the tax aspects of structured investments and disinvestments, M&A and offshore expansions. She also has due diligence and tax compliance expertise...

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