ENSafrica

Legal Services | Namibia

https://www.ensafrica.com/
tel: +264 64 281100 | fax: +264 64 204214
No. 3, 1st Floor The Business Park Sam Nujoma Avenue | Walvis Bay | 9000 | Namibia

Main Contacts

Koos PretoriusExecutive

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

Ray-wood RukoroExecutive

Associate

Nathan KnittleAssociate

Azelle MoutonAssociate

Articles

Can Employers Justify Compelling Employees to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine?
ENSafrica, February 2021

South African law currently does not have any legislation that specifically requires employees to take the COVID-19 vaccination. The president was also emphatic that no one would be forced to take the vaccination, which is being rolled out in a governmental attempt to vaccinate 67% of the population (approximately 40-million people in South Africa). In the previous article in this series, we discussed employees’ constitutional rights to bodily integrity, culture and religion in anticipation of pushback against the vaccine...

Labour Court Hands Down New Judgment on Business Rescue
ENSafrica, February 2021

The South African Airways (“SAA”) saga continues, with another Labour Court judgment handed down on 8 February 2021. Given the financially parlous position that SAA has been in, even throughout its business rescue proceedings, the Department of Public Enterprises (“DPE”), SAA’s sole shareholder and sole lender, offered SAA employees a salary settlement agreement. In terms of that agreement, SAA employees would waive their rights to eight-months’ remuneration, in exchange for three-months’ remuneration, payment of their 13th cheque and a lump sum in respect of a 5.9% increase with effect from April 2019...

All articles submitted by ENSafrica

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...

All press submitted by ENSafrica