DLA Piper has appointed nine lawyers to its Johannesburg office, including the hire of a five-strong Corporate team, three hires to its Finance practice and one to its Competition practice. This follows the recent appointment of Johannes Gouws as Country Managing Partner for South Africa as the firm continues its expansion on the continent. More >>

Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed corporate lawyer, Rudolph du Plessis, as partner in its Johannesburg office. Rudolph, who has spent his entire legal career in South Africa, will be the firm’s first M&A partner in the Johannesburg office. More >>

Chadbourne & Parke LLP is pleased to announce that leading energy and infrastructure lawyer Deon Govender has joined its Johannesburg office as an international partner. More >>

Law firm Eversheds has strengthened its IP team with the appointment of Deon de Beer as a partner in its Johannesburg office. More >>

Global law firm Clyde & Co has significantly expanded its South Africa presence with the hire of five leading partners. More >>

Herbert Smith Freehills today announces that it will be significantly strengthening its Africa practice with the launch of an office in Johannesburg, South Africa, alongside the hire of two leading South African partners. Brigette Baillie is a highly respected energy and infrastructure finance lawyer and Peter Leon is one of the top twenty mining lawyers in the world. More >>

DLA Piper has expanded its presence in Africa with the launch of its own office in Casablanca, Morocco as of 5 October, to be followed by Johannesburg, South Africa in the first quarter of next year. These offices will complement and support the fifteen DLA Piper Africa firms across the continent. More >>

Partners Lodewyk Meyer and Laurie Hammond will join Hogan Lovells’ South Africa on 6 December and 1 October 2015 respectively. They join from the Structured Trade and Commodity Finance Team of Norton Rose Fulbright and bring with them Jessica Petersen and Izanne Geldenhuys, who are qualified associates. More >>

Ernie Van Der Vyver, a leading lawyer in the South African corporate insurance market, joins Clyde & Co today as a Partner in the Johannesburg office to further strengthen the firm’s South African presence in the insurance market. More >>

Philip van Rensburg has joined Hogan Lovells as a partner in the construction department and litigation team in Johannesburg. Joining with him is senior associate Waseeqah Makadam. More >>