Our Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot blog has relevant, accessible and informative posts about the laws affecting South African financial institutions with a focus on banking, insurance and finance.

About the Financial Institutions team

Norton Rose Fulbright’s financial institutions lawyers in South Africa offer local insights with an international perspective that is recognised worldwide.

With over 1,000 lawyers globally dedicated to financial institutions we advise many of the world’s leading banks, asset managers, financial investors and insurance companies, both domestically and abroad.

With years of experience in the financial services sector and a wealth of regulatory knowledge, we provide tailored advice on high-level and complex assignments. We act as lender’s and borrower’s counsel on local and cross-border transactions including trade and commodity finance, property finance, development finance, restructurings and refinancing facilities, acquisitiona and project finance. We are leaders in energy law and are key players in South Africa’s renewable energy projects industry. We advise on all aspects of insurance regulatory issues and dispute resolution.

We have lawyers in all of the world’s leading financial centers and in many of the fastest growing emerging markets. We are perfectly positioned to help you realise your objectives wherever you are in the world.

About Norton Rose Fulbright

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm. We provide the world’s pre-eminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 3,000 lawyers based in over 50 cities across Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity.

Recognised for our industry focus, we are strong across the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure and resources; technology; transport; life sciences and healthcare; and consumer markets.

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