SOUTH AFRICA Law and Practice Contributed by: Professor Michael Katz, Matthew Morrison and Madison Liebmann, ENS
ENS is Africa’s largest law firm, with over 600 specialist practitioners, and can deliver on cli - ents’ business requirements across all major industries and across the African continent. The firm is able to leverage its resources to deliver legal solutions that suit clients’ pricing prefer - ences and timeframes. Over many years, ENS has developed a large knowledge base and a deep understanding of local nuances and ways of doing business. The firm has practical expe - rience in working on the ground and direct ac -
cess to high-end, professional contacts across the continent, ensuring consistent quality and world-class service. Some of its practitioners are qualified to practise English and French law and have extensive experience in the legal codes of OHADA used in West and Central Af - rica. ENS has 39 ranked departments and 87 ranked lawyers in Chambers Global 2025, and is committed to creating enduring client rela - tionships and providing to-the-point, jargon- free advice.
Authors
Professor Michael Katz is chair of ENS and specialises in corporate and commercial law, including advising on M&A, competition law, tax law, privatisation and deregulation,
Matthew Morrison is a director in ENS’ corporate commercial department. He specialises in corporate finance, insurance and financial services law, as well as commercial contracts,
project finance and non-recourse financing, public-private partnerships, empowerment ventures and banking and financial markets. He is regularly quoted in the media and speaks at a number of international and domestic conferences and high-profile events. Michael publishes numerous articles, chapters and papers on legal and fiscal topics, including co-authoring the Butterworths Company Law Precedents (four volumes) and South Africa’s contribution to the United Nations’ and Harvard University’s Corporate Law Tools project.
private equity and M&A. Matthew has extensive experience in M&A structuring and governance issues, and in the listing and delisting of companies from JSE Limited, schemes of arrangement involving large South African companies, broad-based black economic empowerment transactions, and advising on general commercial law aspects of listed and unlisted companies. He is recorded on the practising roll of solicitors in the Supreme Court of England and Wales, and is a member of the Law Society of the Northern Provinces in South Africa.
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