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ENSafrica (Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs)
No. of offices12 [1]
No. of attorneysover 620 (2014)[2]
No. of employees1020+ (2014)[3]
Major practice areaslaw, tax, forensics and IP
Key peopleMichael Katz (Chairman), Piet Faber (Chief executive), Mzi Mgudlwa (Deputy chief executive)
Date founded1905
Company typeLegal
Websitewww.ensafrica.com

ENSafrica (Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs) is, by lawyer count, the largest African headquartered law firm in Africa.[4][5] ENSafrica currently has over 620 practitioners and was established over 100 years ago. The firm specialises in all commercial areas of law, tax, forensics and IP. The firm is a level 3 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) contributor.[6] It is one of the traditional "Big Five" law firms in South Africa. The firm was formed after a 2006 merger between Cape Town based law firm Sonnenberg Hoffmann & Golombik (formed in 1936), and the Johannesburg based law firm Edward Nathan & Friedland (formed in 1905).

The then head of Sonnenberg Hoffmann & Golombik , Piet Faber, was named Chief Executive (CE), while Edward Nathan & Friedland chairman, Michael Katz, became Chairman of ENS.

In August 2012 ENSafrica became the first African headquartered law firm with fully integrated offices across different African jurisdictions, with the opening of offices in Rwanda and Burundi.[7] This was shortly followed by another office opening in the Ugandan capital of Kampala in December 2012.[8] In December 2013 ENSafrica announced a merger with Mauritius’ largest and oldest firm, De Comarmond & Koenig.[9]

On 1 November 2014 the firm announced the opening of two offices in the Namibian capital and town of Windhoek and Swakopmund respectively, with a third Namibian office, in Walvis Bay, opening soon. This was done through a merger with local Namibian law firm Lorentz Angula, adding a further nine directors to ENSafrica.[10]

Piet Faber is quoted (31 March 2014) as saying that ENSafrica will open offices in at least six other African jurisdictions over the next two years.[11]

Offices

The company has offices in several countries and cities:[1]

Clients

The company works for multinationals as Aon plc, Barloworld Limited, Biocon, BP, Cargill, Coca-Cola Company, Deutsche Bank, Element Six, General Electric, Itochu, Liberty International PLC, Mitsubishi, Novartis, Sanofi Aventis, Sun International, UB Group and Virgin Group.[12]

National companies it works for are, amongst others City of Cape Town, FirstRand, JCI Limited, Massmart, Old Mutual, Fancourt, Safair, Sasfin Bank, Tiger Brands, Transnet.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b locations
  2. ^ Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs (25 June 2014). "Legal500 Profile". Legal500.
  3. ^ "Certified Top Employers 2014". Top Employers Institute.
  4. ^ "ENSafrica expands into Namibia with 11-partner merger". TheLawyer.com. 06 November 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "South Africa: Down and clout". TheLawyer.com. 31 March 2014.
  6. ^ "ENSafrica.com South Africa page". 21 February 2014.
  7. ^ "ENS eyes pan-African domination with launches in Rwanda and Burundi". TheLawyer.com. 8 August 2012.
  8. ^ "ENS expands its footprints into Africa". property24.com. 27 December 2012.
  9. ^ "ENSafrica opens doors in Mauritius". Polity.org.za. 3 December 2013.
  10. ^ "ENSafrica expands into Namibia with 11-partner merger". TheLawyer.com. 06 November 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "South Africa: Down and clout". TheLawyer.com. 31 March 2014.
  12. ^ a b http://www.chambersandpartners.com/uk/Firms/132639-47090 – Retrieved on 28 February 2013


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