Banking & Finance

Banking and finance is a crucial component of South Africa’s economy. The professionals at Adams & Adam keep themselves abreast of the latest developments in this area of the law, and provide a wide spectrum of legal services in this industry. These include:

• Advising on banking and financial markets law in general
• Advising on credit agreements and the National Credit Act
• Advising on the structuring and assisting with the drafting and/or review of financial arrangements, project finance and related transactions, including public private partnership arrangements (PPPs)
• Advising in relation to collective investment schemes, private equity and hedge funds
• Hedge fund structuring, listing and related documentation
• Advising on trading documentation including prime brokerage agreements and derivative documentation
• Advising on investment management agreements, sales and distribution arrangements
• Financing into and out of South Africa
• Preference share finance
• Public sector finance
• Retail and wholesale financial services, including the Securities
• Service Act and the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act
• Security structures (SPV’s)
• Simple and syndicated loans
• Structured finance