Banking and 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