South Africa’s diverse economy, political landscape and strategic role in Africa creates a unique business and regulatory environment.

Every two weeks, the Dentons South Africa Newsletter will keep you abreast of issues that affect doing business in South Africa, across the African continent and around the world, in a collection of articles, legal updates, alerts, and guides.

Dentons South Africa recognized by Best Lawyers 2023

Best Lawyers ® have recognized Dentons South Africa for its remarkable contribution to the local legal industry as part of Best Lawyers 2023.

Recognizing our lawyers, Best Lawyers ® named the top performing legal minds within the various available practice areas in South Africa, as follows:

• Banking and Finance Law: Alishka Singh
• Oil and Gas Law: Noor Kapdi
• Energy Law: Shahid Sulaiman

More information here.

Global Employment and Labour Quarterly Review

In our latest Global Employment and Labour Quarterly Review Purvis Ghani, Jenny Zhuang and our lawyers look at issues impacting employers in over 35 countries, including South Africa. Among other things, we are seeing the removal of remaining pandemic restrictions, with a focus instead on regulating the changes that were thrust into the workplace and with jurisdictions working to revisit their labour codes and similar legislation.

Download the publication here.

Greylisting South Africa: Boogeyman or opportunity

"What being ‘grey-listed’ means for foreign companies wanting to do business in South Africa?

Several sources have considered how greylisting carries with it reputational damage to South Africa and leads to heightened risk factor assessments by foreign businesses and banks when trading with their South African counterparts..."

Read more here.

The shifting tides of cross-border M&A

Dentons, together with research provider MergerMarket, surveyed 150 senior executives involved in cross-border and global M&A to see how these executives view the market. Our report, “The shifting tides of cross-border M&A”, presents the findings of this research and provides you with everything you need to know when considering potential mergers and acquisitions to help you navigate the market.

Download the report here.

Insight into the Allyship workplace

Allyship is foundational to our inclusion, diversity, and equity journey at Dentons as we take action and work together to produce positive, sustained change. Our Allyship Playbook shares perspectives and experiences of Dentons colleagues and contains practical insights into how each of us can be a better ally at work.

Download our playbook here.