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CMS South Africa’s closes landmark acquisition as lead legal advisor that created a “last minute lifeline” to 2,000 endangered African rhinos. In recognition of World Rhino Day on 22 September CMS...

CMS signs with Maputo-based firm CGA

15/06/2023CMS Africa will be present once again at Africa's largest renewables energy sector event - the Africa Energy Forum - which this year takes place in Nairobi and will unite governments, utilities and regulators with development finance institutions, commercial banks, power developers, technology providers, EPCs and professional services. Over the last 24 years, the Forum has earnt a reputation as the most meaningful gathering of decision-makers in the African renewable energy sector. After CMS' first participation last year in Brussels, we became aware that it is the kind of event we need to attend, and we committed to strengthening our investment in it. To this end, this year CMS Africa will have a stand at the conference venue, will host a cocktail party at one of the official hotels, to welcome our clients and will have a delegation of 9 partners at the event from the offices in South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Kenya, Lisbon and London. The South Africa partner, Bridgett Majola, will also participate in a debate on procurement strategies and renewable energy projects. Among the topics under discussion this year are: Increasing Pace and Scale of Africa’s Renewable Energy Projects; The Growing Role of Africa’s Gas within Today’s Geo-Political Context; Africa’s Path to Becoming a Global Hydrogen Power House; Building Regional Power Markets.

CMS South Africa is proud to have advised Maia Capital, a boutique impact investment firm, in the provision of a mezzanine loan facility to FinCredit Proprietary Limited, which reached financial close...

CMS is delighted to have advised Tamela Capital Partners (acting on behalf of the Tamela Mezzanine Debt Fund I Partnership) in providing a mezzanine loan facility to The Digs, a company that provides...

Johannesburg, South Africa – CMS South Africa is pleased to announce the promotion of three lawyers to Directors in various teams in their Johannesburg office. These plans come at a time when the firm...

CMS is ranked 19th in the third edition of the Africa Top 50 published by Law. com International in partnership with Africa Legal. This annual ranking of the top African law firms is based on headcount...

CMS South Africa is proud to have helped bring two 100MW Solar PV projects, with Tronox Mineral Sands as the sole offtaker, to a financial close – the first of their kind.  Since announcing the significant...

Johannesburg - based partner Zaakir Mohamed has been elected to serve as the Deputy Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Commercial Forensic Practitioners (ICFP).  The ICFP is a...