A&O Johannesburg head joins W&C
Published by: Sandy Bhadare at 21/04/2021 White & Case’s newest Johannesburg partner will join the firm’s global debt finance and A.
White & Case’s newest Johannesburg partner will join the firm’s global debt finance and Africa practices from Allen & Overy, effective from 3 May.
Lionel Shawe, a banking and finance partner and Johannesburg office managing partner at
Allen & Overy, will leave after six years to join
White & Case in Johannesburg, bringing experience advising domestic and overseas clients on local and international transactions, including aircraft and property financing, fund financing, leveraged finance, securitisation, debt restructuring transactions and debt and equity capital markets.
White & Case hires Allen & Overy s Johannesburg head to boost debt financing coverage
19 April 2021
Banking and finance partner Lionel Shawe will provide both domestic and cross-border expertise
Johannesburg Shutterstock; WitR White & Case has hired Allen & Overy’s (A&O’s) Johannesburg managing partner, Lionel Shawe, to bolster its global debt finance and Africa practices. Banking and finance lawyer Shawe joins as a partner in the firm’s Johannesburg office, bringing with him extensive experience advising on both domestic and cross-border transactions. He specialises in mining and aircraft finance, acquisition and fund financing and a variety of other types of debt and equity-related transactions.