PEOPLE PROFILES

 
 

Richard Roothman

Director
Branch: Johannesburg
Tel: +27 (0)11 535 8115
Fax: +27 (0)11 535 8715
Email: rroothman@werksmans.com
 
Main Practice Area

Banking & Finance

Specialises in:
  • banking and financial services regulation
  • debt capital markets
  • exchange control
  • leveraged and acquisition finance
  • leveraged and management buy-outs
  • project and limited recourse finance
  • structured finance transactions
  • listings/flotations
  • public offerings and private placements
  • securitisation
  • syndicated and bilateral financing structures

Career:
BCom LLB (Law)(UP)
LLM (Cornell, USA)
LLM (Tax)(Wits)

1996: Admitted as member of the New York Bar
2007: Director, Werksmans

Highlights:

  • Named as a leading lawyer in Banking & Finance (2011 and 2012) and in Capital Markets (2012) by Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business
  • Named as a leading lawyer in Capital Markets (2010 and 2011) and Banking and Project Finance (2011) by IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms
  • Named as an endorsed lawyer in Banking & Finance by PLC Which Lawyer (2011)

Major Clients & Matters:

  • Represented domestic and international banks, financial institutions, borrowers and ratings agencies in:
    • project finance transactions
    • debt capital market transactions
    • syndicated loan transactions
    • structured finance transactions
    • private equity financing transactions