Law firm profile · South Africa
Freshfields
Ranked No. 51 of 165 in the Meridian Firm Index, on 2 recorded matters in the 24 months to 28 October 2026.
Firm Index51Index 4.7 · Moderate confidence
#51Firm Index rankIndex 4.7
2Matters, 24 months3 on the record in total
US$69.4bnDisclosed valueWhere a value was published
1MarketMost active: South Africa
About the firm
United Kingdom. Added from the Meridian South and East Africa deal dataset, October 2026.
Where the work is
24 months to 28 October 2026
Practice mix
Markets
South Africa 2
Lawyers in the Meridian Lawyer Index
No lawyers from this firm are in the current Lawyer Index. Lawyers are added when a published matter names them.
Matters on the record
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Optasia R6.5bn JSE initial public offering (largest fintech listing on the JSE) with concurrent R4.7bn placement to FirstRandCapital Markets · South Africa
US$361.1m
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Anglo American plc / Teck Resources Limited merger (Anglo Teck plc) – second-largest M&A transaction in South African historyMergers and Acquisitions · South Africa
US$69bn
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International Finance Corporation, Development Partners International, Lorax Capital Partners, funds managed by Apis Partners, Lunate and GB Corp in MNT-HalanPrivate Equity and Venture Capital · Egypt
Is a matter missing?
Firms can submit transactions with a public source. Each one is checked before it counts.
Calculated live from The Meridian’s transaction record on 28 October 2026. The Firm Index counts each published matter once and weights it by value and cross-border reach. How we rank.