Earlier this month, Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) became the third major firm to withdraw from South Africa in just over a year. Its more than 200 lawyers, who operate across three offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, are set to spin off and practice independently from 31 March 2026.
The move comes some 14 years after then Anglo-Autralian firm Norton Rose entered South Africa via a combination with Deneys Reitz in 2011, with the local firm joining the Swiss Verein structure and becoming Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa.
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