Re Assisting Granite Central Securities Depository (Pty) Ltd (Granite) with an application for a Central Securities Depository license, in terms of section 27 of the Financial Markets Act, 2012.   The CSD license application is only the second of its kind to be issued in South Africa

Advising a leading European clearing house on the recognition process for external clearing houses in South Africa, in an effort to establish a South African clearing solution

Advising and assisting Mizuho Bank with the establishment of a South African representative office, including preparation and submission of a license application in terms of section 34 of the Banks Act, 1990, and interaction with the regulator

Regulatory advice and assistance with the purchase of shares by Barclays Bank plc in Absa Bank, and the drafting and submission of relevant applications to the South African Reserve Bank

Assisting with the drafting of the annual ISDA collateral opinion, and the drafting of bespoke capacity and enforceability opinions for amongst others, collective investment schemes, pension funds and the South African Reserve Bank

Preparation and submission of various license applications in terms of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002 (FAIS), including advising clients in respect of their FAIS obligations and interaction with the Financial Services Board

Preparation and submission of an exchange control application for the recognition of an international headquarter company, in light of the new headquarter company dispensation in the exchange control rulings

Establishment of a regulatory compliance framework for the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications, upon being awarded the tender for the exercise

Assisting National Treasury with a legal review of the barriers to the sharing of customer information between the banking and telecommunications industries in order to combat electronic crime. This exercise included the drafting of recommendations for possible changes to legislation and encompassed privacy, regulatory, constitutional, procedural and criminal law aspects to the review as well as technical knowledge as to how these crimes are being committed

Regulatory compliance measures in the financial sector, including financial markets regulation and licensing

Exchange Control implications and applications with respect to financing transactions, acquisitions, and restructuring

International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc Collateral and capacity opinions on the ISDA Master Agreement

Basel III requirements and the regulations issued in terms of the Banks Act, 1990