Anthony Colegrave
Biography
Overview
Anthony is a partner in the derivatives and structured finance practice in the Firm's Capital Markets group in London. Anthony has a wide practice area based on his dual qualification in England & Wales and South Africa. His current practice is made up of derivatives (primarily equity derivatives and hedging solutions) both English and South African law governed and South African financial regulatory in both the capital markets and banking spaces. He is used to working on big cross-border and multi-jurisdictional projects from both a derivative and regulatory perspective.
"Anthony Colegrave is dual-qualified in both England & Wales and South Africa [and] a key adviser on equity derivatives and hedging solutions," (Legal 500 UK, 2025). Clients describe Anthony Colegrave as "spectacular, both on the South African and the global stage," (Legal 500 UK, 2025).
Experience
Derivatives experience includes advising:
Bank Deutsches Kraftfahrzeuggewerbe (BDK) on a €600 million asset-backed securities (ABS) auto loans transaction.
VTTI on its US$1.7 billion refinancing, consisting of a mix of institutional and bank debt to finance VTTI's growth plans.
GETEC on its €3.1 billion refinancing which includes a common terms investment-grade platform with longer and diversified tenors.
Macquarie Asset Management on the acquisition of the remaining 20 percent stake in National Gas Transmission.
Etu Energias on the acquisition financing of stakes in upstream Angolan assets from the Portuguese multinational energy company, Galp.
OEG Energy Group Limited (“OEG”) on the issuance of a €465 million high yield bond, issued by OEG Finance plc.
BNP Paribas and J.P. Morgan as joint global coordinators, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe and J.P. Morgan as joint lead managers and joint bookrunners and J&T BANKA as co-manager, on the issue of €300 million Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Preferred Notes by MONETA Money Bank.
Rino Mastrotto Group S.p.A. in connection with its debut issuance of €320 million senior secured floating high yield notes, issued pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the US Securities Act and listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s Euro MTF market.
The Republic of Zambia in connection with a comprehensive debt restructuring of Zambia’s external debt, including its Eurobonds due in 2022, 2024 and 2027, but also in relation to all of Zambia’s official and commercial debt.
ISDA on the enforceability of the netting and set-off provisions in the 1992 and 2002 ISDA Master Agreements.*
SMBC on various FX and interest rate hedging solutions
Deutsche Bank on interest rate hedging and financing transactions
Credit Suisse on preparing a template FX ISDA schedule.*
A consortium of major international banks on the provision of hedging in respect of a wind generation project
Midland Motorways Group in relation to certain hedging and deal contingent hedging in relation to financing advanced to it.*
Credit Suisse in relation to certain deal contingent hedging transactions.
The National Bank of Greece in relation to energy hedging
Neom Company in relation to its derivative hedging portfolio
A global financial services group on the enforceability of the collateral provisions contained in the English law Credit Support Deed and the Credit Support Annex in respect of South African domiciled pension funds, long term insurers, short-term insurers , collective investment schemes and asset managers.*
BNP Paribas on the enforceability of the netting and set off provisions in relation to a hedging a1Tangements to be provided to the Government Employees Pension Fund, a sovereign entity in South Africa.*
Goldman Sachs International on various extinguisher interest rate swap transactions with South African corporates including
Consol Holdings Limited and Edcon Holdings Proprietary Limited.*
Bank of America Merrill Lynch on equity forward transactions with Absa Bank Limited, The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and FirstRand Bank Limited in relation to the employee share incentive schemes of each of these banks.*
A global financial services group on hedging arrangements with Edcon Holdings Proprietary Limited.*
Bank of America Merrill Lynch on a ZAR500m equity collar transaction with WDB Construction Proprietary Limited.*
The four major banks in South Africa on the proposed derivative prudential limitations to be placed on South African registered pension funds.*
Investec Bank on the proposed regulation of OTC derivatives in South Africa under the Financial Markets Act, 2012 including trade reporting and centralised clearing requirements.*
Goldman Sachs International on a number of funded equity collar transactions to various counterparties.*
Credit Suisse International on various funded equity collar transactions. Various hedging banks and counterparties on FX and interest rate hedging to be put in place pursuant to certain financing and Intercreditor arrangements.*
a collar transaction concluded with the Public Investment Corporation (or a South African Quasi-public investment entity) in relation to South African listed equities.*
International Finance Corporation on a USD200m loan to FirstRand Bank Limited.*
A number of international banks (and their local branches) on an equity swap with the Public Investment Corporation (acting on behalf of the Government Employees Pension Fund) in relation to South African listed shares.*
A global investment bank and a global financial services group on the extension of the equity swap transactions between a global investment bank and the Public Investment Corporation acting on behalf of the Government.*
* Matters worked on prior to joining White & Case
Next Generation Partner – Anthony Colegrave
Legal 500 South Africa 2023: Banking & Finance