Anthony Colegrave

Partner, London

Biography

“Anthony Colegrave is dual-qualified in both England & Wales and South Africa - a key adviser on equity derivatives and hedging solutions.”

“Spectacular, both on the South African and the global stage.”
Legal 500 UK, 2025

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.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales, Solicitor
South Africa
Education
LLB
Rhodes University
BA
Rhodes University
Languages
English

Experience

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.*

* Matters worked on prior to joining White & Case

Awards and Recognition

Next Generation Partner – Anthony Colegrave

Legal 500 South Africa 2023: Banking & Finance