Andrea Cabanac

Andrea Cabanac is an Executive at ENS in the Natural Resources and Environment practice. Her practice focuses on Mining Law, specialising in mining, upstream petroleum, environmental and administrative law.

Andrea has particular expertise in mining and upstream petroleum legislative frameworks, legislative reform, mineral title administration, land access and restitution matters, and cross-border advisory work across the natural resources sector.

She advises major local and international mining and upstream petroleum companies on complex regulatory compliance matters, legislative and policy reform processes, mining, exploration and production rights, environmental and land rights matters, transactional due diligence investigations, cross-border resource projects, and disputes relating to mining and upstream petroleum operations.

In addition, Andrea has significant experience in parliamentary and legislative submissions on behalf of the mining and upstream petroleum industry bodies and associations, judicial review proceedings, and strategic engagement with government and industry stakeholders on regulatory reform processes. She has advised clients in the mining, upstream petroleum, energy and natural resources sectors.

She is a member of Women in Mining South Africa. She holds a BA from the University of the Witwatersrand, an LLB (Cum Laude) from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Postgraduate Course in Prospecting and Mining Law from the Mandela Institute (University of the Witwatersrand), and is admitted as an Attorney and Notary of the High Court of South Africa. She is recognised by The Legal 500 EMEA for Mining in South Africa.