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Andrea Cabanac is an Executive at ENS in the Natural Resources and Environment practice.

Andrea specialises in mining, upstream petroleum, environmental and administrative law, with 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.

Andrea 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.

Andrea is recognised as a leading/recommended lawyer by:

• The Legal 500 EMEA 2026, 2025 – Mining (South Africa)

area of expertise

qualifications

• BA (University of the Witwatersrand)
• LLB (Cum Laude) (University of the Witwatersrand)
• Postgraduate Course in Prospecting and Mining Law, Mandela Institute (University of the Witwatersrand)
• Admitted as an Attorney and Notary of the High Court of South Africa