JP Meintjes, Sasol’s acclaimed legal vice president, is recognised for his superior industry knowledge and leadership during a defining period for the company. He is particularly praised for his role in the ground-breaking $18bn Mozambique pipeline.

‘JP, as in-house counsel has been involved from the inception to the refinancing 10 years later of the first significant cross-border gas pipeline in the region, if not the continent’, opines one private practice source.

‘His experience in the gas reticulation regulatory environment is phenomenal, and he has been influential in putting a very political and complicated transaction together’. Another lawyer interviewed points to Meintjes’ strategic approach to a spate of high profile disputes. ‘Sasol’s team is very good and has had quite a few blows recently’.