One-year qualified Hogan Lovells associate Ghassan Sader was awarded Assistant/Associate Solicitor of the Year for his work acting for key firm client building materials supplier PPC.

Sader has been with the firm for four years and is based in the South Africa office, joining as a trainee and becoming an associate with the corporate group. He works predominantly with major firm clients including PPC, Bochumer Verein, Land O'Lakes, the Lessafre Group and Telkom SA.

He has taken a lead role on complex corporate M&A transactions, divestments, corporate finance and fund formations. In 2014, he was awarded the Hogan Lovells (South Africa) Associate Achiever Award. This internal award is nominated by the chairman of the South Africa office and given to the associate who has exceeded expectations and achieved a high level of work quality by embodying the firm's core values.