A former Hogan Lovells partner has been implicated in a South African scandal involving allegations of corrupt payments to government officials.

Brian Biebuyck, the former head of the firm's South African commercial litigation practice, was named by Angelo Agrizzi, the former COO of facilities management company Bosasa, in his testimony to a government inquiry into corruption and fraud in the public sector.

Agrizzi was discussing a video that showed senior figures at Bosasa handling bags of cash, which he claimed was used for bribes, according to a transcript of the testimony.