Key Transactions
Litigation & Forensic Matters
- Represented a public entity on its most high profile, complex and critical litigation matters
- Legal advisor on several forensic investigations into white collar crime in multinational companies
- Legal advisor and project manager on various forensic audits
- Legal advisor on several forensic investigations into pension fund frauds
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Represented Adcock Ingram on its R1.3 billion empowerment transaction
- Represented Freeworld Coatings in relation to separate unsolicited takeover bids by consortia led by Brait and Kansai Paint Co.
- Represented funds under management by Brait in its acquisition of a majority interest in Premier Foods
- Represented TransUnion Corp. in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Credit Reference Bureau of Kenya and its operating subsidiaries in eight different African countries
- Represented Microsoft South Africa on its landmark BEE equity equivalent transactions
- Represented Brait on the Buildmax rights offer
- Represented Sterling Waterford Securities in the world first listing of carbon credit notes on the JSE
- Represented Adcock Ingram in its unsolicited bid for the JSE listed CIPLA Medpro
- Represented Adcock Ingram on its unbundling from the Tiger Brands group, and its subsequent listing on the JSE
- Represented the funds under management by Brait in the acquisition by those funds of a significant equity interest in Buildmax
- Represented funds under management by Brait in the R7 billion leveraged buyout of Primedia and the acquisition of a 20% interest in Primedia Holdings
- Represented Freeworld Coatings on its unbundling from Barloworld and its subsequent listing on the JSE
- Represented funds under management by Brait in the acquisition of a 20% interest in Primedia Holdings
- Represented funds under management by Brait in the proposed R14,2 billion acquisition of Shoprite
- Represented Mvelaserve on its executive share incentive scheme
- Represented AngloGold Ashanti on the employee share component of its BEE transaction
- Represented Western Areas in the offer by Gold Fields to acquire the entire issued share capital of Western Areas
- Represented funds under the management of Brait in the R2.2 billion buy-out and delisting of Pepkor
- Represented funds under the management of Brait in the R6.2 billion buy-out and delisting of Consol
- Advised Deneys Reitz (Norton Rose) on the structure of the listed reinvestment instrument used by Actis in the takeover and delisting of Alexander Forbes
- Represented the Kelly Group in its listing on the JSE
- Represented Kwikot in its proposed listing on the JSE
- Represented Enablis on the establishment of its entrepreneurial network fund in South Africa
- Represented Molash Capital in establishing its private equity fund
Public Sector Transactions
- Advised the Gauteng Department of Economic Development and the MEC on various matters relating to the winding down of the Gauteng Province’s motor sport programmes
- Advised the Gauteng Department of Economic Development and the MEC in relation to the proposed restructuring of various Gauteng government agencies and public entities
- Represented DBSA in relation to the re-financing of IBurst
- Represented DBSA in relation to the syndicated funding facility granted to Sishen Iron Ore
- Represented DBSA in relation to the proposed funding and acquisition by a BEE company of a 25.1% equity stake in Sasfin Bank
- Represented DBSA in relation to the funding of a nickel facility plant in Botswana
- Transactional advisor to the Limpopo Tourism & Parks on its commercialisation and eco-tourism PPP projects