CORPORATE MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS PRACTICE AREA The market leading team of Corporate/M&A lawyers at Werksmans is the driving force behind the firm s impressive credentials as one of the powerhouses in South African commercial law. Our Corporate/M&A team has extensive experience combining exceptional transactional skills with specialist expertise - honed over decades of corporate and commercial experience in both public and private corporate mergers, as well as in private equity and international cross border transactions. The team works closely with our experts in related fields such as taxation and competition law and also deals with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Takeover Regulation Panel and The South African Reserve Bank. Our lawyers act for clients in a variety of sectors - including mining, retail, telecommunications, banking and insurance. Our team has accordingly represented numerous South African and international clients engaged in takeovers, reverse takeovers, corporate mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, hostile bids, privatisations and empowerment transactions. General corporate matters, including corporate finance and securities laws also feature prominently in our practice, where our team also advises on new listings/flotations, de-listings and issues of shares. MARKETPLACE RECOGNITION Our leadership in the Corporate/M&A practice area has been recognised by a diversity of respected national and international ranking organisations and research institutions. Werksmans has consistently been at or near the top of the rankings once they commenced. These include: > > Chambers Global: the World s Leading Lawyers for Business - Werksmans is ranked in band 1 in Corporate/M&A. > > IFLR1000: the guide to the World s Leading Financial Law Firms - Werksmans is ranked in tier 2 for Corporate/M&A (2018). > > Legal 500 - Werksmans is ranked tier 1 in Corporate/M&A. > > DealMakers - Werksmans has consistently been recognised as amongst the leading legal advisers for its M&A and General Corporate Finance work. > > DealMakers - Werksmans Attorneys, ranked 5th place, is recognised as amongst the leading legal advisors for listed companies in M&A by deal flow (2016). > > DealMakers - Werksmans Attorneys, ranked in 4th place, is recognised as amongst the leading legal advisors for unlisted companies in M&A by deal flow (2016). > > DealMakers - Werksmans Attorneys, ranked 5th place, is recognised as amongst the leading legal advisors for listed companies in M&A by deal value (2016). > > DealMakers - Werksmans Attorneys, ranked 4th place, is recognised as amongst the leading legal advisors for unlisted companies in M&A by deal value (2016). > > DealMakers - Werksmans Attorneys, ranked 41st place, is ranked as legal advisors for M&A activity by value for work on the African continent, i.e. where one of the parties or the asset is based in an African country outside of SA (2016).
MEET THE CORPORATE MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS TEAM GERHARD JOHANNES Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8107 Email: gjohannes@werksmans.com DANNY ANDROPOULOS Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8248 Email: dandropoulos@werksmans.com NOZIPHO BHENGU Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8166 Email: nbhengu@werksmans.com ZE EV BLIEDEN Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8471 Email: zblieden@werksmans.com JANNIE DE VILLIERS Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8193 Email: jdevilliers@werksmans.com ROBERT DRIMAN Direct line: +27 (0)21 405 5134 Email: rdriman@werksmans.com SHIRLEY FODOR Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8316 Email: sfodor@werksmans.com DAVID GEWER Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8142 Email: rdriman@werksmans.com IRMA-DALENE GOUWS Direct line: +27 (0)21 405 5121 Email: igouws@werksmans.com DEON GRIESSEL Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8117 Email: dgriessel@werksmans.com SHAYNE KRIGE and practice area head Direct line: +27 (0)21 405 5161 Email: skrige@werksmans.com PIERRE LE ROUX Direct line: +27 (0)21 809 6148 Email: pleroux@werksmans.com STEPHAN LOCHNER Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8345 Email: slochner@werksmans.com HAPPY MASONDO and practice area head Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8264 Email: hmasondo@werksmans.com JANENE MEIRING Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8251 Email: jmeiring@werksmans.com LURESHAN NAIDOO Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8449 Email: lnaidoo@werksmans.com
MEET THE CORPORATE MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS TEAM CONTINUED JARED NICKIG Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8293 Email: jnickig@werksmans.com WILLIE OOSTHUIZEN Direct line: +27 (0)21 405 5105 Email: woosthuizen@werksmans.com SEROSHAN PADAYACHY Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8284 Email: spadayachy@werksmans.com TARYN POTTER Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8221 Email: tpotter@werksmans.com BRIAN PRICE Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8479 Email: bprice@werksmans.com ADAM PYZIKOWSKI Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8253 Email: apyzikowski@werksmans.com AARTHI RAMDHIN Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8247 Email: aramdhin@werksmans.com CHRIS STEVENS Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8467 Email: cstevens@werksmans.com PIETER STEYN Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8296 Email: psteyn@werksmans.com PAUL TINDLE Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8311 Email: ptindle@werksmans.com KEVIN TRUDGEON Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8169 Email: ktrudgeon@werksmans.com HERMAN VAN NIEKERK Office: Tyger Valley Direct line: +27 (0)21 910 9030 Email: hvanniekerk@werksmans.com DAVE WALKER Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8207 Email: dwalker@werksmans.com ELLIOTT WOOD Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8303 Email: ewood@werksmans.com DEREK ALEXANDER Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8485 Email: dalexander@werksmans.com NJABULO HLOPHE Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8498 Email: nhlophe@werksmans.com
MEET THE CORPORATE MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS TEAM CONTINUED KASHVI LALLA Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8171 Email: klalla@werksmans.com HILAH LASKOV Direct line: +27 (0)21 405 5174 Email: hlaskov@werksmans.com KHATHU NELUHENI Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8361 Email: kneluheni@werksmans.com BRONWYN PARKER Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8273 Email: bparker@werksmans.com IIZLE CILLIE Direct line: +27 (0)21 405 5125 Email: icillies@werksmans.com LIAM HEINZELMANN Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8151 Email: lheinzelmann@werksmans.com NOMSA HLANGULELA Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8154 Email: nnhlangulela@werksmans.com JARRYD MARDON Office: Tygervalley Direct line: +27 (0)21 910 9061 Email: jmardon@werksmans.com BOITUMELO MOTI Direct line: +27 (0)21 910 9029 Email: bmoti@werksmans.com BAFANA NTULI Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8129 Email: bntuli@werksmans.com ANTIMO OSATO Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8327 Email: aosato@werksmans.com LAURA SIMPSON Direct line: +27 (0)11 535 8484 Email: lsampson@werksmans.com ARMAND SWART Direct line: +27 (0) 21 405 5162 Email: aswart@werksmans.com MICHAELA TYFIELD Direct line: +27 (0)21 405 5238 Email: mtyfield@werksmans.com SU-ANNE VAN DER MERWE Direct line: +27 (0)21 405 5126 Email: svdmerwe@werksmans.com KIM WILLIAMS Direct line: +27 (0)21 910 9011 Email: kwilliams@werksmans.com
Keep us close The Corporate & Commercial Law Firm www.werksmans.com A member of the LEX Africa Alliance ABOUT WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS Established in the early 1900s, Werksmans Attorneys is a leading South African corporate and commercial law firm, serving multinationals, listed companies, financial institutions, entrepreneurs and government. Operating in Gauteng and the Western Cape, the firm is connected to an extensive African legal alliance through LEX Africa. LEX Africa was established in 1993 as the first and largest African legal alliance and offers huge potential for Werksmans clients seeking to do business on the continent by providing a gateway to Africa. With a formidable track record in mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, and commercial litigation and dispute resolution, Werksmans is distinguished by the people, clients and work that it attracts and retains. Werksmans more than 200 lawyers are a powerful team of independent-minded individuals who share a common service ethos. The firm s success is built on a solid foundation of insightful and innovative deal structuring and legal advice, a keen ability to understand business and economic imperatives and a strong focus on achieving the best legal outcome for clients.