Mergers and Acquisitions

Specific areas of our expertise in this field include:

• Advising European and American clients on inward investment into South Africa and the acquisition of control over South African entities
• Advising South African clients on the acquisition of businesses in Europe and the United States, in conjunction with selected local attorneys
• Negotiations and preparation of merger, purchase and sale agreements in various forms
• Drafting of circulars to shareholders in respect of both offers and schemes of arrangements in terms of the Companies Act.
• Negotiation and drafting of documentation relating to management and leveraged buy-outs
• Conducting due diligence investigations on behalf of both local and overseas lenders and potential investors, including investigation and reporting on all aspects of security documentation, documentation of title, compliance with legislation
• Advising on strategy and tactics to be adopted in hostile takeovers
• Advising on restructuring and unbundling of groups of companies

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