Summary Profile
Peter Hesseling is Joint Regional Head of the firm's Corporate and
Commercial practice and a member of the firm's Executive Committee. Peter has
extensive experience in insolvency law, company law, corporate restructuring,
transaction structuring, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, black
economic empowerment, the investment industry, various types of financing, and
selected areas of tax law.
Career
Peter was admitted as an Attorney in 1995 after completing his articles
at Herbsteins (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) and became a Director of the firm in
March 1997. Before completing his articles, Peter trained in the South African
Navy (where he served as a Legal Officer) and resided and worked for a period
in the Netherlands (his father's country of origin).
Education/ Qualifications
Bcom, LLB, Hdip (Tax), University of Stellenbosch
Dip (Insolvency
Law), PGDip (Tax), University of Cape Town
Year of admission: 1995
Experience
- Acted for Rand Merchant Bank in its merger with First National Bank
Ltd to form FirstRand Bank Ltd
- Advised in the creation, structuring and subsequent JSE listing of
Brimstone Investment Corporation Ltd
- Advised in the creation, structuring and subsequent JSE listing of
Cape Empowerment Trust Ltd
- Acted for the Rembrandt group in the restructuring of the Rembrandt
group to form Remgro Ltd and Venfin Ltd
- Advised a consortium, including management, on a management buy-out
transaction in respect of JSE listed African Harvest Ltd
- Advised a private equity consortium including Rand Merchant Bank, Old
Mutual, Brimstone Investment Corporation Ltd and Mvelaphanda Group Ltd in the
leveraged buy-out of JSE listed Afrox Healthcare Ltd (now Life Healthcare)
- Advised Brimstone Investment Corporation Ltd in relation to its black
economic empowerment transactions with Old Mutual Group plc and Nedbank
Ltd
- Advised Medi-Clinic Corporation Ltd in relation to its broad-based
black economic empowerment transactions
- Advised Spearhead Property Group Ltd in relation to its takeover by
Redefine Income Fund Ltd
- Advised Medi-Clinic Corporation Ltd in relation to its international
expansion, specifically its acquisitions in the United Arab Emirates and in
Switzerland
Accolades/ Achievements
- The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa Series, 2008 highly
rates Peter: 'outstanding' Peter Hesseling, who peers consider to be 'at the
top of his game'
