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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).

CORPORATE MERGERS & ACQUISITIONSPRACTICE AREA

MEET THE CORPORATE MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS TEAM

GERHARD JOHANNES

Title: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8107Email: gjohannes@werksmans.com

DANNYANDROPOULOSTitle: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8248Email: dandropoulos@werksmans.com

NOZIPHO BHENGU

Title: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8166Email: nbhengu@werksmans.com

JANNIE DE VILLIERS

Title: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8193Email: jdevilliers@werksmans.com

ZE’EV BLIEDEN

Title: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8471Email: zblieden@werksmans.com

ROBERTDRIMAN

Title: Director Office: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 405 5134Email: rdriman@werksmans.com

DAVID GEWER

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8142Email: rdriman@werksmans.com

SHIRLEY FODOR

Title: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8316Email: sfodor@werksmans.com

IRMA-DALENE GOUWS

Title: DirectorOffice: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 405 5121Email: igouws@werksmans.com

DEONGRIESSEL

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8117Email: dgriessel@werksmans.com

SHAYNE KRIGE

Title: Director and practice area headOffice: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 405 5161Email: skrige@werksmans.com

PIERRE LE ROUX

Title: DirectorOffice: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 809 6148Email: pleroux@werksmans.com

STEPHAN LOCHNERTitle: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8345Email: slochner@werksmans.com

HAPPYMASONDO

Title: Director and practice area headOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8264Email: hmasondo@werksmans.com

JANENEMEIRINGTitle: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8251Email: jmeiring@werksmans.com

LURESHAN NAIDOO

Title: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8449Email: lnaidoo@werksmans.com

MEET THE CORPORATE MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS TEAM CONTINUED

JARED NICKIG

Title: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8293Email: jnickig@werksmans.com

WILLIE OOSTHUIZEN

Title: Director Office: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 405 5105Email: woosthuizen@werksmans.com

TARYN POTTER

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8221Email: tpotter@werksmans.com

ADAM PYZIKOWSKI

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8253Email: apyzikowski@werksmans.com

BRIAN PRICE

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8479Email: bprice@werksmans.com

SEROSHAN PADAYACHY

Title: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8284Email: spadayachy@werksmans.com

AARTHIRAMDHIN

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8247Email: aramdhin@werksmans.com

CHRIS STEVENS

Title: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8467Email: cstevens@werksmans.com

PIETER STEYN

Title: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8296Email: psteyn@werksmans.com

PAUL TINDLE

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8311Email: ptindle@werksmans.com

KEVIN TRUDGEON

Title: Director Office: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8169 Email: ktrudgeon@werksmans.com

HERMAN VAN NIEKERKTitle: DirectorOffice: Tyger ValleyDirect line: +27 (0)21 910 9030Email: hvanniekerk@werksmans.com

DAVE WALKERTitle: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8207Email: dwalker@werksmans.com

ELLIOTT WOOD

Title: DirectorOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8303Email: ewood@werksmans.com

DEREK ALEXANDER

Title: Senior AssociateOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8485Email: dalexander@werksmans.com

NJABULO HLOPHE

Title: Senior AssociateOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8498Email: nhlophe@werksmans.com

MEET THE CORPORATE MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS TEAM CONTINUED

HILAH LASKOV

Title: Senior AssociateOffice: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 405 5174Email: hlaskov@werksmans.com

KHATHU NELUHENI

Title: Senior AssociateOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8361Email: kneluheni@werksmans.com

BRONWYNPARKER

Title: Senior AssociateOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8273Email: bparker@werksmans.com

LIAM HEINZELMANN

Title: AssociateOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8151Email: lheinzelmann@werksmans.com

BOITUMELO MOTI

Title: AssociateOffice: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 910 9029Email: bmoti@werksmans.com

BAFANA NTULI

Title: AssociateOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8129Email: bntuli@werksmans.com

LAURA SIMPSON

Title: AssociateOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8484Email: lsampson@werksmans.com

MICHAELA TYFIELD

Title: AssociateOffice: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 405 5238Email: mtyfield@werksmans.com

SU-ANNE VAN DER MERWE

Title: AssociateOffice: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 405 5126Email: svdmerwe@werksmans.com

ANTIMO OSATO

Title: AssociateOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8327Email: aosato@werksmans.com

NOMSA HLANGULELA

Title: AssociateOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8154Email: nnhlangulela@werksmans.com

IIZLE CILLIE

Title: AssociateOffice: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 405 5125Email: icillies@werksmans.com

JARRYD MARDON

Title: AssociateOffice: TygervalleyDirect line: +27 (0)21 910 9061Email: jmardon@werksmans.com

ARMAND SWART

Title: AssociateOffice: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0) 21 405 5162Email: aswart@werksmans.com

KIM WILLIAMS

Title: AssociateOffice: Cape TownDirect line: +27 (0)21 910 9011Email: kwilliams@werksmans.com

KASHVI LALLA

Title: Senior AssociateOffice: JohannesburgDirect line: +27 (0)11 535 8171Email: klalla@werksmans.com

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.

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