The corporate practice at ENSafrica has established strength in advising on prominent domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, private equity deals, and joint ventures. Doron Joffe has over two decades of experience in handling corporate restructurings, equity capital markets, corporate finance, and takeovers; he jointly heads up the department with M&A specialist Julius Oosthuizen. Michael Katz is a highly regarded practitioner in corporate law, and Matthew Morrison acts on listed and unlisted mergers for clients in the financial services sector. Practice group co-head Sanjay Kassen is a key contact for BEE matters. Gosego Moroka regularly assists with commercial agreements. Madison Liebmann is another notable name in the team, as is Brad Serebro. Julius Oosthuizen is now in-house at SanlamAllianz.
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‘ENSafrica's legal expertise is unparalleled. Their team possesses a level of deep experience and insight that is truly impressive.'
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‘ENSafrica's partners go beyond their call of duty due to the professional relationship we have built with them over the years. They are available at short notice and their turnaround time is excellent.'
Key clients
- Sanlam Investment Holdings Proprietary Limited
- African Infrastructure Investments Managers (Pty) Ltd
- Sanlam Emerging Markets Pty Ltd
- Sanlam Limited
- Impala Platinum Holdings Limited
- Novus Holdings Limited
- Sanlam Life Insurance Limited
- Absa
- Investec Bank
- Ninety One SA
- Adcock
- Nampak
- Tiger
Work highlights
- Advised Sanlam Investment Holdings Proprietary Limited in regard to the regulatory aspects pertaining to BEE compliance issues arising from a transaction.
- Advised African Infrastructure Investments Managers (Pty) on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of the Commercial Cold Storage Group from the Oceana Group.
- Advised Sanlam Emerging Markets Pty on establishing a pan-African Insurtech alliance with the MTN Group.
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Doron Joffe, Sanjay Kassen