At Norton Rose Fulbright, the corporate M&A and securities team acts for mining, life sciences, energy, infrastructure, healthcare, technology, and financial services clients in a broad spectrum of corporate matters, and is also noted for its strength in capital markets work. Practice head Stephen Kennedy-Good focuses on cross-border M&A, and derivatives expert Shawn Barnett is well known for advising on domestic and international private equity transactions. Tamara Gerwel acts on restructurings and joint ventures, while Christina Pretorius assists with commercial matters, with a key focus in the mining sector. Willem de Villiers advises financial institutions and listed and unlisted corporate clients.
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Key clients
- DNV South Africa Proprietary Limited
- Good Falkirk and Taylor Maritime Investments Limited
- Sanlam Investment Holdings Proprietary
- AfroCentric Investment Corporation Limited
- Sanlam Limited
- Hollard Insurance Company of Namibia Limited
- Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF)
- Insurance Company of Namibia Limited
- Sandvik AB
- Brentwood Nexus Proprietary Limited
- International Finance Corporation
- Tickmill Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Sanlam Limited and Sanlam Investment Holdings Proprietary on combining its asset management businesses with Absa Group Limited's in which the Sanlam Group will hold the controlling interest.
- Advised DNV South Africa Proprietary Limited (DNV) on its acquisition of PSD Consulting Engineering Proprietary and Technova's business.
- Advising Brentwood on the listing of its ZAR25 billion domestic medium term note programme on the Cape Town Stock Exchange.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Stephen Kennedy-Good