White & Case LLP‘s South African corporate and M&A practice leverages the strength of the firm’s wider network to assist financial institutions, private equity funds, commercial real estate, pharmaceutical and mining clients with multijurisdictional corporate matters. Department head Gary Felthun has established expertise in handling M&A and private equity deals, and Craig Atkinson is well versed in assisting with prominent cross-border transactions. Sandile Mathebula is particularly strong at assisting mining and private equity clients with corporate transactions, and Tiaan De Wit is widely recognised for his excellent track record in equity capital markets work and public and private M&A.
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Key clients
- Anglo American
- A.P. Moller Capital
- Actis
- Black Royalty Minerals (Pty)
- Danny’s Auto Body Parts Proprietary Limited
- Eco-bat Technologies
- Heaven Sent Gold South Africa
- Sanofi-Aventis
- The Carlyle Group
- Glencore International
- Government of Zambia
- RMI
- Mitsui
- Seriti Resources Pty
- Sedibelo Platinum
- SOL
- Zip co Limited
- Tsogo Sun Limited
- Southern Sun Limited
- Castleview Property Fund Limited
- Hosken Consolidated Investments Limited
- Montauk Holdings Limited
- Harith General Partners Limited
- Montauk Renewables Inc
- Frontier Transport Holdings Limited
- Deneb Investments Limited
- FPG Holdings Proprietary Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Carlyle on the sale of its shares in Amrod to investment company Oppenheimer Partners Ltd, forming an exit strategy for the client.
- Advised U Reit Collins (Pty), a subsidiary of Castleview Property Fund, on the sale of its controlling stake in Collins Property Projects (Pty) to Collins Property Group.
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Practice head
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Gary Felthun