Commercial, corporate and M&A

White & Case LLP

Client Satisfaction

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.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

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.