Commercial, corporate and M&A

Webber Wentzel

Safiyya Patel heads up Webber Wentzel's corporate practice, which continues to handle a high volume of prominent M&A transactions for clients in the technology, media, mining, financial services and healthcare sectors, to name a few areas. Gareth Driver is highly regarded for his expertise in corporate law, with a workload that takes in BEE transactions, joint ventures, corporate finance and corporate governance matters, and firm managing partner Sally Hutton is well known as a private equity specialist. Cross-border transactions form the backbone of Christo Els' practice, while Jesse Watson advises on equity capital markets and public and private M&A deals. Justin Roberts and Colin du Toit also play important roles in the group. In mid-2023 Huneiza Goolam joined the department and Ziyanda Ntshona left the firm.

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Key clients

Fonzosys (Pty) Ltd
MultiChoice Group
Northam Platinum Holdings
Chemfin Proprietary Ltd
Tyme Bank Holdings
Mediclinic & Manta Bidco Limited
Walmart Inc
Thungela Resources Limited
Ethos Private Equity Proprietary Limited
Ringier ag and BetTech
RMB Holdings
York Timber Holdings Limited
Safari Investments RSA Limited
RCL Food Limited
Infinite Partners
Naspers and Prosus
Woolworths Holdings

Work highlights

Advised healthcare company Mediclinic on its acquisition by investment firm Remgro, as well as on its subsequent delisting from the JSE.
Assisted MultiChoice Group with establishing a joint venture with NBCUniversal and Sky to provide a streaming service across sub-Saharan Africa.

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