Our Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) practice is at the forefront of contemporary legal transactions in a local and global context, advising leading corporates from a multitude of sectors around the world on a variety of legal and commercial issues in Africa.

The practice is well established as a market leader for its exceptional service in providing local and international clients with sophisticated and practical advice on structuring, negotiating, documenting and implementing complex and innovative local and cross-border transactions.

Always abreast of legislative developments and changes, the Practice has extensive knowledge of the new South African Companies Act (which came into force on 1 May 2011) and has presented numerous training and information workshops on the subject, ensuring that clients receive sound and up-to-date advice in respect of the new Company Law regime.

The M&A practice offering is enhanced by superior tax, exchange control, banking and finance, competition/anti-trust, regulatory and employment law teams.

The practice holds top tier positions and receives consistently high ratings in legal surveys and M&A league tables. Our expertise covers the full spectrum of corporate and commercial transactions and advisory work, including:

• mergers and acquisitions (public and private);
• private equity and venture capital;
• fund formation and financial services regulation;
• joint ventures and strategic alliances;
• listings and IPOs;
• restructurings, demergers and spin-offs;
• black economic empowerment transactions;
• corporate governance, including matters related to the King Code of Governance for South Africa 2009 (commonly referred to as "King III"); and
• share incentive schemes.