Mergers & Acquisitions

We are experienced in advising both local and international corporate clients on structuring, negotiating and documenting complex and innovative cross–border transactions. Our expertise covers the full spectrum of transactions and advisory work in the mining industry, including:

• Mergers and acquisitions (public and private);
• Mining and exploration joint ventures, strategic alliances and farm-in arrangements;
• Restructurings, demergers and spin-offs;
• Due diligence investigations;
• Structuring of transactions;
• Structuring of black economic empowerment (BEE) transactions;
• Advising in respect of the Mining Charter and associated scorecard and the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Codes (BBBEE Codes);
• Regulatory and compliance advice on issues such as the interaction between the BBBEE Codes and the Mining Charter, the interpretation of the BBBEE Codes and scorecard, the Mining Charter and scorecard, the calculation of an enterprise’s ‘points’ and the structuring of an enterprise to improve its BBBEE profile;
• Engagement with traditional leaders and communities;
• Structuring of community involvement in mining projects; and
• Community relocation projects.