| Specialisations |
Michael specializes in mergers and acquisitions which includes advising on all types of re-organizations and/or restructurings, share transfers, business or asset transfers, both locally or across border; drafting, reviewing and implementing all agreements in respect of mergers, acquisitions and restructurings; due diligence investigations and reports; listings; management buy-outs; privatization; purchases and sale of business; schemes of arrangement; structuring and financing of bee transactions and take overs. He spent a year working in the mergers and acquisitions’ department of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, one of the New York magic circle law firms.
Michael also has experience in the general corporate and commercial arena, which includes providing general commercial advice; drafting of all types of contracts; advice on the Companies Act; advising on charters and codes of good practice; advising on, and implementing, corporate transactions such as the issue or transfer of shares, rights issues, share buybacks and similar transactions; regulatory filings with the Registrar of Companies; re-registration of de-registered entities; assisting offshore companies in establishing a business presence in South Africa, including advice on the appropriate business structure, and the legal, tax and exchange control consequences thereof; regulatory work for the departments of minerals and energy and agriculture; drafting and reviewing of shareholders’ agreements and association agreements and assisting in the negotiation thereof; advising on the duties and responsibilities of directors and their officers; the selection of the most appropriate entity which includes the incorporation of companies and the formation of partnerships and establishment of trusts. |
The firm practises directly in several Southern African countries and through long-established associates in others.
