Corporate/M&A

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Provided by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

CDH's work on many of the market-first and most complex transactions across a wide variety of industry sectors demonstrates our ability to combine sector-specific expertise with our technical excellence and legal innovation. Our transactional experience and depth of expertise is reflected in the market recognition we have received and the top tier rankings we have achieved in the most respected global professional directories. We have considerable experience and a proven track record in multi-jurisdictional corporate activity. Our entrenched relationships with leading law firms and specialist lawyers throughout Africa and other jurisdictions, enables us to provide cross-border legal services efficiently and in an integrated manner. For the last 13 out of 14 years, CDH has won the DealMakers Listed M&A Deal Flow award, demonstrating exceptional consistency by remaining the preferred M&A legal advisers to more listed clients than any other corporate legal advisory firm in South Africa. In 2022, CDH advised on 37 listed M&A deals with a combined value of over R89bn. This saw CDH assume a listed M&A deal flow market share of 17.62%. CDH’s top honours achieved at the 2023 Ansarada DealMakers Annual Awards, included 2022 1st by Listed M&A Deal Flow, 2022 3rd by Listed M&A Deal Value, Unlisted M&A Deal Value, Unlisted M&A Deal Flow and General Corporate Finance Deal Value. CDH was also legal advisers in two shortlisted ‘DealMakers Brunswick Deal of the Year 2022’ transactions.