Private Equity

CDH is the legal partner for your fund across Africa. You need a team with experience and insight not only in all aspects of law, but in the private equity sector as a whole. We partner with private equity managers, investors, investee companies, management teams and funds of every size. Our experts can help you navigate the many opportunities and challenges in forming your fund and doing deals. Our immersive and longstanding association with the private equity sector means we have sound, practical knowledge and can offer a full range of services in a comprehensive way. Our team is commercial, solution oriented, responsive and dynamic, and includes leading professionals from our various practice areas. Our fund formation team has advised and acted for local and international financial institutions, including banks, private equity and hedge fund managers, retirement funds, long term insurers and other investors seeking to invest in various types of investment funds. We are able to advise on fund and product structuring including all regulatory aspects from the Banks Act, the Collective Investment Schemes Control Act, the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, the Financial Sector Regulation Act, the Pension Funds Act, the Long-Term Insurance Act, the Financial Markets Act, the BEE Act and Codes and exchange control regulations.