About

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The Corporate/M&A and Commercial team is led by senior lawyers, Yushanta Rungasammy & Kabelo Dlothi.


The team of more than 10 lawyers advises on M&A, private equity, equity capital markets, joint ventures and corporate advisory issues for multinationals, local market participants, large corporations & SMEs in a variety of sectors. It is a diverse, robust team adept at handling a wide range of corporate transactions across industries including mining, retail, telecoms, media & tech in addition to further strengths in the food and drink, financial services & energy sectors. Alongside its main activity in acquisitions & disposals, the team leverages its experience to act on fund formations &black economic empowerment (BEE) transactions.


The team offers a wide variety of services:

  • BEE
  • Business trusts
  • Debt & Equity Capital Markets
  • Due diligence investigations
  • Corporate governance
  • Corporate restructuring
  • Establishment of business entities
  • General corporate & commercial issues
  • Investment funds
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Take-overs
  • Transaction structuring


Some recent work highlights include:

  • African Parks as the lead legal advisors on their rewilding project in which 2,000 semi-wild rhinos owned by South African rhino breeder John Hume will be “rewilded” into reserves across South Africa and other parts of the continent over the next 10 years.
  • Exxaro Resources Limited on the disposal of two non-core coal assets as part of its strategy to address climate change.

Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A - South Africa

4
Band 4

What the Team is Known For

CMS's South African corporate department features a robust team which is adept at handling a wide range of corporate transactions. The firm counts a whole host of recognised client names under its belt, including entities from the mining, retail and telecoms industries, in addition to further strength in the shipping, financial services and energy sectors. Alongside its activity advising on acquisitions and disposals, the team leverages its transactional experience to act on fund formation and black economic empowerment (BEE) transactions.

Work Highlights

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  • CMS South Africa advised Exxaro on the sale of its shares in Exxaro FerroAlloys.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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5
Kabelo Dlothi
5
Band 5

Kabelo Dlothi represents international clients in investments in the healthcare and energy sectors. He frequently assists with pan-African corporate projects.

Kabelo Dlothi is a really good commercial lawyer.

He offers very good service levels and is always available for consultations.

5
Yushanta Rungasammy
5
Band 5

Yushanta Rungasammy has acted on many share and equity transactions, corporate structurings and asset disposals. Her clients operate in diverse sectors including mining.

Yushanta excels in delivering exceptional client service, which is characterised by attentiveness, responsiveness and a commitment to meeting clients' needs.

She is very straightforward, very good in negotiations and she defends our interests where needed.

Yushanta Rungasammy is always driving things forward with her outstanding understanding of clients' needs.

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Corporate/M&A

5
Kabelo Dlothi
5
Band 5
5
Yushanta Rungasammy
5
Band 5

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