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Our team of multidisciplinary experts help businesses operate through these hard climates by providing practical and commercial specialist support. We advise on all aspects of general contingency planning in a distressed debt environment, formal and informal restructures, business rescue proceedings and insolvencies. We have a reputation for taking a proactive and commercial approach and achieving the best possible outcome for our clients. 

We have worked across all sectors, with deep expertise in the resources (mining), financial services, telecommunications, retail, construction and agricultural sectors and we understand the unique financial pressure points of each sector.

We have advised on some of the largest and most complex cross-border restructurings, business rescues and insolvencies, including the African Bank restructure. This multijurisdictional matter, which was unprecedented on the African continent, also highlighted the benefits of our relationship with our alliance partner, Linklaters, and firms across Africa.

Contacts: Khurshid Fazel, Partner ([email protected]) and Julian Jones, Partner ([email protected]).



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Restructuring/Insolvency - South Africa

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What the Team is Known For

Webber Wentzel houses a robust restructuring team spanning its Cape Town and Johannesburg offices, providing comprehensive advice to both business rescue practitioners and distressed companies. Drawing on the strength of its stellar banking and finance practice, the firm offers a wealth of experience concerning financial restructuring. The team has played a significant role on high-profile restructuring files in the aviation, agricultural and construction sectors, acting for major financial institutions and lenders.

Work Highlights

  • Webber Wentzel advised Arnot Opco on aspects of its business rescue proceedings, including follow-up contentious matters.

Strengths

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The team provides sound advice on all aspects of the deal and develops innovative structures and solutions. It leads negotiations across several difficult aspects.

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Webber Wentzel's team is highly skilled and carries substantial experience when it comes to business rescue. The firm is technically sound but also practically minded.

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The team has material practical experience which is evident in the advice we receive. It also has strong commercial acumen alongside the technical legal knowledge.

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The firm stands out for its commerciality and very sound technical know-how, with the ability to be agile and creative when needed and have our back, which is critical in these scenarios.

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Notable Practitioners

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Lara Kahn
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Lara Kahn
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Band 2

Lara Kahn is a prominent lawyer with an established reputation for her representation of distressed entities and their business rescue practitioners in all aspects of business rescue proceedings. She additionally assists with the subsequent restructuring and reorganisations of companies, as well as the sale of assets, and is based in Cape Town.

She is especially skilled at drafting and working collaboratively to ensure the outcome is what the client wants from the firm.

For me, Lara Kahn is an absolute star. If you want somebody to fight your fight, then it's her.

Lara Kahn has strong technical knowledge, commercial understanding and offers consistently sound and practical advice, especially in complex or stressful situations.

Lara is exceptionally good technically, so whenever confronted with technical questions she is a very good person to have on your side.

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Julian Jones
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Julian Jones
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Band 4
Julian Jones is a Johannesburg-based lawyer who assists with business rescue proceedings as well as advising on liability issues associated with liquidation.
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Lara Kahn
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Lara Kahn
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Julian Jones
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Julian Jones
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Band 4
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