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Corporate/M&A - South Africa

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What the Team is Known For

White & Case is a well-recognised international law firm with a growing corporate presence in South Africa. The M&A department has a particularly impressive following of clients in the mining industry, with additional areas of strength including real estate, financial services and technology. It provides the full gamut of transactional corporate services, covering acquisitions and disposals, as well as corporate structuring and joint ventures.

Work Highlights

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  • White & Case advised Goldman Sachs on the ZAR6.4 billion cash confirmation provided to South Africa's Takeover Regulation Panel in connection with the acquisition of Massmart by Walmart.

Strengths

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"The team at White & Case has a good breadth of experience in corporate matters. They offer an excellent client service."

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Global

"The team has been extremely supportive to us on a deal which has been particularly difficult."

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Global

"White & Case lawyers act very commercially and they make themselves our key partners in the transactions."

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Global

Notable Practitioners

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Gary Felthun
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Gary Felthun
3
Band 3

Gary Felthun has an impressively broad skill set, with experience covering structurings, share sales and acquisitions, and distressed M&A. Among his diverse client portfolio are household names in financial services and real estate, as well as notable private equity houses and mining entities.

"Gary Felthun is a very experienced and highly commercial lawyer. He is very focused on getting the best commercial outcome for us and is very forthright."

"He has been our go-to lawyer for many years on all significant commercial or strategic matters."

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Gary Felthun
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Gary Felthun
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