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Sally Hutton

Sally Hutton

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About

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Practice Areas

Sally is a private equity specialist and advises on all aspects of merger and acquisition transactions (both public and private) for private equity funds, including structuring advice, the consortium and shareholders arrangements, the management participation arrangements, Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) structures, funding arrangements and reorganisations. She has acted in most of South Africa's highest profile private equity transactions over the past 20 years. Her expertise has been recognised by various international research organisations including Chambers Global, Legal 500, IFLR1000, Who’s Who Legal and Best Lawyers (where she was named "Lawyer of the Year" for Private Equity in 2010 and 2018). She was honoured with the "Woman Professional of the Year" award at the 2016 South African Professional Services Awards and received two awards at the 2018 South African Professional Services Awards, namely "Professional of the Year - Law Class" and the highly coveted "South African Professional of the Year - Overall Winner".

Career

Sally's qualifications include:

Programme in Leading Professional Service Firms, Harvard Business School, 2012

LLM (Taxation) (cum laude), University of the Witwatersrand, 1999

Master of Studies (Legal Research), University of Oxford, 1994

LLB (magna cum laude), University of Cape Town, 1992

BA (cum laude), University of Cape Town, 1990

Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa

Chambers Review

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Chambers Global Guide

Private Equity - South Africa

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial
Sally Hutton is rated as one of South Africa's foremost private equity experts and is considered a go-to counsel by many domestic and international private investors. She mainly advises on acquisitions and the deployment of capital, as well as fund structuring, empowerment transactions and joint ventures.

Corporate/M&A & Private Equity - Africa-wide

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Johannesburg-based Sally Hutton is noted as a leading figure in the South African private equity space and is increasingly active assisting asset managers with acquisitions in other parts of Africa.

Strengths

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  • Sally Hutton is super responsive and commercial. She really helps us through the commercial issues and she is a great negotiator.

    Private EquityChambers Global Guide
  • I think Sally Hutton is without question the standout private equity lawyer in this country.

    Private EquityChambers Global Guide
  • Sally is super-responsive and really helps you think through the commercial issues. When it comes to negotiating, having her in your corner is a strong place to be.

    Corporate/M&A & Private EquityChambers Global Guide

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