Legal updates and opinions

Groupe Canal+’s ("Canal+") acquisition of MultiChoice Group Limited ("MCG"), this matter concerns the proposed transaction involving the public offer by Canal+ to acquire the remaining [...]

Werksmans Attorneys (Werksmans) provided legal advice to Kasada Capital Management (Pty) Ltd, a real estate private equity firm dedicated to hospitality in Sub-Saharan Africa (Kasada) [...]

A subsidiary of JSE-listed Sail (previously Chrometco), Black Chrome Mine (BCM) filed for business rescue on 9 June 2022. While two conditional binding offers were [...]

Werksmans acted for a BEE consortium acquiring the Nampak Limited's cross-border Liquid Cartons business, which operates in South Africa, Botswana, eSwatini, Zambia, Malawi and Burkina [...]

Werksmans Attorneys successfully represented a Danish investor in a high-stakes international arbitration involving a multi-million dollar claim against an East African State. The confidential proceedings [...]

Werksmans acted as Sponsor counsel for the project consortium consisting of African Infrastructure Investment Managers, through its renewable energy project development and delivery platform, African [...]

This is a leveraged acquisition finance deal in which a consortium of local and international investors led by Actis Africa Limited ("Actis"), acquired 100% of [...]