Wesley Vos
Phone +27 21 809 6163
Email wvos@werksmans.com
Location Stellenbosch
Name / Surname Wesley Vos

Wesley Vos

Senior Associate

Wesley Vos is a Senior Associate in the Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practice areas.

He advises local and international clients on complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, private equity investments and exits, corporate restructurings, and general corporate and finance matters.

Wesley regularly leads and manages multi-disciplinary due diligence processes, drafts and negotiates transaction agreements, and advises on transaction structuring and corporate law matters.

Years of Experience: 5 years

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  • Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Technology and Innovation

  • Advising clients in the retail sector, agricultural sector and private equity funds on various commercial transactions and corporate matters. These matters and transactions include corporate financing transactions; security documents for financing transactions; acquisitions and disposals of shareholding, business enterprises and assets; transactions involving the sale of a business as a going concern; commercial property transactions involving the development and sale of commercial shopping centres; asset lease transactions; transactions involving the acquisition of software; service level agreements; manufacturing and packing agreements.
  • Acted for clients implementing complex local and cross-border M&A transactions (buyer and seller side).
  • Advised clients in relation to various corporate restructurings in the context of private equity and M&A transactions.
  • Key matters that Wesley advised on include:
    • Advising the Shoprite Group on the disposal of its retail subsidiary in Madagascar to the Habibo Group
    • Advising Les Grands Chais de France (global supplier of wine and other liquor to the retail and hospitality sector in South Africa and various countries around the world) on its acquisition of the wine businesses of Neethlingshof Estate and Villiera Wines
    • Advising private equity funds on their acquisition of equity stakes in technology companies in South Africa
    • Advising large commercial farming enterprises with the expansion of their businesses locally and in Africa
    • Advising various company boards and shareholder groups on company law issues and shareholder disputes
    • Advising various company boards regarding corporate governance matters

  • LLB Cum Laude, University of Stellenbosch
  • Bcom Law, University of Stellenbosch
  • Certificate in International Economic Law, Humboldt University, Berlin

  • Listed as a recommended lawyer by Legal 500 | 2024 | Commercial, Corporate/M&A

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