Mr Robert Driman > Werksmans Attorneys > Cape Town, South Africa > Lawyer Profile
Werksmans Attorneys Offices
LEVEL 1, NO.5 SILO SQUARE,
V&A WATERFRONT
CAPE TOWN 8001
South Africa
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Mr Robert Driman
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions
Investment Funds & Private Equity
Position
Director
Career
Robert Driman is a Director in the Banking & Finance; Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions; and Investment Funds & Private Equity practice areas. He specialises in transactions involving banking and financial institutions and regulation; regulatory issues; international transactions; exchange control; finance; crisis management; and business rescue. Robert has extensive experience in resolving complex high-profile corporate, commercial and regulatory issues in many areas of commerce in South Africa and abroad. He has represented local and international banks on virtually every aspect of banking; finance documents; cross-border lending and security; restructurings; regulation; exchange control, customer relations and duties, derivative instruments and close-outs.
Education
BJournalism (Rhodes) LLB (University of the Witwatersrand)
HDipCoLaw (University of the Witwatersrand)
LLM (Banking and Stock Exchanges) (University of Johannesburg)
MCom Taxation (University of Cape Town)
2015: Director, Werksmans in the banking and finance and corporate mergers & acquisitions teams
Lawyer Rankings
South Africa > Investment funds
Werksmans Attorneys’ investment funds team, headed by Shayne Krige, is well versed in advising on a broad spectrum of investment funds work, including private equity and hedge fund mandates, as well as their interactions with the pensions industry. The department has particular strength in acting for investors, and has a solid track record in assisting with contentious matters. Robert Driman advises on the regulatory aspects of investment funds, and Doelie Lessing handles tax-related issues. Hilah Laskov and Mbongiseni Hlongwana have key roles in the team.