Mr Ashford Nyatsumba > Webber Wentzel > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

Webber Wentzel
90 RIVONIA ROAD, SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2196,
PO BOX 61771, MARSHALLTOWN 2107
South Africa

Work Department

Tax Practice

Position

Partner

Career

Ashford is involved in a range of investment funds projects, on both regulated and unregulated investment fund transactions in Africa. He specialises in the formation and structuring of alternative investment funds and has advised and acted for local and international private equity and venture capital firms looking to raise funds for deployment in South Africa and Africa generally. He also advises various development finance institutions, other institutional investors, as well as high net worth individuals relative to investing into Africa focused private equity funds. Ashford also has experience assisting clients with regulatory and transactional matters throughout Africa, and has previously advised on establishing operations in various African jurisdictions. Specifically, he advised a major Canadian corporate in the mining sector, on the formation and establishment of a subsidiary in Ethiopia, and has advised other major corporate entities (both domestic and international) on their expansion into Sub-Saharan Africa either through establishing a presence in, and/or incorporating subsidiaries, as well as acquisitions in the various African jurisdictions.

Education

LLB, University of the Witwatersrand, 2009
Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa

Lawyer Rankings

South Africa > Investment funds

(Next Generation Partners)

Ashford Nyatsumba – Webber Wentzel

At Webber Wentzel, Ashford Nyatsumba leads the investment funds practice, which operates from within the firm’s wider private equity group, led by Nicole Paige. Nyatsumba is sought after by asset managers and private equity firms for his expertise in the formation of Africa-focused private equity funds across a range of sectors. Paige has an excellent track record in advising on secondary fund transactions and the formation of alternative investment funds. Michael Denenga is another key contact, and Chevon Marupen, Alyssa Smith and Rohan Baijnath are other key names for fund formation work.