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Peter Hesseling

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Work Department

Corporate and Commercial. Private Equity

Position

Peter is a Director of our Corporate & Commercial practice and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Peter has extensive experience in capital markets transactions, local and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity transactions, company law, REITs, corporate restructuring, transaction structuring, black economic empowerment, the investment industry (including the design and implementation of fund structures for various asset classes), various types of financing, selected areas of tax law, and insolvency law.

Career

Peter began his career in 1993 as a Candidate Attorney at Herbsteins (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) and became a Director in 1997. Before completing his articles, Peter trained in the South African Navy (where he served as a legal officer) and resided and worked in The Netherlands.

Languages

English

Education

• BCom LLB, University of Stellenbosch
• Hdip (Tax), University of Cape Town
• Diploma in Insolvency Law
• Year of admission as an attorney: 1995
• Registered with the Legal Practice Council