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South Africa
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South Africa > Banking and finance Tier 2
Debt finance forms the backbone of White & Case LLP‘s practice. The team is well-known for its strength in assisting with asset-based lending, syndicated loan financings, sustainability-linked credit facilities, sovereign guaranteed financing, and regulatory capital loans. Practice head Lionel Shawe is a highly-regarded practitioner in the field, with an excellent track record in handling securitisation matters, structured and leveraged financing, capital markets work and credit derivatives issues for a client base of domestic and international banks and financial institutions. Lindani Mthembu is well versed in advising on cross-border transactions, and Sibusiso Zungu brings specialist expertise in handling refinancings for clients in the real estate sector. Alex Cullinan and Sboniso Cibane are singled out for their contributions.Practice head(s):
Lionel Shawe
Other key lawyers:
Key clients
Absa Bank Limited
African Development Bank
Citibank
Development Bank of Southern Africa
Eskom SOC Limited
FirstRand Bank Limited
Highbridge Fund Managers
International Finance Corporation
Investment Bank Limited
Nedbank Limited
Rand Merchant Bank
Stanlib Asset Management
The Bidvest Group Limited
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
Vox Telecommunications (Pty)
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Thungela Resources Limited
Goldman Sachs
Telkom SOC SA Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Nampak Limited on the restructuring of its existing debt and the implementation of a new debt package.
- Advised Absa Bank Limited, Bank of China Limited, Nedbank Limited and the State Bank of India, on a ZAR10bn loan to be advanced to Northam Platinum Limited, Northam Platinum Holdings Limited, Booysendal Platinum Proprietary Limited and Eland Platinum Proprietary Limited.
South Africa > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 2
White & Case LLP‘s South African corporate and M&A practice leverages the strength of the firm’s wider network to assist financial institutions, private equity funds, commercial real estate, pharmaceutical and mining clients with multijurisdictional corporate matters. Department head Gary Felthun has established expertise in handling M&A and private equity deals, and Craig Atkinson is well versed in assisting with prominent cross-border transactions. Sandile Mathebula is particularly strong at assisting mining and private equity clients with corporate transactions, and Tiaan De Wit is widely recognised for his excellent track record in equity capital markets work and public and private M&A.Practice head(s):
Gary Felthun
Other key lawyers:
Key clients
Anglo American
A.P. Moller Capital
Actis
Black Royalty Minerals (Pty)
Danny’s Auto Body Parts Proprietary Limited
Eco-bat Technologies
Heaven Sent Gold South Africa
Sanofi-Aventis
The Carlyle Group
Glencore International
Government of Zambia
RMI
Mitsui
Seriti Resources Pty
Sedibelo Platinum
SOL
Zip co Limited
Tsogo Sun Limited
Southern Sun Limited
Castleview Property Fund Limited
Hosken Consolidated Investments Limited
Montauk Holdings Limited
Harith General Partners Limited
Montauk Renewables Inc
Frontier Transport Holdings Limited
Deneb Investments Limited
FPG Holdings Proprietary Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Carlyle on the sale of its shares in Amrod to investment company Oppenheimer Partners Ltd, forming an exit strategy for the client.
- Advised U Reit Collins (Pty), a subsidiary of Castleview Property Fund, on the sale of its controlling stake in Collins Property Projects (Pty) to Collins Property Group.
South Africa > Mining Tier 3
White & Case LLP’s practice is co-led by Gary Felthun and Lloyd Christie; their team assists a client base of financial institutions and prominent mining houses with all aspects of mining work, including regulatory issues, acquisitions, project developments and dispute resolution. Christie is well known for his expertise in environmental law, and regularly acts for regulators and government agencies in mandates. Felthun has an excellent reputation for advising on large mining transactions, with noted strength in mining M&A.Practice head(s):
Gary Felthun; Lloyd Christie
Key clients
AHG Metals Group
Anglo American plc
Black Royalty Minerals (Pty) Ltd
Buffelsfontein Gold Mine (Pty) Ltd
Eco-bat Technologies
Glencore plc
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, Harmony (Freegold) (Pty) Ltd and Avgold Limited
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd – Platreef
Kelltech Limited
Kopanang Gold Mining Company Limited
MC Mining Limited
Nedbank Limited
Sedibelo Platinum Mines Limited
Taiyuan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.
Tau Lekoa Gold Mining Co (Pty) Ltd
TerraCom Limited
Tharisa Minerals
Village Main Reef and its parent company, Heaven Sent Gold Processing Company Proprietary Limited
Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium Limited
African Rainbow Minerals Limited
Norilsk Africa (Pty) Ltd
PPC Limited
Work highlights
- Acting for Konkola Copper Mines PLC (KCM), currently in provisional liquidation, and its minority shareholder ZCCM Investment Holdings PLC (ZCCM-IH), the mining investment company of the Zambian government, in negotiations for the withdrawal of KCM from provisional liquidation and the return of the majority shareholder, Vedanta Resources Holdings Limited (VRHL), as controlling shareholder.
- Advising Sedibelo Resources Limited and its operating subsidiaries on its Triple Crown Project, involving obtaining a mining right in respect of a contiguous PGM deposit and consolidation with two adjacent mining areas into one mega PGM mine.
South Africa > Dispute resolution
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Craig Atkinson | Partner | View Profile | |
Lloyd Christie | Local Partner | View Profile | |
Gary Felthun | Partner | View Profile | |
Gareth Hodder | Partner | View Profile | |
Sandile Mathebula | Associate | View Profile | |
Lindani Mthembu | Partner | View Profile | |
Matthew Richards | Local Partner | View Profile | |
Lulama Selele | Local Partner | View Profile | |
Lionel Shawe | Partner | View Profile | |
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