Mr Jesse Watson > Webber Wentzel > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

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

Position

Partner

Career

Jesse specialises in all aspects of cross-border and domestic Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). His other areas of expertise include corporate finance, equity capital markets and securities regulation law. He has advised on a number of listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. He has significant expertise in the consumer and retail sectors.

Education

Certificate in Advanced Securities Law, University of South Africa, 2010
Certificate in Advanced Company Law, University of Witwatersrand, 2009
LLB, University of Cape Town, 2007
Hons in Financial Economics, University of Cape Town, 2005
B.Bus.Sci, University of Cape Town, 2005
Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa

Lawyer Rankings

South Africa > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Safiyya Patel heads up Webber Wentzel‘s corporate practice, which continues to handle a high volume of prominent M&A transactions for clients in the technology, media, mining, financial services and healthcare sectors, to name a few areas. Gareth Driver is highly regarded for his expertise in corporate law, with a workload that takes in BEE transactions, joint ventures, corporate finance and corporate governance matters, and firm managing partner Sally Hutton is well known as a private equity specialist. Cross-border transactions form the backbone of Christo Els‘ practice, while Jesse Watson advises on equity capital markets and public and private M&A deals. Justin Roberts and Colin du Toit also play important roles in the group. In mid-2023 Huneiza Goolam joined the department and Ziyanda Ntshona left the firm.