Mr Gareth Driver > Webber Wentzel > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile
Webber Wentzel Offices
90 RIVONIA ROAD, SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2196,
PO BOX 61771, MARSHALLTOWN 2107
South Africa
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Mr Gareth Driver
Work Department
Corporate Practice
Position
Partner
Career
Gareth Driver is a partner in the Corporate Practice at Webber Wentzel.
He has 26 years of experience in the areas of corporate law and mergers and acquisitions, specifically dealing with securities law, corporate finance and structuring, corporate law and governance, black economic empowerment transactions, financial services regulation, international transactions, joint ventures, listings/ flotations, leveraged and management buy-outs, mining transactions, private equity, public offerings and private placements and real estate/property.
Education
LLM (with distinction), University of the Witwatersrand, 2000
BA LLB (with distinction), University of the Witwatersrand, 1993
Lawyer Rankings
South Africa > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Hall of Fame)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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A South Africa
- Hall of Fame South Africa > Commercial, corporate and M&A
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