Led by Shahid Sulaiman, Dentons’ corporate practice continues to leverage its global network to advise clients on M&A, project development, corporate finance, structuring, and governance. Sulaiman has represented multinational oil companies in sponsorship arrangements, supply contracts, restructurings, and joint ventures, among other matters. Sebastian Petersen is skilled in handling complex transactional work, particularly in navigating South Africa’s exchange control regulations.
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Key clients
- Creadev International S.A.S.
- MillHill Holding Ltd
- Motorola Solutions Inc.
- Pharma Dynamics (Pty) Ltd
- WISE Employment Ltd
- Barloworld Ltd
- Jasmine Capital Investments Pte. Ltd
- Amazon Deutschland Services GmbH
- California Holding II Ltd
- Ambridge Europe Ltd
Work highlights
Advising Creadev on a subscription for preference shares in a South African portfolio company, including drafting the subscription agreement, which included a subscription in two tranches, with the second tranche being subject to certain financial milestones, creating the preference shares and drafting the preference share terms, drafting completion documents, and obtaining exchange control approval.
Advising MillHill on an initial loan to, and subsequent subscription for shares in, a Republic of the Congo-based mining company.
Advising Motorola on its acquisition of RapidDeploy, Inc., which holds 100% of the equity shares in Rapid Deploy (Pty) Ltd, including leading the due diligence on Rapid Deploy (Pty) Ltd, providing South African law inputs on the merger agreement (governed by the laws of Delaware, United States of America), attending to post completion integration which included amending the directors of Rapid Deploy (Pty) Ltd, drafting a new R&D services agreement between Motorola Solutions Inc. and Rapid Deploy (Pty) Ltd for the export of intellectual property developed in South Africa to the United States, and obtaining exchange control approval for the export of intellectual property.
Practice head
Shahid Sulaiman
Other key lawyers
Sebastian Petersen