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Corporate/M&A in South Africa

In South Africa and across the entire African continent, our lawyers provide clients with insightful and commercially sound advice to help capture and protect value at every step. Leveraging a deep understanding of local legal, financial and business issues, our team has helped leading domestic companies and multinational corporations execute some of the most complex mergers, acquisitions and private equity deals in the country.

From investment to exit, our transaction execution is cost efficient and client-focused. We draw from our multidisciplinary capabilities in finance, tax, and competition and other relevant practice areas to help reduce risk and optimize value throughout the deal life cycle. We are one of a handful of law or accounting firms that advise on domestic and multijurisdictional solvent reorganizations, and our team includes some of the world’s leading private equity advisers. Collaborating closely with client deal teams and industry specialists, we help design practical and strategic solutions to legal and commercial concerns.

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Global law firm Baker & McKenzie has secured the coveted title, “M&A law firm of the year 2012" awarded from the leading German legal publishing house JUVE. The publishing house announced its decision at the recent JUVE Awards 2012 in Frankfurt.
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