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Mergers and Acquisitions

Our lawyers' experience allows us to execute cross border deals seamlessly while supporting you across all stages of the transaction and offering you cost-effective, pragmatic business solutions. 

We guide our clients through every stage of a deal, from due diligence and structuring, to negotiation and preparation of deal documents, to post-transaction transition and post-merger integration.

Experience has included advising:

  • On the conducting of a due diligence for a multinational regarding the re-organisation of its worldwide oil storage terminals business, including advice on the corporate implications of the transaction, and the implications of the transaction on loan facilities in respect of the parties to the transaction
  • And providing opinions on the implications of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Listing Rules on investments in listed companies
  • Redan Petroleum in respect of the acquisition by Puma Energy of 60% of Redan Petroleum’s shareholding worth USD13 million, including drafting the necessary acquisition and security documents to give effect to the transaction
  • The Lesaffre Group in respect of its acquisition of 60% of the business of local yeast and fermentation manufacturer Anchor Yeast as a going concern worth USD14 million, including drafting the necessary acquisition and security documents to give effect to the transaction
  • Contango Holdings plc on the acquisition of a majority stake in Monaf Investments (Private) Limited, a company registered in Zimbabwe, which holds the Lubu Coal Project (under an exploration license that is currently in the process of being upgraded to a mining licence
  • Invictus Energy, an Australian company, in respect of its acquisition of a controlling interest in a Zimbabwean hydrocarbons company which holds a Special Grant for the exploration of such hydrocarbons