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   Legislation
  • State Liability Amendment Bill aimed to give effect to decision of the Constitutional Court  Read more

 
   Case Law
  • English Law - The effect of foreign Composition Plans on guarantees  Read more
  • Debt review under the National Credit Act clarified  Read more
  • Excessive Interest - Will a court uphold 'excessive' interest rates agreed by two contractual parties?  Read more
  • The constitutional challenge against provisional sentence procedure  Read more
  • The High Court examines the liability of 'negligent' banks who pay under non-transferable cheques  Read more
  • The common law in duplum rule extended in the context of the National Credit Act  Read more
  • The Supreme Court of Appeal examines the effect of non-compliance with Exchange Control legislation Read more
  • The English courts examine the effect of 'entire agreement' clauses  Read more

 
   New Deals
  1. Acted for Foodcorp (Proprietary) Limited in respect of the issue of €390,000,000 8.75 % Senior Secured Notes due 2018.

  2. Acted for the Goldman Sachs International and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC in respect of the issue of:
    • €317,000,000 Senior Secured Notes due 2018;
    • USD250,000,000 Senior Secured Notes due 2018;
    by Edcon (Proprietary) Limited; and a ZAR1,500,000,000 Senior Secured Term Facility granted to Edcon (Proprietary) Limited.

  3. Acted for Goldman Sachs International, Rand Merchant Bank, Absa Capital, Morgan Stanley, The Standard Bank of South Africa, and Deutsche Bank AG, Johannesburg Branch (as Arrangers and Initial Dealers) in respect of the establishment of the Edcon (Proprietary) Limited ZAR1,500,000,000 Domestic Medium Term Note and the subsequent issue of ZAR1,010,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 4 April 2016.

  4. Members of the team acted for Rand Merchant Bank and The Standard Bank of South Africa in respect of funding provided to Shanduka Restaurants Company (Proprietary) Limited for the acquisition of the shares in and the business of McDonald's (South Africa) (Proprietary) Limited from McDonald’s International Property Company Limited for an undisclosed amount.

  5. Members of the team acted for McDonald's Corporation in respect of funding provided to Shanduka Restaurants Company (Proprietary) Limited for the acquisition of the shares in and the business of McDonald's (South Africa) (Proprietary) Limited from McDonald’s International Property Company Limited for an undisclosed amount.

  6. Acted for Private Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund in respect of their acquisition of Absa Bank Limited's equity in Dark Fibre Africa worth ZAR200,000,000 and in Bongwe worth USD400,000.

  7. Acted for the Transaction Adviser to the transaction in respect of a
    USD30,000,000 credit facility provided by the IDC in favour of Agribank Zimbabwe to on-lend for IDC's agricultural projects.

  8. Acted for Atlas Copco South Africa (Proprietary) Limited in respect of ZAR193,400,000 BEE preference share funding from Sanlam Life Insurance Limited to Cygnimart Investment (Proprietary) Limited.

  9. Acted for Investec Limited in respect of a ZAR44,415,178.87 Term Loan Facility to Aergo Capital Limited for the acquisition of aircraft.

  10. Acted for Absa Capital Property Division, a division of Absa Bank Limited, in respect of a ZAR217,000,000 Term Loan Facility in favour of Ilanga Lifestyle Centre (Proprietary) Limited for the acquisition of a shopping centre in Nelspruit.

  11. Acted for Ericsson Sub-Saharan Africa (Proprietary) Limited in respect of a ZAR400,000,000 Bridge Finance Facility to Citiconnect to fund its obligations for the provision of a broadband network to the City of Johannesburg Municipality.

  12. Acted for Langcarel (Proprietary) Limited, a subsidiary of Coal of Africa Limited in the respect of a USD50,000,000 Revolving Credit Facility provided by Deutsche Bank AG, Amsterdam Branch.

  13. Acted for The Standard Bank of South Africa in respect of a USD60,000,000 Senior Revolving Credit Facility with Gold Fields Ghana Limited and Ghana Arosso Limited.

  14. Acted for Calgro M3 Developments (“Calgro”) and Nedbank Capital, a division of Nedbank Limited in respect of the issue of ZAR5,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 18 February 2013 under Calgro’s ZAR300,000,000 Debt Programme.

  15. Acted for Barloworld Limited (“Barloworld”) and Nedbank Capital, a division of Nedbank Limited in respect of the issue of ZAR400,000,000 Zero Coupon Note due 18 May 2011 under Barloworld’s ZAR10,000,000,000 Domestic Medium Term Note and Commercial Paper Programme.

  16. Acted for Barloworld Limited and Nedbank Capital, a division of Nedbank Limited in respect of the issue of ZAR200,000,000 Zero Coupon Note due 14 June 2011 under Barloworld's ZAR10,000,000,000 Domestic Medium Term Note and Commercial Paper Programme

  17. Acted for Toyota Financial Services (South Africa) (Proprietary) Limited (“Toyota”) and Rand Merchant Bank, a division of FirstRand Bank Limited in respect of the issue of ZAR439,000,000 Zero Coupon Note due 10 June 2011 under Toyota’s ZAR5,000,000,000 Domestic Medium Term Note Programme

  18. Acted for the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (“CoJ”), The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, and Basis Point Capital (Proprietary) Limited in respect of the issue of ZAR850,000,000 10.78% Fixed Rate Notes due 23 March 2021 under its ZAR13,000,000,000 Domestic Medium Term Note Programme by CoJ.

in this issue

  • State Liability Amendment Bill aimed to give effect to decision of the Constitutional Court State Liability Amendment Bill aimed to give effect to decision of the Constitutional Court
  • Budget Speech Highlights 2011 Budget Highlights
  • The JSE gets pro active The JSE gets Pro Active
  • English Law - The effect of foreign Composition Plans on guarantees English Law Composition Plans
  • Debt review under the National Credit Act clarified Debt review under the National Credit Act clarified
  • Excessive Interest - Will a court uphold 'excessive' interest rates agreed by two contractual parties? Excessive IntereT | Banking and Finance Law
  • The constitutional challenge against provisional sentence procedure  The constitutional challenge against provisional sentence procedure
  • The High Court examines the liability of 'negligent banks' who pay under non-transferable cheques  liability of 'negligent banks
  • The common law in duplum rule extended in the context of the National Credit Act Common Law  | Banking and Finance Law
  • The Supreme Court of Appeal examines the effect of non-compliance with Exchange Control legislation  Exchange Control legislation
  • The English courts examine the effect of 'entire agreement' clauses  The English courts examine the effect of 'entire agreement' clauses
  • Recent Deals Recent Deals
       
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