Roux van der Merwe
Roux van der Merwe is a Director in our Corporate & Commercial practice. His areas of expertise include structuring, negotiating and implementing mergers and acquisitions, including related financing, black economic empowerment transactions, including related financing, joint ventures, company formations, listings, delistings and restructures, share incentive schemes, capital markets, vendor financing and advising on public and private enterprise transactions in general. Roux has extensive experience in cross-border private equity transactions in the financial services industry, as well as the information technology and property industries.
About Roux
About Roux
After completing his articles Roux commenced his professional career in 2001 at Glyn & Marais Incorporated, a niche commercial law firm with offices in Sandton and Cape Town. He was appointed as a Partner in 2005. He joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr in January 2013 as a Director.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- BA (Law and Economics), LLB, University of Johannesburg (previously Rand Afrikaans University)
- Year of admission as an attorney: 2001
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Languages
Languages
- English
- Afrikaans
About Roux
After completing his articles Roux commenced his professional career in 2001 at Glyn & Marais Incorporated, a niche commercial law firm with offices in Sandton and Cape Town. He was appointed as a Partner in 2005. He joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr in January 2013 as a Director.
Credentials
Education
- BA (Law and Economics), LLB, University of Johannesburg (previously Rand Afrikaans University)
- Year of admission as an attorney: 2001
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Languages
- English
- Afrikaans
Experience
We Buy Cars
Advised the existing shareholders of We Buy Cars on the investment by Transaction Capital of a 49% interest in We Buy Cars.
Excellerate Property Services
Advised Excellerate Property Services on the merger of its business with CBRE.
Actis PE
Advised Actis PE fund on its disposal of Ghana Home Loans Bank to FNB.
Chroma Capital
Advised Chroma Capital on its acquisition of Pioneer Slots.
Apis
Advised Apis partners on its acquisition of Efficient Group Limited and WiGroup.
ICT sector
Advised Vox Telecommunications and Frogfoot Networks on various M&A transactions in the ICT sector.
RMB Corvest
Advised RMB Corvest and Shalamuka Capital on the disposal of Q-Link to the Multiply Group.
Sishen Iron Ore Company Proprietary Limited
Advised Sishen Iron Ore Company Proprietary Limited on its disposal of the Thabazimbi iron ore mine to Arcelor Mittal South Africa Limited.
RMB Corvest
Advised RMB Corvest and management on the disposal of Kwikot Proprietary Limited to Electrolux.
Growthpoint Properties
Advised Growthpoint Properties Limited on its 50% acquisition of the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town.
Excellerate Holdings Limited
Advised Excellerate Holdings Limited on its acquisition of the Templewood group and the LCC group in the United Kingdom.
Capital Eye Investments
Advised Capital Eye Investments on the establishment of Crossfin Technology Holdings Proprietary Limited and the co-investment by a private equity fund.
News
To survive, or not to survive? Some conditions precedent pitfalls to look out for
One of the important aspects of written agreements being subject to the fulfilment or waiver of certain agreed conditions precedent, or suspensive conditions, (CPs) before the substantive provisions...
The Steinhoff saga: Do directors of a company owe fiduciary duties to its shareholders?
It is trite that in terms of South African common law, directors of a company owe fiduciary duties to such company and that generally, such fiduciary duties do not extend to the shareholders...
The devil is in the detail: The battle between ordinary terms and suspensive conditions
A suspensive condition in an agreement refers to a certain action which must take place in order for such agreement to come into effect. A common example of a suspensive condition...
Market recognition
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2021–2022 recommended Roux van der Merwe for commercial, corporate/M&A.
- IFLR1000 2021–2022 ranked Roux as highly regarded in M&A.
Market recognition
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2021–2022 recommended Roux van der Merwe for commercial, corporate/M&A.
- IFLR1000 2021–2022 ranked Roux as highly regarded in M&A.
Expertise
Corporate & Commercial Law
Our strong legal team is well versed in legislative matters and provides support across all commercial disciplines.
Mergers & Acquisitions
CDH’s lawyers balance legal knowledge with commercial understanding to support our clients’ best interests.
The Companies Act
CDH is well positioned to help your company ensure compliance with the legislation. We also offer training tailored to your business needs to help you meet your obligations.
Listings, Stock Exchanges & Public Documents
We act for a number of top listed companies and offer a full suite of services to public companies.
Education & Training
We support education and training clients on acquisition, financing, governance and organisational matters.
Agriculture, Aquaculture & Fishing
We use our expertise across our disciplines to support our clients' growth and sustainability in the agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing sectors.
Private Equity
Experts from across our specialist practice areas advise on private equity matters.