Allan started his career in 1997 at Hofmeyr (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) and became a Director in 2002.

M&A/ corporate experience

• Involved in a number of merger and acquisition transactions involving the African Harvest group of companies starting with the disposal of the core assets of African Harvest to a management consortium backed by Mzi Khumalo in 2002 and then the acquisition, by way of a scheme of arrangement of the shares in Africa Harvest by Coronation and finally culminating in the sale of African Harvest Fund Managers to Cadiz in 2007.
• Advised Cape Empowerment Trust in a number of transactions particularly in relation to the acquisition of interests (directly and indirectly) in Grand Parade Investments including the proposed takeovers of Sancino and BLRT.
• Advised Brimstone Investment Corporation in relation to the negotiations and structuring of a number of acquisitions and investments particularly in the clothing and textile industries (Novel and Rex Trueform).
• Assisted Incwala Resources in leading a due diligence of Mvela Resources in relation to a R760 million offer.
• Advised and assisted Denel in a number of projects and disposals and led a due diligence team in a major due diligence of its Western Cape operations required as part of a planned disposal of interests in Denel's munitions business to a major international group.
• Advised CFBT Education Trust, a major UK education institution, in relation to a number of investments and acquisitions of interests in South Africa.
• Advised Damen Shipyards in relation to its offset obligations pursuant to the award of a multimillion rand ship building contract.
• Advised the Southern Spars Group (a leading international carbon fibre mast manufacturing group) in its acquisition of several South African operations.
• Advised Groupon, a major US electronic commerce company, on its acquisition and foray into South Africa.
• Advised Fossil Europe B.V. in relation to its acquisition and investment in South Africa through the acquisition of a majority interest in a distributor;
• Acted for the City of Cape Town in relation to its (then) largest property acquisition;
• Acted for Sygnia Life Limited in relation to the listing of its securities on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange.

Black Economic Empowerment

• Advising a number of multinational and South African client on the application of the black economic empowerment laws in South Africa;
• Attending to corporate restructuring required to give effect to BEE ownership structures for various multinational clients;

Consumer Protection, POPI and NCA

• Advise a number of listed and unlisted clients in relation to their compliance with the Consumer Protection Act and Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) including;
• Advised a number of companies including tertiary education funding specialist, National Student Financial Aid Scheme on its compliance with the National

Education

• BA LLB, University of Cape Town
• Year of admission as an attorney: 1999
• Enrolled with the Legal Practice Council