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Anita Moolman

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Anita Moolman is a Director in our Corporate & Commercial practice and has experience in consumer protection matters, public sector procurement, project finance and public private partnerships, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate and commercial law advisory services. Anita has been extensively involved in due diligence work in respect of a range of investments and other transactions, for both domestic and international clients. She was a member of the legal team that undertook a large scale due diligence investigation of a local parastatal. Anita has been involved in all aspects of the legal due diligence process, from setting up of data rooms and the supervision of the due diligence process until the final closing of the transactions. More recently, she has also conducted due diligence investigations in the aviation, tourism and leisure sectors.

+27 (0)11 562 1376
anita.moolman@cdhlegal.comJohannesburg
Anita Moolman

About Anita

About Anita

Anita began her career as a Candidate Attorney at Hofmeyr Herbstein and Gihwala (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) in 2006. In 2008 she was appointed as an Associate, became Senior Associate in 2010 and was promoted to Director in April 2013.

Credentials

Credentials

Education

  • BComm LLB, University of Stellenbosch
  • Year of admission as an attorney: 2008
  • Registered with the Legal Practice Council

Languages

Languages

  • English

About Anita

Anita began her career as a Candidate Attorney at Hofmeyr Herbstein and Gihwala (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) in 2006. In 2008 she was appointed as an Associate, became Senior Associate in 2010 and was promoted to Director in April 2013.

Credentials

Education

  • BComm LLB, University of Stellenbosch
  • Year of admission as an attorney: 2008
  • Registered with the Legal Practice Council

Languages

  • English

Experience

Advises on PPP's

Advising on the legal aspects pertaining to Chapman's Peak Toll Road Project (Western Cape Government). She has also advised the Western Cape Government in relation to the Pick 'n Pay Two Oceans Cycle Tour.

Due diligence investigations

Regularly manages and conducts legal due diligence investigations from the setting-up of data rooms, investigations and analysis to the preparation of final due diligence reports.

Due diligences

Advised and assisted a number of corporate clients (listed and unlisted) in relation to due diligences conducted in the fishing, engineering, aviation and tourism and leisure sectors. Her experience includes a major due diligence by Denel of its Western Cape operations required as part of a planned disposal of interests in Denel's munitions business to a major international group.

Private equity

Regularly advises and implements private equity and corporate restructuring transactions.

commercial agreements

Negotiating and drafting various types of commercial agreements.

SRP Code

Advises on regulatory aspects such as compliance with the SRP Code.

Dubai World

Assisted in advising Dubai World in relation to acquisitions in the tourism and leisure sector.

Brimstone Investment Corporatio

Assisted in advising a consortium lead by Brimstone Investment Corporation in relation to a number of merger and acquisition transactions relating to Sea Harvest Corporation, which included a scheme of arrangement of the shares in Sea Harvest Corporation and culminated in the acquisition of Tiger Brands shares in Sea Harvest Corporation.

Medi Clinic Corporation

Assisted in advising Medi Clinic Corporation in relation to its international expansion and acquisition in Switzerland.

News

W&I insurance – A key consideration for M&A transactions
Corporate & Commercial Law

W&I insurance – A key consideration for M&A transactions

Warranty and indemnity (W&I) insurance has become increasingly familiar to the South African M&A market in recent years. This has been driven, in part, by transacting parties gaining...
More time means more money – negotiating protections against the relaxation of time-bar clauses
Corporate & Commercial Law

More time means more money – negotiating protections against the relaxation of time-bar clauses

The benefits of arbitration are well-known. It is often cheaper, quicker and allows the parties flexibility to a process that suits their needs. Moreover, the process, pleadings, agreements...
The deal with break-fees
Corporate & Commercial Law

The deal with break-fees

The term “headed for an economic downturn” has the look and feel of a buzzword that has overstayed its welcome on newspaper headlines. Now more than ever taking the first step to start...
Walking the tightrope – guidelines for defining your malus and clawback policy
Corporate & Commercial Law

Walking the tightrope – guidelines for defining your malus and clawback policy

There is a growing trend in South Africa towards businesses adopting malus and clawback policies in relation to their variable pay structures and employee incentive schemes. This trend...
Let’s get personal: The transferability of shareholder rights under a company’s constitutional documents
Corporate & Commercial Law

Let’s get personal: The transferability of shareholder rights under a company’s constitutional documents

It’s a long-standing and well acknowledged principle in South African common law that parties to an agreement are generally free to cede and assign their contractual rights as they...

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Market recognition

  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2024 recommended Anita for projects & infrastructure.
  • IFLR1000 2021-2023 recommended Anita as a highly regarded leading lawyer for M&A.

Market recognition

  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2024 recommended Anita for projects & infrastructure.
  • IFLR1000 2021-2023 recommended Anita as a highly regarded leading lawyer for M&A.

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