Kobus Smith
Kobus Smith is a Senior Associate in our Banking, Finance & Projects practice. He specialises in banking and corporate finance transactions, acting on behalf of both lenders and borrowers. Kobus has experience in a broad range of financing transactions, including asset finance (in particular aircraft financing), leveraged finance and trade finance, both on and offshore. He also has experience in the cross-border space, having assisted on multiple cross-border transactions and has also spent a term abroad working in the banking and finance department of London-based Clifford Chance.
About Kobus
About Kobus
Kobus joined CDH as a Senior Associate in the Banking, Finance and Projects.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- University of Pretoria- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (cum laude)
- University of Pretoria – Bachelor of Commerce (BComm Law) majoring in Accounting and Financial Management (cum laude)
- Admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in April 2019.
Memberships
- Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society.
- Member of the Loan Market Association.
Languages
Languages
- Afrikaans
- English
About Kobus
Kobus joined CDH as a Senior Associate in the Banking, Finance and Projects.
Credentials
Education
- University of Pretoria- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (cum laude)
- University of Pretoria – Bachelor of Commerce (BComm Law) majoring in Accounting and Financial Management (cum laude)
- Admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in April 2019.
Memberships
- Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society.
- Member of the Loan Market Association.
Languages
- Afrikaans
- English
Experience
Acting as borrower's counsel in respect of a senior lending transaction for the provision of a term and general banking finance facility to one of Africa's largest food producers.
Acting as lender's counsel in connection with the provision of a term loan facility to an entity engaged in the development of mobile games.
Acting as lender's counsel in an aircraft financing transaction for the acquisition of 1 (one) Embraer E190-100 aircraft.
Acting as lenders’ counsel in connection with a fund financing transaction in terms of which the lenders made a NAV-based revolving facility available to a Luxembourg fund.
Acting as borrower's counsel in connection with the provision of term and revolving credit facilities to South Africa's largest movie cinema company.
Acting as sponsor’s counsel in connection with the acquisition of a global material company which involved the negotiation and finalisation of first lien, second lien and PIK debt.
Acting as sponsors’ counsel in connection with an infrastructure financing transaction which involved the provision of a bilateral term loan facility to an airport in Denmark.
Acting as borrower's counsel in respect of a syndicated lending transaction for the provision of a term loan facility to one of South Africa's largest FMCG companies for purposes of acquiring a sweet factory.
Acting as lenders' counsel in a senior syndicated lending transaction for the provision of a borrowing base trade finance facility to a steel producer.
Acting as borrower's counsel in respect of the financing of x6 new Cessna Grand Caravan 208B EX aircraft.
Acting as lender's counsel in connection with the provision of a term loan facility to one of South Africa's largest airlines.
Acting as lender's counsel for the provision of a stock financing facility to a producer of sugar.
Acting as lenders’ counsel in connection with the refinancing of a multicurrency revolving facility for an investment grade electrical distribution company.
Acting as lender's counsel for the provision of a vessel financing facility to a company in the British Virgin Islands.
Acting as lender's counsel in connection with the financing of a South African airline's acquisition of 1 (one) Embraer E-Jet (E190) Full Flight Simulator.
