Tamarin Tosen
Tamarin Tosen is a Director in our Corporate & Commercial practice. Tamarin has experience in mergers and acquisitions, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, due diligence investigations and general corporate and commercial work.
About Tamarin
About Tamarin
Tamarin began her career as a Candidate Attorney in 2010 at Roodt Incorporated and was appointed as an Associate in 2012. Tamarin joined Read Hope Phillips as an Associate in 2012 and joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as an Associate in 2013. She was promoted to Senior Associate in 2015. Tamarin was appointed Director in April 2018.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- BSc (Microbiology), University of Pretoria
- LLB, University of Pretoria
- Advanced Company Law I (Certificate of Competence), University of the Witwatersrand
- Advanced Company Law II (Certificate of Competence), University of the Witwatersrand
- Year of admission as an attorney: 2012
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Languages
Languages
- English
About Tamarin
Tamarin began her career as a Candidate Attorney in 2010 at Roodt Incorporated and was appointed as an Associate in 2012. Tamarin joined Read Hope Phillips as an Associate in 2012 and joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as an Associate in 2013. She was promoted to Senior Associate in 2015. Tamarin was appointed Director in April 2018.
Credentials
Education
- BSc (Microbiology), University of Pretoria
- LLB, University of Pretoria
- Advanced Company Law I (Certificate of Competence), University of the Witwatersrand
- Advanced Company Law II (Certificate of Competence), University of the Witwatersrand
- Year of admission as an attorney: 2012
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Languages
- English
Experience
Drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements
Involved in the drafting and negotiation of various commercial agreements, including, share sale agreements, sale of business agreements, share repurchase agreements, supply agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, cession and pledge agreements, employee share ownership schemes, broad-based ownership schemes and memoranda ofincorporationsforprivate companies and public unlisted andlistedcompaniesas well as the underlying company secretarial documents.
Due diligence investigations
Involved in conducting due diligence investigations and the drafting of due diligence reports.
Researching and drafting opinions
Involved in researching and drafting opinions on various aspects of the law of contract and the Companies Act, No 71 of 2008.
News
Deferred purchase price and interest in share sale agreements: The National Credit Act
The National Credit Act 34 of 2005 (NCA) is not a piece of legislation that springs to mind when negotiating share sale transactions. This is mainly since share sale transactions typically...
Draft Companies Amendment Bill: Some good news for companies undertaking share buy-backs
On 1 October 2021, the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition published the Draft Companies Amendment Bill, 2021 (Draft Amendment Bill) for public comment. The Draft Amendment...
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...
Market recognition
- IFLR1000 2021-2024 recommended Tamarin as a rising star partner leading lawyer for M&A.
Market recognition
- IFLR1000 2021-2024 recommended Tamarin as a rising star partner leading lawyer for M&A.