Willem Jacobs

Advised RMB Ventures and Bopa Moruo on the acquisition of Icon Oncology (2023/2024).

Advised Libstar on the acquisition of Cape Foods (2023).

Advised RMB Ventures and Bopa Moruo on the acquisition of 30% of Aurex Constructors (2023).

Advised Murray & Roberts on the disposal of Clough to WeBuild - circa ZAR 5 billion (2023).

Advised Hirt & Carter on the disposal of First Impression Labels to All4Labels (2023)

Advised Retailability, a group with over 400 retail stores in Southern Africa, in respect of its acquisition from Edcon (in business rescue) of approximately 130 Edgars retail stores in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, eSwatini and Lesotho, including extensive due diligence (2020/2021).

Advised Actis and Harborough on the disposal by Harborough of Ghana Home Loans Bank – circa GH¢161,202,078 (2020).

Advised Tiso Blackstar on the disposal of Gallo Music Investments and Indigenous Film Distribution to Arena (Lebashe Investments) - circa ZAR 75 million (2020).

Advised Lereko Metier Capital Growth Fund II, LMCGF II Parallel Trust, Metier Capital Growth Fund II Partnership, MCGF II Investments and RMB Ventures in a complex set of transactions in terms of which certain existing shareholders in Vox Telecoms exited and certain new shareholders were introduced through a combination of share repurchases, new subscriptions and the conversion of preference shares into ordinary shares - circa ZAR 2.5 billion (2019).

Advised Metier Capital Growth Fund II and Rand Merchant Bank in the recapitalisation and restructuring of the shareholding structure of Vox Holdings in partnership with management (2019).

Advised Lereko Metier Sustainable Capital Fund Trust on its acquisition of an interest in Tecroveer Holdings and Becon Watertech (2019).

Advised Tiso Blackstar Group in respect of Lebashe's acquisition of Tiso Blackstar's media, broadcasting and content businesses in South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya – circa US$71 million (2019).

Advised Séché Environnement in its take private acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of South African waste management company, Interwaste Holdings - circa US$40 million (2019).

Advised Metier Capital Growth Fund II and MCGF II Investments, in their take private acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of South African packaging company, Master Plastics - circa US$18.9 million (2018).

Advised YeboYethu, the main broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE) shareholder of Vodacom, in a BEE deal, in terms of which the current shareholders in Vodacom's 2008 BEE deal reinvested their equity for a further 10 years and geared that equity to acquire greater exposure to Vodacom - circa US$1.2 billion (2018).