Quintin Honey
Quintin Honey is a Director in our Corporate & Commercial practice. Quintin is skilled in Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Group Restructures and the drafting and negotiation of a wide range of commercial contracts.
About Quintin
About Quintin
Quintin began his career in 2003 as a Candidate Attorney at Cliffe Dekker (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) and was admitted as an attorney, notary and conveyancer in 2005. He was promoted to the position of Associate in 2005 and to the position of Senior Associate in 2007. In 2008 he was seconded to the London office of DLA Piper LLP, where he spent five months gaining experience in their corporate practice. In April 2009, he became a Director at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- BCom (Law), University of Stellenbosch
- LLB, University of Stellenbosch
- Certificate in Advanced Corporate Law and Securities Law, University of South Africa
- Admitted as an attorney, notary and conveyancer in 2005
- Enrolled with the Legal Practice Council
Languages
Languages
- English
- Afrikaans
About Quintin
Quintin began his career in 2003 as a Candidate Attorney at Cliffe Dekker (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) and was admitted as an attorney, notary and conveyancer in 2005. He was promoted to the position of Associate in 2005 and to the position of Senior Associate in 2007. In 2008 he was seconded to the London office of DLA Piper LLP, where he spent five months gaining experience in their corporate practice. In April 2009, he became a Director at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr.
Credentials
Education
- BCom (Law), University of Stellenbosch
- LLB, University of Stellenbosch
- Certificate in Advanced Corporate Law and Securities Law, University of South Africa
- Admitted as an attorney, notary and conveyancer in 2005
- Enrolled with the Legal Practice Council
Languages
- English
- Afrikaans
Experience
Tourvest Financial Services
Acted for Tourvest Financial Services in its acquisition of Travelex Africa, creating the largest independent foreign exchange business in South Africa.
Tourvest Group
Acted for the destination management division of Tourvest Group, South Africa's largest tourism group, in establishing Go Vacation Africa, a corporatized joint venture with DER Touristik DMC GmbH ("DER"), a German-based leisure travel company.
iNova Pharmaceuticals
Acted for iNova Pharmaceuticals (South African) and iNova Pharmaceuticals (Singapore) in their acquisition of the pharmaceutical business and related intellectual property of Kenza Health.
Saint-Gobain Construction Products SA
Acted for Saint-Gobain Construction Products SA in the buy-out of USG Foreign Investments' shareholding interest as part of the restructuring of its group.
Vumatel
Acted for Vumatel, a leading open access fibre provider, in its acquisition of the fibre business of Fibrehoods and LinkAfrica, which included the negotiation of a fibre build contract to build new fibre networks for Vumatel.
FedEx Corporation
Acted for FedEx Corporation, a global logistics firm, in the acquisition of the courier service business operated by Supaswift, a courier company associated with the JSE listed Bidvest Group, across seven Southern African countries including the establishment of purchasing entities in each country.
iNova Pharmaceuticals
Acted for iNova Pharmaceuticals, a member of the Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Group, in the acquisition of Georen Pharmaceuticals' complementary medicines business.
WeWork South Africa
Acted for WeWork South Africa, part of one of the most valuable global start-ups, in the negotiation of revenue-sharing lease agreements for its first co-working office spaces in South Africa (and Africa) known as "The Rosebank Link", "155 West" and "80 Strand Cape Town".
Komatsu South Africa
Acted for Komatsu South Africa in negotiating and settling a R1 billion equipment supply agreement with a member of a large Australian resources company, and advising Komatsu South Africa in regard to general commercial contractual work.
Gibb
Acted for Gibb, a leading multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm, in regard to the amalgamation of the Stauch Vorster Architects group of companies and acquisition by GIBB of a majority interest in the amalgamated company.
Archer Daniel Midland Company
Acted for Archer Daniel Midland Company, a US global food-processing and commodities-trading corporation, in their acquisition of groundnut processing plants in South Africa.
Life Healthcare
Advised Life Healthcare, a JSE listed hospital operator, in regard to the new Companies Act, 2008 and related corporate governance matters including its corporate operating structures.
EDP Renováveis
Acted for EDP Renováveis, a global renewable energy company, in regard to its acquisition of two wind projects and one solar project for bidding under the South African Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme.
DCD Group
Acted for DCD Group, a manufacturing and engineering firm, in regard to the negotiation and settling of several rolling stock and defense related agreements including supply, distribution and agency agreements.
EnviroServ Holdings
Acted for EnviroServ Holdings in regard to a leveraged buy-out transaction and restructuring of its group.
SA Airlink
Acted for SA Airlink in regard to the re-capitalisation and re-structuring of the airline and advising SA Airlink in regard to the negotiation and settling of several aircraft sale and lease agreements.
Standard Bank
Acted for Standard Bank in regard to the establishment of Credit Suisse Standard Securities, an institutional securities brokerage joint venture with Credit Suisse (International) Holding AG, and the ultimate unwinding of the joint venture.
News
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Time to shelve “shelf companies”?
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Regulating the consequences of force majeure in your contract
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Vendor financiers risk right to claim purchase price in the event of a default on payment
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Expertise
Corporate & Commercial Law
Our strong legal team is well versed in legislative matters and provides support across all commercial disciplines.
Mergers & Acquisitions
CDH’s lawyers balance legal knowledge with commercial understanding to support our clients’ best interests.
Hospitality & Leisure
Our skilled team has many years of experience working with public and private sector organisations in the industry.
The Companies Act
CDH is well positioned to help your company ensure compliance with the legislation. We also offer training tailored to your business needs to help you meet your obligations.
Private Equity
Experts from across our specialist practice areas advise on private equity matters.
Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
Our multidisciplinary team develops creative strategies and integrated solutions for this important healthcare sector.