Jaco Meyer

Advising on merger and acquisition transactions and drafting and negotiating merger and acquisition transaction agreements.

Advising on company law and general commercial and corporate matters.

Drafting, negotiating and reviewing constitutional documents, memoranda of incorporation, shareholders' agreements and general company secretarial attendances.

Drafting transaction agreements relating to the implementation of BEE ownership structures.

Drafting transaction agreements relating to the implementation of BEE ownership structures

Advising South32, a global mining and metals company headquartered in Perth, Australia (listed on the ASX and JSE), with its South African office headquartered in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, on high value long-term supply and offtake agreements, standard form and bespoke agreements for all steps of the supply chain, as well as corporate documents such as shareholders' agreements, memoranda of incorporation, trust deeds, committee charters and resolutions.

Advised a 51% black-owned coal mining company on; the acquisition of various mining and prospecting rights in South Africa; and the acquisition of a Build-Own-Operate-and-Transfer beneficiation and coal wash plant.

Advised a multinational metal alloys and other metallurgical products company on; the disposal of its non-core assets (timber farms) used in connection with its silicon smelter; and its empowerment restructure.

The empowerment restructure involved exiting the existing black shareholders and creating new shareholders in a manner that ensured the "once empowered, always empowered" principle applied. It also involved preparing new documentation, specifically a memorandum of incorporation, shareholders' agreement and trust deed, to regulate the relationship between the new shareholders.

Advised Clientèle Limited, listed on the JSE, on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of 1Life Insurance Limited.

Advised Top Vending on the termination of its distribution relationship with Nestlé, and the subsequent sale of the South African Nespresso® business to Nestlé.

Advised Federal Express Corporation to commence air cargo services into Africa for the first time, obtaining its foreign operator permit.

Assisted Puma Energy with template agreements to be used across various African jurisdictions.

Advised a multinational information technology and defence systems company on the equity financing of its South African subsidiary.

Advised one of South Africa's largest book retailers regarding the carve-out of a portion of its business (in respect of a specific O.R. Tambo International Airport tender) and the subsequent empowerment of that stand-alone business. The work involved the drafting and negotiating of key transaction documents, including new memoranda of incorporation, shareholders' agreements, incorporation minutes, etc.

Advised numerous HNIs on the restructure of their group entities and affairs. The work involved the drafting of bespoke memoranda of incorporation, incorporation documents, asset-for-share agreements and various company secretarial attendances.

Advised a family group comprising 17 companies and 10 trusts valued at approximately AUD84 million, on the division of its real property portfolio between various beneficiaries.

Advised a telecommunications company listed on the ASX on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of three other private telecommunications companies as part of its strategic growth plan.

Advised a multinational pharmaceuticals company on its license and supply agreement with another company for an exclusive license to commercialise its intellectual property in the USA. In terms of the agreement, the company received payments and milestone fees in equity and cash for an amount of at least USD295 million.