Bafana Ntuli is a Director in the Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions practice area. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, negotiating and drafting a wide variety of commercial contracts, corporate group structuring transactions, financing and security transactions, corporate governance, trusts and trust administration, and due diligence investigations.
Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Mergers and acquisitions;
Private equity;
Negotiating and drafting a wide variety of commercial contracts;
Black economic empowerment structuring transactions;
Corporate governance issues;
Trusts and trust administration; and
Due diligence investigations.
Advised and formed part of the team that acted as legal counsel for:
Advised Blue Label Telecoms Limited in respect of the recapitalization and restructuring of Cell C Limited.
Advised Blue Label Telecoms Limited in respect of the sale of Blue Label Mobile Group Proprietary Limited and 3G Mobile Proprietary Limited for a combined consideration of approximately R1 billion.
Advised Southern Palace Group of Companies Proprietary Limited in relation to the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Genrec Engineering Proprietary Limited for a consideration of approximately R185 million.
Advised Investec Property Fund Limited in relation to the establishment of Izandla Property Fund Proprietary Limited (a black controlled property fund).
Advised Southern Palace Group of Companies Proprietary Limited in relation to the acquisition of the Murray & Roberts Infrastructure & Building Platform business for a consideration of R314 million.
Advised Phembani Group Proprietary limited in relation to the merger with various entities controlled by Shanduka Group Proprietary Limited with a collective net asset value in excess of R10 billion.
Advised RMB Corvest Proprietary Limited in relation to various buy-outs and buy-ins.
Advised the Sharks Proprietary Limited and existing shareholders in relation to the acquisition of a controlling stake in The Sharks Proprietary Limited by an American-based consortium, MVM Holdings LLC.
Advised Umoya Capital Partners (a black owned and managed private investment company) in relation to various acquisition transactions.
Advised Kasada Capital Management Proprietary Limited (a real estate private equity company) in relation to various acquisition transactions.
GIBS-SAVCA Foundation Programme in Private Equity, GIBS Business School, 2019
LLM (Corporate Law), University of Johannesburg, 2017
Admitted as an Attorney, 2015
LLB, University of Johannesburg, 2012
BA (Law), University of Johannesburg, 2010
Certificate in English, University of the Witwatersrand, 2008
Ranked by Chambers Global as Up and Coming Lawyer | Private Equity | 2025
Executive committee member of the Investec Limited Corporate Social Investment alumni (2014 – 2018)
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