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Elliott Wood

Head of Banking & Finance | Head of Private Equity

  Johannesburg

  +27 11 535 8303

  +27 11 535 8603

  ewood@werksmans.com

Elliott Wood is a Director advising across the Banking & Finance; Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions; and Financial Services Regulation practice areas. He specialises in banking and finance matters (including acquisition and leveraged finance; aviation finance; and corporate finance); mergers & acquisitions; private equity; structured finance; syndicated and bilateral financing structures; international transactions; acquisitions and management/leveraged buy-outs; and restructuring of corporate entities. Elliott is named as a recommended lawyer in Banking and Finance by the Legal500 (2014-2018) and has served on the Werksmans Executive Committee.

Years of Experience: 24 years

  • Banking & Finance
  • Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Banking & Finance (including acquisition and leverage finance, aviation finance, corporate finance)
  • M&A
  • Private equity
  • Structured finance
  • Syndicated and bilateral financing structures
  • International transactions
  • Acquisitions and management/leverage buy-outs
  • Restructuring of corporate entities

 

  • Acted for LIfe Healthcare in regards to its disposal of its AMG business in Europe, which was worth R21b (GBP910m).
  • Acted as legal counsel to Blue Label Telecoms Limited as a shareholder of and funder to Cell C and the recapitalisation of Cell C.
  • Advised Blue Label in regards to the multi-billion senior secured working capital facilities, airtime purchase and preference share subscription as part of the recap of Cell C Limited which was awarded the Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Award for Corporate Restructuring Deal of the Year.
  • Advises key banks (both local and international) on various aspects including transactional deals and restructures, both syndicated transactions and bi-lateral transactions.
  • Advising Vitol Group in respect of the financing of its acquisition of Petroliam Nasional Bhd's 74% stake in Engen Ltd. The acquisition by Vitol Group of such interest will result in the formation of the second-largest fuel retailer in Africa.
  • Assisted various other corporates (listed and non-listed) in respect of capital raising – both debt and equity.
  • Advised RMB Corvest in regards to the acquisition of Halewood International SA.
  • Advises various other private equity proponents in various transactions (including entry and exit transactions and restructuring).
  • Admitted as a Notary, 2004
  • Admitted as an Attorney, 2002
  • Certificate in Sports Law (cum laude), Rand Afrikaans University
  • Certificate in Financial Markets and Banking Law, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Aviation Finance Course (Frankfurt 2013)
  • Higher Diploma in Company Law (cum laude), University of the Witwatersrand,
  • LLB, University of the Witwatersrand  (2000)
  • BCom, University of the Witwatersrand (1998

 

  • Ranked as a recommended lawyer by Legal 500 | 2024 | Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Ranked as a recommended lawyer by Legal 500 | 2024 | Banking & Finance

  • Ranked lawyer (Band 3) by Chambers Global | 2024 | Private Equity

  • Advised Life Healthcare in its disposal of 100% of its interest in its European based diagnostics business Alliance Medical Group (AMG) to iCON Infrastructure.This deal was awarded the Deal of The Year (2023) by DealMaker's.

  • Ranked lawyer (Band 5) by Chambers Global | 2020 – 2022, 2024 | Corporate/M&A

  • Ranked as a recommended lawyer by Legal 500 | 2014 – 2018 | Banking & Finance; 2015 | Acquisition and Leveraged Finance

  • Ranked as a rising star by IFLR 1000 | 2018 – 2020 | Banking and M&A

  • Ranked as highly regarded by IFLR 1000 | 2020 – 2022, 2024| M&A |Banking and Finance

  • Member of BUSCO at Werksmans.

  • Served on EXCO at Werksmans.

  • Lectured on occassion at both Rand Afrikaans University and Pretoria University as part of their Sports Law courses

  • Updated and revised certain chapters of Butterworths' Forms and Precedents.

  • Author of the chapter "Corporate Governance in Sport" in the book "Introduction to Sports Law in South Africa" edited by by R Cloete, Butterworths, 2005.

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