Gerhard Johannes

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Director

Location: Stellenbosch

Tel: +27 21 809 6165

Fax: +27 11 535 8607

Email: gjohannes@werksmans.com

ABOUT

Gerhard Johannes, Director, specialises in corporate finance; public offerings and private placements; black economic empowerment transactions; international transactions; exchange control; leveraged and acquisition finance; leveraged and management buy-outs; listings/flotations; private equity; project and limited recourse finance; and mergers & acquisitions. Gerhard is named as a leading lawyer in Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2007 – 2022); and a recommended lawyer in Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions by The Legal500 (2010; 2018; 2020 and 2021).

Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions

Corporate finance
Public offerings and private placements
Black economic empowerment transactions
International transactions
Exchange control
Leveraged and acquisition finance
Leveraged and management buy-outs
Listings/flotations
Private equity
Project and limited recourse finance

Mergers & acquisitions

BA LLB (Stellenbosch University)
Higher Diploma in Company Law (University of the Witwatersrand)
Higher Diploma in Tax Law (University of the Witwatersrand)
1999: Director, Werksmans
Head of Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions practice area

Ranked by Chambers Global | Band 3 | Corporate/M&A | 2007 – 2022
- He receives strong praise for his focus on the needs of the client. One source also noted that "his work product is consistently good," while emphasising that "he has a good sense of when things are urgent and when they aren't."
Ranked as a highly regarded practitioner by IFLR 1000 | M&A | 2018 - 2022
Ranked as a recommended practitioner by Legal 500 | Corporate M&A | 2010, 2016, 2020 and 2021

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