Nonhlakanipho Mchunu

Local Partner, Johannesburg

Biography

Overview

Nonhlakanipho is a Local Partner in the Firm's Global Mergers & Acquisitions Group in Johannesburg.

Nonhla specialises in mergers and acquisitions transactions and general corporate and commercial law, with a special focus on private equity investments, mining and renewable energy. Her experience involves the co-ordination of local and cross border due diligence investigations, advising clients on a range of issues from establishing cross-border joint ventures, compliance with Companies Act requirements, B-BBEE advisory, establishing employee share ownership schemes, corporate structures and advising on the acquisition and disposal of distressed assets and companies.

Bars and Courts
High Court of South Africa
Education
LLB
University of Kwazulu-Natal
Languages
English
Zulu

Experience

Nonhlakanipho's experience:

  • Represented Seriti Resources, via its subsidiary Seriti Green, on its acquisition of Winlab, a renewable energy development company with various wind and solar power projects at different stages of development in South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania.
  • Represented Subsolar Energy, a leading energy developer on the sale of various renewable energy projects in South Africa.
  • Represented a leader in the production of lead, lead alloys, and the recycling of lead batteries, on its internal restructuring which included the disposal of one of its subsidiaries

Prior to joining the Firm:

  • Representation of Zambezi Platinum (RF) Proprietary Limited in the acceleration of the unwinding of its investment in Northam Limited.
  • Representation of Bopa Moruo Private Equity Managers Proprietary Limited in its acquisition of a majority shareholding interest in SkyNet South Africa and SkyNet UK.
  • Representation of PAPE Fund Managers Proprietary Limited in its investment into Angelo Kater Motor Trimmers Proprietary Limited.
  • Representation of Puma Energy South Africa Proprietary Limited in its acquisition of Total Lesotho from Total South Africa.
  • Representation of Puma Energy South Africa Proprietary Limited in its acquisition of Rutile Investments Limited from Accuro Trust (Mauritius) Limited.
  • Representation of the Government of the Republic of Botswana in its acquisition of shares in Morupule Coal Mine Limited from De Beers in order to facilitate De Beers' exit in the mine.
  • Representation of Investec Equity Partners in its multi-billion-rand acquisition of Idwala Industrial Holdings, a leading South African miner and producer of industrial minerals and lime, from a private equity consortium. Idwala was vended into Synthesis Chemical Holdings (Synchem), a chemical holdings group created and controlled by Investec Equity Partners.
  • Representation of Foskor Proprietary Limited in its investment in Foskor Zirconia Proprietary Limited.
  • Representation of Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited on its acquisition of an interest in Scaw South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
  • Representation of the shareholders of Mobu Resources (Pty) Ltd on the disposal of shares held by them in Mobu to Glencore International AG.
  • Representation of Foskor (Pty) Ltd and Foskor Zirconia (Pty) Ltd (a subsidiary of Foskor) on the establishment of a community trust and employee share ownership scheme for the benefit of communities residing around the Foskor Zirconia operations and employees of Foskor Zirconia.
  • Representation of Puma Energy South Africa Proprietary Limited in its BEE restructure.
  • Representation of Subsolar Energy Proprietary Limited in the disposal of shareholding in various project company, as part of the IPP Procurement Programme originally issued by the Department of Minerals and Energy and various other private procurement mandates.
  • Representation of Bopa Moruo Private Equity Managers Proprietary Limited in its acquisition of shareholding interest in DSD Shopfitters Proprietary Limited.
  • Representation of Bopa Moruo Private Equity Managers Proprietary Limited in its acquisition of shareholding interest in Flexible Packagers Convertors Proprietary Limited.
  • Representation of Bopa Moruo Private Equity Fund II (included negotiation of fund establishment documents with the limited partners) in their establishment.
  • Representation of Agile Capital Private Equity Proprietary Limited in its investment into Imara Holdings Proprietary Limited.
  • Representation of the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa SOC Limited on the restructure of its shareholding in Foskor Proprietary Limited and the amendment of the employment share ownership scheme in Foskor.
  • Representation of the Public Investment Corporation SOC Limited in its ZAR1.2 billion investment into Edcon Limited on behalf of the Unemployment Insurance Fund
  • Representation of Zambezi Platinum (RF) Proprietary Limited on its acquisition of shares in Northam Limited,
  • Representation of Seek Limited, an Australian company listed on the ALX, in its acquisition of shares in Private Property Holdings (Proprietary) Limited, a South African based online advertising and search portals company with operations in about five African countries.
  • Representation of Acciona Energy S.A. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Spain-based Acciona Energia International, S.A with operations all over the globe) on its acquisition of an interest in, and conclusion of an agreement to co-operate and develop, renewable energy projects in South Africa with Aveng (Africa) Limited.
  • Representation of Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited on its acquisition of an interest in Platmin Limited.
  • Representation of Subsolar (Pty) Ltd on the disposal of its interests in various renewable energy projects to Exxaro Limited.
  • Representation of Thesele Asset Management 2 (Pty) Ltd (a subsidiary of Thesele Group (Pty) Ltd) on its acquisition of shares in M&G Limited.
  • Representation of Sallies Limited ("Sallies") on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Sallies by Maghreb Minerals Plc ("Maghreb") from Firebird Global Master Fund Limited and Firebird Global Mater Fund II Ltd and the making of a mandatory offer by Maghreb to shareholders of Sallies.
  • Representation of the independent board of Mvelaserve Limited on the takeover of Mvelserve Limited by way of a scheme of arrangement by The Bidvest Group Limited.