Angela Da Costa-Naidoo
Partner | Johannesburg
Contact
T: +27 72 395 0905
E: angela.dacosta-naidoo@bowmanslaw.com
Overview
Angela is a partner in our corporate department and a member of our M&A practice.
She has experience in a broad range of corporate and commercial transactions, such as domestic and cross-border private M&A, share and asset/business acquisitions and disposals, black economic empowerment transactions, shareholder and joint venture arrangements, and general corporate and commercial matters. Angela also spent just under 2 years working at the London office of a global (‘magic circle’) law firm.
Angela has an LLB degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, and certificates in Advanced Company Law I and II from the Nelson Mandela Institute (University of the Witwatersrand).
Experience
* includes experience gained prior to joining Bowmans
- Part of the team that assisted Doha-based airline, Qatar Airways, with its acquisition (as part of its African growth strategy) of a 25% stake in Airlink Proprietary Limited, an independent South African regional airline flying to more than 45 destinations in 15 African countries.
- Part of the team that assisted global mining supply company, ME Elecmetal, headquartered in Chile, with its acquisition of the Prima foundry (one of Africa’s leading foundries).
- Part of the team which advised a global electronics entity based in America on the sale of its sole Russian subsidiary to a third party. *
- Part of the team which advised Hapag-Lloyd AG on acquiring a share in J M Baxi Ports & Logistics Limited. *
- Part of the team which advised an international industrial client on the disposal of one of its South African subsidiaries.
- Part of the team which advised a global exhibitions service provider on the acquisition of the (i) largest exhibition centre in Africa and (ii) the largest consumer exhibition in Southern Africa.
- Part of the team which advised a private equity fund and a group of co-investors, in the acquisition of a stake in a Malawi based integrated agricultural solutions provider (catering for a broad customer base of commercial and emerging farmers).
- Part of the team which advised a large corporate group on multiple solvent restructuring exercises intending to simplify the South African group structure.
- Part of the team which advised an American pump manufacturer on the restructuring of its South African group.
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Qualifications
Education
- LLB (with distinction), (University of the Witwatersrand)
- Certificate (Advanced Company Law I and II), Nelson Mandela Institute (University of the Witwatersrand);
- Cert. (The Law and Economic of Mergers and Acquisitions), The London School of Economics and Political Science.
Professional Memberships
- Admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa.
- Admitted as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.
Overview
Angela is a partner in our corporate department and a member of our M&A practice.
She has experience in a broad range of corporate and commercial transactions, such as domestic and cross-border private M&A, share and asset/business acquisitions and disposals, black economic empowerment transactions, shareholder and joint venture arrangements, and general corporate and commercial matters. Angela also spent just under 2 years working at the London office of a global (‘magic circle’) law firm.
Angela has an LLB degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, and certificates in Advanced Company Law I and II from the Nelson Mandela Institute (University of the Witwatersrand).
Experience
* includes experience gained prior to joining Bowmans
- Part of the team that assisted Doha-based airline, Qatar Airways, with its acquisition (as part of its African growth strategy) of a 25% stake in Airlink Proprietary Limited, an independent South African regional airline flying to more than 45 destinations in 15 African countries.
- Part of the team that assisted global mining supply company, ME Elecmetal, headquartered in Chile, with its acquisition of the Prima foundry (one of Africa’s leading foundries).
- Part of the team which advised a global electronics entity based in America on the sale of its sole Russian subsidiary to a third party. *
- Part of the team which advised Hapag-Lloyd AG on acquiring a share in J M Baxi Ports & Logistics Limited. *
- Part of the team which advised an international industrial client on the disposal of one of its South African subsidiaries.
- Part of the team which advised a global exhibitions service provider on the acquisition of the (i) largest exhibition centre in Africa and (ii) the largest consumer exhibition in Southern Africa.
- Part of the team which advised a private equity fund and a group of co-investors, in the acquisition of a stake in a Malawi based integrated agricultural solutions provider (catering for a broad customer base of commercial and emerging farmers).
- Part of the team which advised a large corporate group on multiple solvent restructuring exercises intending to simplify the South African group structure.
- Part of the team which advised an American pump manufacturer on the restructuring of its South African group.
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