Azola Futshane
Senior Associate | Johannesburg
Contact
T: +27 11 669 9437
E: azola.futshane@bowmanslaw.com
Overview
Azola has experience in general corporate matters and mergers and acquisitions.
In particular, he is experienced in private acquisition and disposal transactions, joint venture arrangements and the provision of corporate governance and black economic empowerment advice for foreign direct investment.
Experience
Jurisdictions worked in: South Africa
Languages fluent in: Xhosa, English
Azola has advised:
* experience gained prior to joining Bowmans
- OneSpark on its issue of a 50% equity interest to Dis-Chem Pharmacies Ltd and related matters.*
- A Saudi-based client on the establishment of a telecommunications joint-venture with a counterparty based in India.*
- An investment firm in its proposed acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital held by various sellers in a retail group.*
- Magotteaux International on its investment into Grinding Media South Africa Proprietary Ltd.*
- Aviapartner on the acquisition of a majority interest in NAS Colossal Aviation Services (RF) Proprietary Ltd.*
- A South African empowered investments company on its acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of a well-established insurance group.*
- A South African company on its subscription into a special purpose vehicle and the special purpose vehicle’s subsequent acquisition of a portion of the shares held by the sellers in a South African entity.*
- A private shipping liner entity with operations in Germany on its acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital held by the seller in each of the seller’s three South African subsidiaries.*
- A South African company on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital held in aggregate by various sellers in five separate entities.*
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Qualifications
Education
- LLM, Intellectual Property Law, University of Cape Town.
- LLB, Law, University of Cape Town.
Professional Memberships
- Admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.
- Member of the Legal Practice Council.
Overview
Azola has experience in general corporate matters and mergers and acquisitions.
In particular, he is experienced in private acquisition and disposal transactions, joint venture arrangements and the provision of corporate governance and black economic empowerment advice for foreign direct investment.
Experience
Jurisdictions worked in: South Africa
Languages fluent in: Xhosa, English
Azola has advised:
* experience gained prior to joining Bowmans
- OneSpark on its issue of a 50% equity interest to Dis-Chem Pharmacies Ltd and related matters.*
- A Saudi-based client on the establishment of a telecommunications joint-venture with a counterparty based in India.*
- An investment firm in its proposed acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital held by various sellers in a retail group.*
- Magotteaux International on its investment into Grinding Media South Africa Proprietary Ltd.*
- Aviapartner on the acquisition of a majority interest in NAS Colossal Aviation Services (RF) Proprietary Ltd.*
- A South African empowered investments company on its acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of a well-established insurance group.*
- A South African company on its subscription into a special purpose vehicle and the special purpose vehicle’s subsequent acquisition of a portion of the shares held by the sellers in a South African entity.*
- A private shipping liner entity with operations in Germany on its acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital held by the seller in each of the seller’s three South African subsidiaries.*
- A South African company on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital held in aggregate by various sellers in five separate entities.*
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