* Includes experience gained prior to joining Bowmans. 

Brian has advised: 

• Multiple South African institutions on corporate governance matters.* 

• Multinational investment firms on general corporate advice in South Africa.* 

• A client on a cradle to the grave basis on the establishment of an online technology driven platform which seeks to provide consumers real time bridge financing during the period between signing an offer to purchase to sell your home and the transfer date.* 

• PAPE Fund Managers on the acquisition of a stake in Ballancell, an entity which provides tech-based battery management systems as well as the manufacturing of smart lithium batteries.* 

• Quilter Plc on the implementation of an odd-lot offer.* 

• Profitshare Partners a fintech which utilises a fully digital online platform to give small businesses immediate access to finance. Our role included advising the client from the initial stages of the start-up, structuring of the operating model, drafting all necessary operational documents, procuring the necessary licenses to operate and conducting two successful seed rounds.* 

• ZTE Mzanzi on the establishment and subsequent dissolution of a joint venture between ZTE (a Chinese telecommunications and technology companies) and a local South African partner.* 

• Mortgage Market a fintech which provides an online marketplace for home loans to consumers. Our role included advising the client from the initial stages of the start-up and advising on multiple equity investment rounds.* 

• A client in relation to an equity investment in Entersekt, a global leader in mobile authentication, mobile app security, and payments enablement technology.* 

• HNA Group on the acquisition of an equity stake in Comair Ltd.* 

• Sheltam Rail Consortium in relation to the 25 year concession awarded to the Sheltam Rail Company to operate Kenya and Uganda’s railways.* 

• Blue Label Telecoms on the acquisition of a stake in Cell C, a telecommunications company in South Africa. The role related primarily to the structuring, advising and implementing a B-BBEE (broad-based black economic empowerment) transaction to comply with licensing regulations. 

• Steinhoff International on their ZAR 7.3 million accelerated bookbuild in South Africa.* 

• London & Regional Properties on the ZAR 7.2 million acquisition of the V&A Waterfront in South Africa.* 

• Cardtronics Plc on the acquisition of Spark ATM Solutions Proprietary Limited in South Africa.* 

• Southern Palace Group of Companies on the acquisition of the infrastructure and building platform business of Murray & Roberts Limited.* 

• Vunani Capital on the acquisition of Fairheads Beneficiary Services (one of Southern Africa’s leading independent service provider of beneficiary funds and umbrella trusts for retirement funds).* 

• Dangote Industries Ltd on the acquisition of Sephaku Cement (Pty) Ltd from Sephaku Ltd.* 

• Telkom (SA) Ltd (a subsidiary of Telkom Ltd) on the acquisition of Ucom Ltd, a telecommunications company in Uganda.* 

• Albwardy Investments on the acquisition of the Westcliff Hotel in Johannesburg from Orient-Express Hotels Ltd.* 

• Investec Property Fund Limited on the establishment of Izandla Property Fund (Pty) Ltd (a black controlled property fund).* 

• Long4life Limited on the ZAR 4.2 million sale of the entire issued share capital of L4L to Old Mutual Private Equity.* 

• Fairvest Property Holdings Limited on the merger with Arrowhead Properties Limited, forming a property company which holds a diversified portfolio of retail, office, and industrial properties valued at ZAR 11.77 billion.*  

• Bayport Management Ltd on the sale of 51% of Bayport Financial Services 2010 (Pty) Ltd to Firefly Investments 326 (Pty) Ltd, a company controlled by the Government Employees Pension Fund.* 

• A Consortium comprising of Bayport and the PIC in relation to the failed attempt regarding the acquistion of Mercantile Bank. The transaction was part of a bid process and the consortium was a preferred bidder. All transaction documents were negotiated upfront but Capitec was the eventual preferred bidder.* 

• Sage Group Ltd on the acquisition by Momentum Group Ltd of the entire issue share capital of Sage Group Ltd by way of a scheme of arrangement.* 

• Pembani Group (Pty) Ltd on the merger of Pembani and various assets of Shanduka Group (Pty) Ltd.* 

• Putco Ltd (South Africa’s biggest public road transportation company) on the delisting of Putco Ltd from the stock exchange operated by the JSE and the subsequent implementation of a black economic empowerment transaction.* 

• Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. on the ZAR 7.3 million accelerated bookbuild of 370 million ordinary shares of no par value in Pepkor Holdings Limited.* 

• Barnard Jacobs Mellet in the scheme of arrangement in terms of which FirstRand Bank Ltd acquired the entire issued share capital of BJM from the shareholders of BJM.* 

• Sasfin Holdings Limited in relation to the Acquisition of Absa Technology Finance Solutions Proprietary Limited’s Loan Book.*