Justin Ramages
Partner | Johannesburg
Contact
T: +27 11 669 9344
Overview
Justin brings extensive experience in both legal practice and academia. As a practitioner, he has deep expertise in the telecommunications industry and mergers and acquisitions, having advised on complex transactions across multiple jurisdictions. His background spans corporate and commercial law, technology law, and industry-specific regulatory frameworks, enabling him to provide strategic guidance on structuring and closing technology-driven deals. Justin’s skill set includes complex commercial contracting, corporate/M&A execution, infrastructure transactions, telecoms regulatory compliance, risk assessment, and stakeholder management.
He combines strong technical knowledge with financial acumen, delivering integrated solutions that enhance the effectiveness and value of client offerings. In addition, he has also held various academic positions at leading institutions, including the University of Stellenbosch, Rhodes University, the University of South Africa, and the University of the Witwatersrand, where he has undertaken a range of teaching and research roles at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Experience
Jurisdictions worked in: South Africa
Languages Fluent in: English
Justin has advised:
Telecommunications – Major Commercial and Infrastructure Transactions
- On the acquisition and deployment of wireless access network infrastructure.
- The restructuring of Internet Service Provider (ISP) and equities arrangement in the telecommunications space.
- On the disposal of branded retail and sale stores.
- Major inter-jurisdictional RAN procurement dispute.
- RAN network and satellite infrastructure agreements across South Africa and Africa.
- Inter-telecom arrangements.
- The acquisition of and restructure of as power as a service infrastructure involving a variety of Tower Companies.
- Active sharing claim of significant strategic value.
- The acquisition of an ISP of considerable size and importance.
- PAAS agreements and associated SLAs for RAN availability.
- On a debt-to-equity conversion of significant size and importance.
- On a transformative sale and leaseback transaction involving passive infrastructure, spanning PAAS, CAAS, and EAAS service models.
- The separation of fiber-related and data assets for large telecom entities.
- The sale of collateralised debt instruments.
- Assisted with asset separation and intercompany drawdown facilities.
- Liquidation distribution frameworks for company structure alterations.
- On spectrum structuring and pooling arrangements across operators.
- On the sale of the significant distribution line.
- On the acquisition of technology solutions.
- On nationally integrated digital detection infrastructure.
- Transactions concerning Mobile Virtual Network Enablers (MVNEs).
Technology, Internet & Digital Platforms
- On the acquisition of technology and internet assets.
- On international technology and education sector acquisitions.
Tourism, Media & Entertainment
- On the acquisition of tourism assets.
- On technology-driven commercial arrangements in tourism.
- On media sector structuring and market entry.
- On sport and entertainment structuring transactions.
- On implementing an auction sector acquisition.
Energy, Oil & Gas
- On the restructuring of gas operations and assets.
- On preference share restructures in the petroleum sector.
- On international petroleum transactions involving IP aspects.
- On group company formation and IP fuel technology.
- On nuclear energy sector structuring and market entry.
State Entities, Public Sector & Infrastructure
- On the financial restructuring of key state entities within a province.
- On and overseeing the merger of multiple state entities in the agro-processing sector.
- On nationally integrated technology and infrastructure projects.
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Qualifications
Education
- LLD, Doctor of Laws
- LLM, Master of Laws
- LLB, Bachelor of Laws
Professional Memberships
- Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
INSIGHTS
Overview
Justin brings extensive experience in both legal practice and academia. As a practitioner, he has deep expertise in the telecommunications industry and mergers and acquisitions, having advised on complex transactions across multiple jurisdictions. His background spans corporate and commercial law, technology law, and industry-specific regulatory frameworks, enabling him to provide strategic guidance on structuring and closing technology-driven deals. Justin’s skill set includes complex commercial contracting, corporate/M&A execution, infrastructure transactions, telecoms regulatory compliance, risk assessment, and stakeholder management.
He combines strong technical knowledge with financial acumen, delivering integrated solutions that enhance the effectiveness and value of client offerings. In addition, he has also held various academic positions at leading institutions, including the University of Stellenbosch, Rhodes University, the University of South Africa, and the University of the Witwatersrand, where he has undertaken a range of teaching and research roles at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Experience
Jurisdictions worked in: South Africa
Languages Fluent in: English
Justin has advised:
Telecommunications – Major Commercial and Infrastructure Transactions
- On the acquisition and deployment of wireless access network infrastructure.
- The restructuring of Internet Service Provider (ISP) and equities arrangement in the telecommunications space.
- On the disposal of branded retail and sale stores.
- Major inter-jurisdictional RAN procurement dispute.
- RAN network and satellite infrastructure agreements across South Africa and Africa.
- Inter-telecom arrangements.
- The acquisition of and restructure of as power as a service infrastructure involving a variety of Tower Companies.
- Active sharing claim of significant strategic value.
- The acquisition of an ISP of considerable size and importance.
- PAAS agreements and associated SLAs for RAN availability.
- On a debt-to-equity conversion of significant size and importance.
- On a transformative sale and leaseback transaction involving passive infrastructure, spanning PAAS, CAAS, and EAAS service models.
- The separation of fiber-related and data assets for large telecom entities.
- The sale of collateralised debt instruments.
- Assisted with asset separation and intercompany drawdown facilities.
- Liquidation distribution frameworks for company structure alterations.
- On spectrum structuring and pooling arrangements across operators.
- On the sale of the significant distribution line.
- On the acquisition of technology solutions.
- On nationally integrated digital detection infrastructure.
- Transactions concerning Mobile Virtual Network Enablers (MVNEs).
Technology, Internet & Digital Platforms
- On the acquisition of technology and internet assets.
- On international technology and education sector acquisitions.
Tourism, Media & Entertainment
- On the acquisition of tourism assets.
- On technology-driven commercial arrangements in tourism.
- On media sector structuring and market entry.
- On sport and entertainment structuring transactions.
- On implementing an auction sector acquisition.
Energy, Oil & Gas
- On the restructuring of gas operations and assets.
- On preference share restructures in the petroleum sector.
- On international petroleum transactions involving IP aspects.
- On group company formation and IP fuel technology.
- On nuclear energy sector structuring and market entry.
State Entities, Public Sector & Infrastructure
- On the financial restructuring of key state entities within a province.
- On and overseeing the merger of multiple state entities in the agro-processing sector.
- On nationally integrated technology and infrastructure projects.
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