Mark Linington
Executive: Tax | Johannesburg
Contact
T: +27 11 669 9246
Overview
Mark specializes in the intricate world of tax structuring for mergers and acquisitions. Clients value his extensive experience and technical acumen, ranking him as a leader in his field, and he is trusted by leading businesses and private equity funds.
Mark’s focus extends to private equity fund formation and portfolio movements, business restructurings, acquisitions, disposals, and Broad-Based Black Economic structuring.
With over 30 years of experience, he consistently delivers solutions, contributing significantly to the success of large and intricate transactions.
Professional Membership
- South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)
Experience
Mark has advised:
- Infinite Partners, Leapfrog, Medu Capital, Metier, Nedbank Private Equity, Old Mutual Private Equity and RMB Corvest in respect of acquisitions and disposals.
- Bud Group, an unlisted group of companies spun out of Investec, on several stages of restructuring, refinancing, acquisitions and disposals.
- Old Mutual Life Assurance Company on restructuring of the IDEAS platform, South Africa’s largest infrastructure equity fund.
- Restructuring of the ownership structures of Ampath Laboratories.
- Distressed debt structuring and recapitalisation, including for Ascendis Health and Mpact Polymers.
Awards
- Marked is ranked by Chambers Global for nineteen years, most recently in Band 1 for Tax: Consultants in South Africa (2023-2026).
- Recommended by the Legal500: EMEA.
‘Mark Linington is very solution oriented. If dealing with a complex problem, he somehow finds a very creative solution.’ – Chambers Global, 2026
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Qualifications
- B Compt, University of South Africa
- H Dip Acc and H Dip Tax, University of Durban Westville
Overview
Mark specializes in the intricate world of tax structuring for mergers and acquisitions. Clients value his extensive experience and technical acumen, ranking him as a leader in his field, and he is trusted by leading businesses and private equity funds.
Mark’s focus extends to private equity fund formation and portfolio movements, business restructurings, acquisitions, disposals, and Broad-Based Black Economic structuring.
With over 30 years of experience, he consistently delivers solutions, contributing significantly to the success of large and intricate transactions.
Professional Membership
- South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)
Experience
Mark has advised:
- Infinite Partners, Leapfrog, Medu Capital, Metier, Nedbank Private Equity, Old Mutual Private Equity and RMB Corvest in respect of acquisitions and disposals.
- Bud Group, an unlisted group of companies spun out of Investec, on several stages of restructuring, refinancing, acquisitions and disposals.
- Old Mutual Life Assurance Company on restructuring of the IDEAS platform, South Africa’s largest infrastructure equity fund.
- Restructuring of the ownership structures of Ampath Laboratories.
- Distressed debt structuring and recapitalisation, including for Ascendis Health and Mpact Polymers.
Awards
- Marked is ranked by Chambers Global for nineteen years, most recently in Band 1 for Tax: Consultants in South Africa (2023-2026).
- Recommended by the Legal500: EMEA.
‘Mark Linington is very solution oriented. If dealing with a complex problem, he somehow finds a very creative solution.’ – Chambers Global, 2026
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