Mergers & Acquisitions
Strategic Legal Support for Growth, Restructuring & Investment
At Cox Yeats, our Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) team advises South African and international clients on structuring, negotiating, and executing complex transactions. Whether you’re expanding through acquisition, entering a joint venture, disposing of a business unit, or investing in a high-growth company, we bring the legal insight and commercial acumen needed to unlock value and manage risk.
Full-Spectrum M&A Services
We offer a comprehensive, end-to-end service across the entire deal lifecycle:
- Strategic Transaction Structuring: Guidance on mergers, acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, partnerships, and minority investments.
- Due Diligence: Legal, regulatory, competition, and financial diligence, including anti-trust risk and deal jump assessments.
- Negotiation & Documentation: Drafting and negotiation of term sheets, sale agreements, shareholder agreements, and transaction documents.
- Regulatory Compliance: Support with Competition Commission notifications, B-BBEE compliance, sector-specific regulations, and cross-border approvals.
Our multidisciplinary team collaborates closely with other practice areas, including Competition, Tax, Employment, and Corporate Governance, to ensure a seamless, integrated approach.
Cross-Sector and Cross-Border Capability
Cox Yeats acts for clients across key sectors such as construction, insurance, logistics, healthcare, retail, technology, and energy.
Our experience includes:
- M&A in highly regulated industries (e.g. financial services, healthcare, mining)
- Corporate restructurings and distressed asset acquisitions
- Private equity transactions and venture capital funding rounds
- Post-transaction integration and corporate governance advice
We also assist clients in identifying acquisition targets and aligning transactions with long-term strategic objectives.