David Kriel

David Kriel

Consultant

David has over 20 years’ experience advising local and international clients on a wide variety of corporate commercial and related regulatory matters. He has worked for top commercial law firms in South Africa, an international law firm, and as an in-house legal advisor for a private equity firm with offices on various continents. He has advised on multiple local and cross border merger and acquisition transactions, financing transactions and competition law merger filings in the context of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) listings requirements, takeover regulations, exchange control and competition law.

Major publishable transactions

Banking and Finance

  • Advised on a debentures issue for a South African FMCG company.
  • Advised on a mezzanine facility for a South African FMCG company.
  • Advised on a senior facility for a South African FMCG company.
  • Advised on preference share funding for a South African investment company.

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Advised Ascendis Health on their acquisition of Klub M5.
  • Advised on an acquisition by Ascendis Health of Remedica, in Cyprus.
  • Advised on an acquisition by Ascendis Health of Sunwave Pharma, in Romania.
  • Advised on the sale of a rental enterprise in the property industry.
  • Advised on various sales of shares in a property investment entity.
  • Advised on the sale of shares in a leading South African canning business.
  • Advised on an investment in a South African irradiation company.
  • Advised on a subscription by Grand Parade Investments Limited for shares in Spur Corporation Limited.
  • Advised on the unbundling of private equity investments of a private equity group in the consumer goods sector.
  • Advised on the unbundling of a steel manufacturer in business rescue.

Restructuring and Insolvency

  • Advised on the subscription into and debt restructure of a consumer goods brand management company.