Finance Monthly Legal Awards 2019 Winners Edition

72 www. finance-monthly .com FINANCE MONTHLY LEGAL AWARDS 2019 South Africa COMMERCIALTEAM MELROSEARCH, JHB. CORPORATE LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR SOUTH AFRICA Eversheds Sutherland South Africa TANYA WAKSMAN, PARTNER – CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL Tanya has more than 20 years’ experience in commercial and corporate law. She has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, cross border transactions, corporate restructuring, listings, regulatory compliance, property acquisitions and construction/development, banking, finance and structured funding arrangements, consumer protection, privacy, data protection and cybersecurity and information technology law. Tanya is well-versed in commercial and corporate governance and legal and regulatory compliance. Tanya advises a number of listed companies and large to medium size corporates (both local and abroad) on all legal and regulatory aspects of their respective businesses in South Africa. TANYA POLLAK, PARTNER – CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL With over 20 years’ experience in corporate and commercial law, Tanya’s main areas of expertise comprise mergers and acquisitions, cross border transactions, joint ventures, corporate structuring and restructuring, securitisations, and advising on commercial and corporate governance and legal and regulatory compliance. Tanya has advised listed companies, large corporates, multinationals, financial institutions, and entrepreneurs on, private equity funding, banking law, stock exchange law, aviation law, pharmaceutical law, insurance law and exchange control law both locally and internationally. Tanya has handled numerous listings and delisting’s and has also had significant experience in mining, energy and natural resources transactions, distressed company transactions and credit transactions. GREG SHAPIRO- PARTNER, CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL Greg has more than 10 years of experience in both private practice and in-house, he specialises in cross border M&A transactions, corporate and commercial, media and telecommunications law. Greg has drafted and negotiated various commercial agreements, advised on various mergers and acquisitions and other transactions in the corporate, property, telecommunications and IT sectors. 3rd floor, 54 Melrose Boulevard, Melrose Arch, Melrose North, 2196, Johannesburg, South Africa Tel: +27(0)10 003 1400 Fax: +27 86 447 5137 Email: info@eversheds-sutherland.co.za www.eversheds-sutherland.com FIRM PROFILE As a global top 15 law practice, Eversheds Sutherland provides legal services to a global client base ranging from small and mid- sized businesses to the largest multinationals, acting for 72 of the Fortune 100, 61 of the FTSE 100 and 120 of the Fortune 200. With more than 2,800 lawyers, Eversheds Sutherland operates in 67 offices in 34 jurisdictions across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. In addition, a network of more than 200 related law firms, including formalized alliances in Latin America, Asia Pacific and Africa, provide support around the globe.