CorporateFinance

RMB Corporate Finance has one of the largest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory teams in Africa. Our multi-skilled, award-winning team*Best Advisory House in Africa – Euromoney offers objective and expert advice to our clients on domestic and international transactions, from our offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Lagos, London and Mumbai.

We have a deep understanding of the markets in which we operate, combined with specialist industry and product knowledge, enabling us to offer our clients innovative solutions to help them achieve their short and long-term strategic goals.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

We provide holistic solutions to our clients on corporate actions including acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, corporate restructurings, joint ventures, recapitalizations, spin-offs, exchange offers, leveraged buyouts and takeover defences. As a key aspect of strategic management, M&A can enable enterprises to grow or downsize and change the nature of their business or competitive position.

Some of examples of the deals we have done include:

• Hastings Plc / RMI
• Aldermore
• Distell (pyramid collapse)
• Vumatel
• Life Healthcare – Alliance for Life
• Medi-Clinic (Al Noor)
• Gammatek
• Brait sale of Pepkor
• Peermont

Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) ownership transactions

RMB has been a market leader in structuring and advising on some of the largest BEE ownership transactions across all industries in South Africa. We provide a multi-disciplinary solution to help our clients achieve their BEE ownership objectives.

Some examples of deals we have concluded for clients include:

• Vodacom BEE
• Anglo (New Largo)
• Exxaro Empowerment Restructure