Jeffrey Lawton Buckland
1985 BCom – University of Stellenbosch 1987 LLB – University of Stellenbosch 1990 LLM (Company Law & Tax) – UNISA 1992 Higher Diploma in Tax – University of Johannesburg
Jeff Buckland adds diverse expertise to our Johannesburg , and , department. He focuses on all aspects of , law, including , and private mergers, acquisitions and disposals, ,s, crafting , documents for different types of companies, partnerships,and , incorporating majority and minority protections, exit strategies and , arrangements,restructurings, investments in , equity and hybrid instruments, and JSE listing requirements. In addition, he has been involved in establishing numerous South African , funds, some with parallel fund structures, and private mezzanine , funds, as well as executing many acquisitions and disposals by , funds, including crafting the , documents for portfolio companies. Representative experience: Executing the acquisition of 10% of ABSA shares valued at ZAR5.5bn by Batho Bonke consortium and refinancing of ABSA’s BEE transaction. Advising Total Facilities Management Company (Pty) Ltd on the , to it of Telkom’s facilities management services and functions relating to Telkom’s entire property portfolio. Advisor to the purchaser Akani-Egoli (Pty) Ltd in its acquisition of the Gold Reef City businesses and Theme Park. Advisor to the purchaser FujiFilm in its downstream acquisition of the business division that distributed FujiFilm products in South Africa and Namibia. Advisor to a consortium, led by Medu Fund III, in its acquisition of Van Schaik Bookstores and Exclusive Books from Times , Group Ltd. Advisor to Cadbury Schweppes SA in the ZAR1.5bn disposal of its soft drinks business in South Africa to Atlantic Industries and Coca-Cola Southern Africa. Advisor to Tsogo Investment Holdings Company in the negotiation and execution of funding agreements for the acquisition of SABMiller Plc’s hospitality interests in Southern Africa. Advising on the JSE listing of Metropolis Transactive Holdings Ltd and Nedcor Investment Bank Holdings Ltd.
Director/Partner at Hogan Lovells, Sandton
Admitted to the High Court as an attorney in January 1993.
