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Willem Jacobs

Willem Jacobs is a Director in our Corporate & Commercial practice. Willem led the Corporate & Commercial team for 11 years before stepping down to focus on the day to day running of his practice. He also serves on the firm's Executive, Fincom and Africom Committees. As evidenced through market recognition, Willem is regarded as one of South Africa's foremost M&A specialists. Willem’s areas of expertise are corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, private equity, black economic empowerment transactions, and structuring and restructuring of businesses. · Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

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About

Director in the Corporate & Commercial practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, regarded as one of South Africa's foremost M&A specialists. He led the firm's Corporate & Commercial team for 11 years and serves on the firm's Executive, Fincom and Africom Committees.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&ACorporate FinanceCapital MarketsPrivate EquityRestructuring & InsolvencyBlack Economic Empowerment

Office

Expertise

Mergers & AcquisitionsCorporate FinanceCapital MarketsPrivate EquityBlack Economic Empowerment TransactionsBusiness Structuring and Restructuring

Education

  • BCom Law, University of Johannesburg
  • LLB, University of Johannesburg
  • Diploma (Insolvency), University of Johannesburg
  • Higher Diploma (Tax), University of Johannesburg

Admissions

  • Admitted as an attorney (South Africa), 1997
  • Registered with the Legal Practice Council

Languages

English