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Christo Els

Partner · Webber Wentzel

South AfricaCorporate / M&A, Capital Markets

About

Partner at Webber Wentzel based in South Africa who specialises in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, equity capital markets and securities regulation, with extensive experience on large transformational and cross‑border transactions in Sub‑Saharan Africa. He has advised on major deals and numerous JSE listings, including AB InBev's takeover of SABMiller, the Naspers/Prosus unbundling, Woolworths' takeover of David Jones and transactions for Walmart/Massmart, Vodafone/Vodacom and others.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&ACapital MarketsSecurities RegulationCorporate Finance

Office

Expertise

Sub‑Saharan Africa transactionsCross‑border M&AJSE listings / Equity listingsTelecommunicationsRetail & ConsumerBeverages / FMCGHealthcareFinancial ServicesFisheries

Education

  • Programme in Leading Professional Service Firms, Harvard Business School, 2008
  • LLM (Tax) (cum laude), University of South Africa, 2001
  • LLB (magna cum laude), University of Pretoria, 1995
  • BLC (cum laude), University of Pretoria, 1993

Admissions

  • Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa