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Ezra DavidsBowman GilfillanAbout the AuthorsEzra Davids is a partner in and the head of Bowman Gilfillan’s corporate department.He specialises in mergers and acquisitions (M&A, capital markets and securities law). MrDavids has led the Bowman Gilfillan team in some of the largest M&A deals in the pastyear, including the disposal by Barrick Gold Corporation of Barrick Gold South Africato Gold Fields Limited ($1.55 billion), the acquisition by MTN Group of Investcom($5 billion) and the disposal by Polyus of its entire shareholding in Gold Fields Limited($2.02 billion). In capital markets he headed the teams in advising Goldman Sachs andUBS as joint global coordinators in the combined offering by Anglo American plc andAngloGold Ashanti of AngloGold Ashanti shares ($1.69 billion) and Witsgold on itsIPO on the JSE Limited.Mr Davids is also the relationship partner for some of the firm’s clients likeGoldman Sachs, UBS, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Eskom,Transnet, Barrick Gold Corporation, Public Investment Corporation, UPS and MerafeResources.Who’s Who Legal (2010) has named Mr Davids as one of the leading M&Alawyers in South Africa. He is past chairman of the Recent Developments in M&Aof the International Bar Association and is a contributor to a number of internationalpublications. Mr Davids is also a member of the faculty advisory board of the LawFaculty of the University of Cape Town.Ashleigh HaleBowman GilfillanAshleigh Hale is a partner in Bowman Gilfillan’s corporate department. Her practicefocuses on mergers and acquisitions and the privatisation and restructuring of state assets.She also has a broad range of general commercial law experience, for example, relatingto joint ventures, IT outsourcing and tender submissions and contract negotiations.Ms Hale has advised a range of multinational and local companies, including,Sumitomo, Sojitz, Nippon Steel, Bureau Veritas, Alcatel-Lucent, Gemalto, Turbomeca,Marsh South Africa, Ericsson South Africa and Amdocs. Ashleigh has also advised in anumber of black economic empowerment (‘BEE’) equity transactions (acting for bothBEE consortia and the companies in which they purchase equity).In relation to the privatisation and restructuring of state assets, Ms Hale waspart of the team which advised Transnet in relation to its proposed restructuring ofSpoornet during 2000, and was co-lead attorney representing Turbomeca in relation toits acquisition of the Airmotive Division of Denel. Ms Hale has also advised Transnetand Eskom in relation to the disposal of certain of certain non-core assets and theBotswana Telecommunications Corporation in relation to its proposed privatisation.
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