Zhou Jie has
advised domestic and foreign investment
banks, commercial
banks, leasing companies, asset managers, fund managers and
multinational corporations providing legal services for the foreign clients» investment transactions and operations in China, as well as the domestic clients» investment and financing activities overseas.
Significant matters / transactions include:
Advised Xstrata South Africa (Proprietary) Limited on its offer to purchase Lonmin plc's entire issued share capital, # 5 billion
Advised Telkom SA Limited on its unbundling of a 35 % stake in Vodacom Group (Proprietary) Limited, R35 billion
Advised Edgars Consolidated Stores Limited on its acquisition by Bain Capital, R25, 5 billion
Advised The Standard
Bank of South Africa Limited and FirstRand
Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant
Bank division) on the introduction of BEE equity participation in Sasol Limited and their arranging financing therefore, R25, 4 billion
Advised FirstRand
Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant
Bank division) and Nedbank Limited (acting through its Nedbank Capital division) as lenders to Richards Bay Titanium (Proprietary) Limited and Richards Bay Mining (Proprietary) Limited, R19 billion
Advised Citibank N.A. on a bridge loan granted to Turquoise Moon Trading 427 (Proprietary) Limited by Citibank N.A. and JP Morgan Chase, R10 billion
Advised British American Tobacco plc on its secondary listing on the JSE, R550 billion
Advised Pioneer Foods Limited on its listing on the JSE Securities Exchange, R6 billion
Advised the South African National Roads Agency Limited in respect of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project involving the construction and upgrade of the Gauteng freeway and the procurement of an open road tolling system, R44 billion
Advised Absa
Bank Limited (acting though its Absa Capital division), FirstRand
Bank Limited (acting through its Rand Merchant
Bank division) and Vunani Capital (as co-lead arrangers) and the South Africa National Roads Agency Limited (as issuer) on the establishment of its South African Guaranteed Domestic Medium Term Note Programme and the subsequent issue of notes thereunder, R32 billion
Advised Shoprite Checkers (Proprietary) Limited on the proposed Brait Private Equity private equity buy - out (this did not proceed), R12 billion
Advised Reclamation Holdings (Proprietary) Limited and various shareholders on the acquisition by Capitalworks Private Equity SP GP (Proprietary) Limited and Old Mutual Life Assurance Company South Africa Limited of a 20 % equity stake in Reclamation Holdings (Proprietary) Limited from various shareholders, R511 million Clients include:
Multinationals, listed companies, financial institutions, entrepreneurs and Government