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Position: Senior Associate
Rating:
  • Rising star
Practice Areas:
Banking and finance
Jurisdictions:
Biography

Michael Bailey is a Senior Associate in CDH's Banking, Finance & Projects practice. He is part of the team that advises on most areas of finance (debt and equity), projects finance, corporate finance, private equity transactions, corporate and commercial law.

Recent matter/case highlights
  • Public Investment Corporation SOC Limited in relation to the subscription of shares in the Africa Finance Corporation
    amounting to ZAR 1,7 billion.
  • Grindrod Bank Limited in relation to: two facility agreements to finance a rooftop solar system at a commercial building; and funding to FEC Prop Proprietary Limited to purchase listed shares for a deal value of R129 million.
  • Development Bank of Southern Africa on its facility funding to a state-owned enterprise for a deal value of R500 million.
  • Futuregrowth Asset Management Proprietary Limited on its term loan facility to a listed property developer valued at R272 million.
Key practice areas
  • Banking
Academic qualifications
  • Registered with the Legal Practice Council
  • BA, University of Cape Town
  • LLB, University of Cape Town
  • LLM, University of Cape Town (with the coursework undertaken at Queen's University, Canada)
Bar Admissions
  • South Africa
Address:
1 Protea Place
Sandton
Johannesburg, 2196
Tel:+27(0)115621378 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com/en/