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Nkosi Tshabalala

ENS

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Position: Executive
Rating:
  • Rising star partner
Practice Areas:
Capital markets
Jurisdictions:
Biography

Nkosi Tshabalala is an Executive in ENSafrica’s Corporate Commercial practice.  He specialises in general corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets (“ECM”) and broad-based black economic empowerment (“B-BBEE”).  Nkosi has expertise in both local and cross border transactions servicing both listed and unlisted clients across several different industries.

Nkosi is an expert in B-BBEE advisory, regulatory and compliance, including strategic planning, as well as structuring, implementing and regulating transactions across a wide variety of industries in accordance with the B-BBEE legislation.

Nkosi’s experience includes advising clients on corporate matters, including the formation and initial structuring of new business entities, private equity transactions, general corporate finance, as well as drafting and negotiating a number of commercial documents including sale agreements (shares, businesses and others), share subscriptions, board and shareholders’ resolutions, trust deeds, shareholders’ agreements and memoranda of incorporation.

Nkosi has specialist experience on advising on ECM transactions, securities dealings, initial public offerings, Johannesburg Stock Exchange listings (primary and secondary), and domestic and international capital raisings in multiple sectors.

Sector expertise
  • Broad-based black economic empowerment
  • Corporate commercial
  • Capital markets: Equity
Academic qualifications
  • BCom Law (with distinction) (University of Pretoria)
  • LLB (with distinction) (University of Pretoria)
  • Advanced Company Law I (University of the Witwatersrand)
  • Advanced Company Law II (University of the Witwatersrand)
  • Admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa 
Address:
Cape Town
South Africa
Tel:+27 82 560 1451 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.ensafrica.com/people/detail/1298/nkosi-tshabalala/