Lorica Elferink

• FirstRand on the transfer of the clients, banking assets and liabilities and the employees of HSBC's branch in South Africa to FirstRand’s wholly owned subsidiary FirstRand Bank.
• One of the bidders for the acquisition of the South African subsidiary of Shell plc.
• The shareholder of a manufacturer of intermodal ISO tank, bulk liquid shipping and transport containers on the disposal of its shares and loan claims, by way of a restructuring of the loan.
• A majority shareholder with a controlling stake in a JSE listed company in relation to a rights issue undertaken by the listed company and subsequent spin-out and listing of a major subsidiary of the listed company.
• Distell Group Holdings Limited, a company listed on the JSE, on the acquisition by Heineken International BV of all the shares in Distell and simultaneous spin-out to Distell’s shareholders of Distell’s whiskey business, through a scheme of arrangement in a transaction valued at ZAR40.1 billion, which included successfully defending a challenge to the scheme launched by a shareholder in terms of section 115(3) of the South African Companies Act in the High Court of South Africa and addressing appraisal rights purportedly exercised by dissenting shareholders.*
• Sanlam Limited with regard to its partial offer for shares in AfroCentric Investment Corporation Limited (both listed on the JSE) and simultaneous asset-for-shares transaction, valued at ZAR3.629 billion.*
• Remgro Limited regarding relation to the distribution in specie by it to its shareholders of all the shares it held in Grindrod Limited (both listed on the JSE).*
• Astral Operations Limited in concluding*:
• the transport and cold chain logistics agreements for the frozen poultry products of its County Fair division in the Western Cape (South Africa);
• the transport agreements in relation to temperature sensitive day-old chicks in respect of its Festive and Goldi hatcheries in the northern parts of South Africa; and
• the transport of bulk raw feed for its Medaow Feeds division across South Africa.
• RCL Foods Limited in negotiating transport agreements for wholestick and billeted sugar cane, bulk raw sugar and processed and packed sugar*.

*Denotes experience from a previous company.