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Annie Nair

Senior Associate
About

Annie has experience in mergers and acquisitions, general corporate and commercial law, corporate governance, due diligence investigations, and corporate reorganisations. Her experience includes drafting and reviewing of company related agreements, opinions and letters; involvement in corporate and commercial due diligence investigations and compliance reviews; assistance with incorporation and restructuring of companies; legal research and opinion writing; and drafting commercial agreements and transactional documents such as memorandums of incorporation, shareholders’ agreements, sale of shares agreements, sale of business agreements and various other mergers and acquisitions related agreements.

EXPERIENCE

  • Advised two fuel providers in Southern Africa in connection with the divestment of the assets and liabilities in respect of South African Petroleum Refineries Proprietary Limited (SAPREF), including their interests of in the SAPREF land, the crude and finished product tanks, process units, pipelines to and from SAPREF to the Island View terminal, and the Single Buoy Mooring for crude imports to the Central Energy Fund SOC Limited.*
  • Advised a global professional services company, on its acquisition of one of the largest independent creative agencies in South Africa.*
  • Advised a private equity fund on its proposed acquisition of 95.36% of the shares in a food and beverage franchise and 100% of the shares in a food processing company from an investment holding company.*
  • Advised a private equity fund in relation to the disposal of 100% of its shares in a food processing company to a South African red meat producer in accordance with the Competition Tribunal Judgement Order.*
  • Advised a South African diversified electronics company with its specific issue for cash with an education empowerment fund.*
  • Advised a South African office services company on the acquisition of the branding business and associated intellectual property from a branding business and its director.*
  • Advised an international services, trading and distribution company regarding its acquisition of 100% of the shares in providers of label and card printing solutions.
  • Advised a provider of print and packaging solutions. regarding its acquisition of a printing business.*
  • Advised a South African subsidiary of a global chemical and ingredients distribution company on its acquisition of the respective chemical, food and adhesive businesses of a specialty chemical distributor.*
  • Advised a South African subsidiary of a global chemical and ingredients distribution company on its acquisition of a chemical business.*
  • Advised a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company, in respect of the disposal of its South African entity, and consequently the Mozambican branch.*
  • Advised a global power equipment manufacturer with the sale of equity interests in local subsidiaries.*
  • Advised a global healthcare company in relation to their integration of the global health diagnostics company entities in South Africa.*
  • Advised an energy equity fund and a specialist asset management group on the acquisitionof a minority stake in a South African subsidiary of a producer of liquified natural gas.*
  • Advised a medical technology company on its acquisition of a medical devices business.*

* Denotes experience from a previous firm.

Languages
  • English
Education

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Law Society of South Africa – Member
  • Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society