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Shannon de Vries

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About

Shannon provides both local and international tax advice, including insights on group restructures, merges and acquisitions, exchange control regulations and public benefit organisation structuring. She is actively involved in the drafting of tax opinions and supporting documentation for clients' corporate and commercial transactions.

Areas of FocusTaxFinancial Services

EXPERIENCE

  • Manufacturer of the industrials sector on the disposal of its shares and loan claims, by way of a restructuring of the loan, in the manufacturer group.
  • Inseego SA in respect of the South African tax law and exchange control aspects of the sale of its international Ctrack telematics business.
  • Community Investment Holdings (CIVH) in respect of the structuring and tax considerations of the public transaction in which the Vodacom Group acquired a strategic stake in CIVH assets, including the restructuring and rationalisations of CIVH group companies.
  • SA Taxi in respect of debt restructuring to limit reliance on new capital and reprofile existing debt, involving restructuring mezzanine debt and debt within the SA Taxi group of companies.
  • Conducting in-depth due diligence and advising large leading public entity on the acquisition of a public services orientated business venture.*

*Denotes experience from a previous firm

Languages
  • English
Education
  • University of Pretoria, LLB, cum laude, 2020
  • University of Pretoria, BCom Law, cum laude, 2018

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Legal Practice Council
  • Registered tax practitioner