
Johannes Gouws
DirectorCountry Managing Partner, South Africa
He's got excellent people skills and is brilliant to have by your side in negotiations.
— Client, Chambers Global 2022About
Johannes has over 20 years’ experience of helping clients with cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, corporate finance, corporate law and the resolution of financial institutions.
He has advised on many of the largest and most well-publicised corporate transactions in South Africa, across a range of industries, particularly banking and financial services, insurance, agriculture and retail.
Highlights
EXPERIENCE
Languages
- English
- Afrikaans
Education
- University of Pretoria, LLB, 1992
- University of Pretoria, BLC, 1990
Awards and recognition
- Best Lawyers in South Africa 2011 - 2023 recommends Johannes for Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Band 1 lawyer, Corporate/M&A, South Africa, Chambers Global 2021-23. “Johannes is particularly renowned for his experience leading complex cross-border M&A deals."
- Leading individual, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, South Africa, The Legal 500 EMEA 2019-22
- Highly regarded in M&A, South Africa, IFLR1000 2018-22
- Acritas Star, 2017-20
Seminars
- Regular speaker at DLA Piper Africa’s M&A Academies.