THE FINANCIALLY- AND BUSINESS-MINDED LAWYER
Welcome To Gerhard Swart & Co
Combining legal and financial expertise with hands-on business experience, we appreciate that the business of business is to get things done
About Gerhard Swart & Co
Gerhard Swart is a financially- and business-minded lawyer with over 20 years experience in Investment & Merchant Banking and 15 years in practice as a corporate and commercial attorney, at first as in-house Legal Advisor, then in Corporate Finance (including Mergers & Acquisitions, capital raising and JSE flotations), Private Equity and Project Finance.
He held senior advisory and consulting positions in Corporate Finance in a number of Investment Banks, untill 2008.
Gerhard Swart & Co, practising as a corporate and commercial attorney, was established in 2010 in Plettenberg Bay and has been based in Tulbach since 2020
What We Do
Legal Practice Areas
Business/Corporate Law
Company Law
Contract Law
Due Diligence Investigations
Mergers & Acquisitions
Stock Exchange Rules/Listings Requirements
Stock Exchange Flotations – Capital Raising (private placings/public offers), prospectus/Pre-Listing Statement, rights offers, acquisitions/disposals
Takeover Regulation Panel Rules
Finance Law
IP Law
High Court Litigation
Civil Dispute Mediation
Types of Legal Agreements
Sale of Shares
Sale of Business
Shareholders’ Agreement
Memorandum Of Incorporation
IP Licencing/Assignment
Project Management
Joint Venture
Partnership
Trusts
Voting Pool
Underwriting
Commercial Lease
Loan / Lending facilities/Acknowledgement Of Debt
Security (Cession/Pledge)
Agency & Distribution
Investment (Equity/Debt)
Project Finance Transaction Agreements
Preference Share Terms
Debenture Terms
Financial Practice Areas
Business/Company Valuation
Financial Projections & Analysis - Financial Statements/Cash Flow/Working Capital/Investment Returns
Financial Ratio Analysis
Corporate Finance – Listing Strategy/Merger & Acquisition Financial Effects
Private Equity/Venture Capital transactions
Fair & Reasonable Opinions
How we can help you
Assisting businesses to initiate, develop, structure and close a transaction is our focus. In this process we can do financial and cash flow modelling, business/company valuation, transaction structuring, due diligence, negotiation, tailor-made transaction document drafting and closing the deal, navigating through applicable law and legislation, amongst others, company and tax laws. We have extensive experience in the application of the JSE Listings Requirements and Rules of The Takeover Regulation Panel.
We well understand that often a business just needs guidance on legal and financial issues surrounding taking, or not taking, a particular course of action, or assistance in facilitating the execution of shareholder or management action plans and objectives.
Whether you need tailor-made legal agreements or legal advise to implement an intricate transaction, or just a short telephone conversation to assist you in steering in the right direction, we'll always aim to add value.
Our fees are highly competitive and flexible depending on complexity and nature of the mandate. Our hourly rates for work of a routine, fact-finding, repetitive or administrative nature are substantially lower than the rate we apply for work involving creativity, application of skill, expertise and experience, problem-solving or tailor-made legal agreement drafting or financial modelling.
We are also willing to work on the basis of pre-agreed fixed fees for a mandate and/or retainer fee arrangements.
