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Christoph Berndt

Associate
Johannesburg
About

Christoph has experience in the commercial and tax fields of law. His commercial experience includes assisting client with local and cross-border restructurings, mergers and acquisitions and general commercial matters relating to data protection and TMT.

He has assisted clients with various tax matters that include providing local and international tax advice relating to group restructures, transfer pricing and disputes. He has provided tax advice regarding debt and equity funding structures.

Areas of FocusTax

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising Brockwell Capital, as the warranty and indemnity insurance underwriter, in respect of their underwrite process related to the sale of a specialist food packaging manufacturer.
  • Advising Unilever on a joint venture between CAVI Brands and Marga, a Unilever group company, whereby Marga effectively invested in 60% of the South African licensed distributor of Dermalogica branded products.
  • Advising nCino, a leading global financial technology company, on the USD75m acquisition of DocFox, a global end-to-end software solution and onboarding service provider for commercial and business banks. The software will be integrated into nCino’s technology stable, to help financial institutions offer a wider range of services to their clients.
  • Advising EOH on its capital raising, comprising a renounceable rights offer made to EOH's qualifying shareholders and specific issue for cash to its BEE shareholder.
Languages
  • English
  • Afrikaans
Education
  • University of Pretoria, LLB, 2020
  • University of Pretoria, BCom Honours (Taxation), 2020
  • University of Pretoria, BCom (Law), 2018

Connect

Phone

+27 11 302 0874
(Work, Johannesburg)
+27 72 730 2119
(Mobile, Johannesburg)
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