At van der Merwe

During his time as legal advisor, At advised the bank on the following significant transactions:

• Syndicated Sustainability Linked Term Loan, Revolving Loan and General Banking Facilities provided to Mediclinic by a syndicate of lenders, arranged by Rand Merchant Bank as Initial Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner.
• Refinancing of Senior Term and Working Capital Facilities provided to Actom by a syndicate of lenders, inter alia, arranged by Rand Merchant Bank as Mandated Lead Arranger.
• Restructuring and refinancing of Senior Term Facilities provided to Virgin Active South Africa.
• Senior Term and Working Capital Facilities provided to a South African telecommunications company by Rand Merchant Bank.
• Refinancing of Senior Preference Share, Senior Term Facilities and Working Capital Facilities provided to the Peermont group of companies by a syndicate of lenders, inter alia, arranged by Rand Merchant Bank as Mandated Lead Arranger.
• Sustainability Linked Facilities provided to Shoprite by Rand Merchant Bank.
• The refinancing of over ZAR9bn debt facilities to Ardagh Glass South Africa and its subsidiaries in Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria.
• Preference share and quasi-equity funding provided to Masimong group of companies, including in the agricultural sector.
  
  Notable transactions whilst in legal practice includes:
• A syndicate of international and South African term loan lenders in respect of the debt and capital restructuring of Edcon. 
• International Finance Corporation on two separate loan facilities, in an amount of USD200m and USD100m respectively, to FirstRand Bank Limited. 
• Rand Merchant Bank on a ZAR250m senior term facility provided to Choppies Supermarkets, guaranteed by Choppies Enterprises Limited (incorporated in Botswana). 
• Investec Bank Limited on a USD10m revolving credit facility provided to a private equity fund based in Mauritius. 
• Investec Bank Limited on revolving credit facilities of USD20m in total provided to private equity funds based in Mauritius and South Africa respectively.