Andrew Davidson

Partner

Practice areas

• Commercial agreements
• Corporate
• Employee share schemes
• Franchising and distribution arrangements
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Private equity

Practice notes

Andrew is a partner in the commercial department at the Durban office specialising in private equity transactional work, including leveraged transactions, structuring of management arrangements, refinancing, restructurings and disposal transactions. He also has considerable experience in mergers and acquisitions, black economic empowerment transactions and general corporate and commercial law matters.

Andrew also has general experience in corporate governance, trust law and pension and provident funds and has served as both a principal officer and company secretary.

Having been a general counsel for many years, Andrew understands the importance of advising clients within the everyday framework of their businesses and understands the importance of establishing a long-term relationship with clients.

We advised RCL FOODS Limited on the formation of the Livekindly Collective Africa, a joint venture based in South Africa between RCL FOODS and US-based The Livekindly Company Inc. The joint venture involves the marketing, sale and distribution of plant-based alternative food products in South Africa and the rest of sub-Saharan Africa.