Stonebridge Chambers is a corporate and commercial firm built around cross-border transactions touching Southern Africa. It advises listed companies, private eq
Stonebridge Chambers is a corporate and commercial firm built around cross-border transactions touching Southern Africa. It advises listed companies, private equity sponsors, development finance institutions and founders on the deals, financings and structures that move capital into and out of the region. The firm was established in 2008 by a group of transactional lawyers who had practised at larger full-service firms and wanted a leaner partnership focused on M&A, banking and private equity. From offices in Sandton and Cape Town, and a transactional desk in Mauritius, it acts on inbound investment, outbound expansion by South African corporates, and the fund structures that increasingly route African capital through offshore holding vehicles. Stonebridge positions itself as a transaction specialist rather than a full-service firm. Where a matter calls for litigation, competition clearance, tax or regulatory advice outside its core, it co-counsels with specialist firms — an approach that keeps fees and conflicts under control on complex multi-jurisdictional work.
Leads the firm's private equity and cross-border M&A practice. Admitted to the High Court of South Africa in 2003. Over twenty years of experience advising private equity sponsors, listed corporates and development finance institutions on mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures across SADC.
Acts for lenders and borrowers on acquisition finance and project finance across SADC. Admitted in 2006. Particular experience in leveraged finance, real estate finance and infrastructure lending mandates involving development finance institution participants.
Structures fund and holding vehicles for Africa-focused investors, coordinating South African exchange control, Mauritian regulatory requirements and the investment frameworks of DFI investors. Dual-qualified practitioner with over a decade of funds experience.
Advises on JSE-listed transactions, rights offers, debt issuances and securities regulation. Acts for issuers, investment banks and regulators on both equity and debt capital markets mandates.
Sipho advises mining houses on regulatory compliance, mining rights and BEE transactions.
Matters are described generically and anonymised where confidentiality applies.
Advised a private equity sponsor on the acquisition of a controlling stake in a pan-African consumer goods group, including the SADC merger-control strategy and a Mauritius holding structure.
Acted for a syndicate of lenders on a USD acquisition facility funding the buy-out of a South African industrials business.
Advised a JSE-listed company on a rights offer and related debt restructuring during a period of balance-sheet stress.
Structured an Africa-focused fund for an international investor, coordinating South African exchange-control and Mauritian regulatory requirements.
Advised the founders of a financial-services business on a minority growth investment, including governance and shareholder arrangements.
Band-ranked for Corporate/M&A in independent legal directory research (Southern Africa).
Recognised for Banking & Finance in regional market commentary.
Deal of the year shortlist — cross-border private equity (regional awards).
Noted for fund-structuring work involving Mauritian holding vehicles.
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