Derryn Visser
Derryn Visser
Derryn Visser
Biography
Derryn is client-focused and solution-oriented, committed to helping clients deliver and execute their M&A transactions and strategic investments in a pragmatic and efficient manner.
Derryn deliberately maintains a practice dedicated to M&A, servicing both private and listed clients in the UK and abroad and has experience across both domestic and cross-border (inbound and outbound) M&A transactions of varying kinds, including fundamental acquisitions or disposals, schemes of arrangement, take-privates and tender offers.
Derryn has acted for both sell-side and buy-side clients in their M&A processes and has experience in both bilateral and auction processes, many involving multijurisdictional considerations in regulated industries.
Prior to joining BCLP, Derryn worked in the Johannesburg office of a leading African law firm. In this position he gained experience acting for multinational clients in their inward investments into and exits from Southern Africa, West and East Africa, which experience continues to be useful to clients who appreciate his “on-the-ground” knowledge and relationships.
Afrikaans
Admissions
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South Africa
Related Capabilities
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M&A & Corporate Finance
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Corporate
Experience
- Playtech plc in connection with the proposed sale of Snaitech S.p.A. for a total enterprise value of €2.3 billion.
- Groupe Canal+ in connection with its $2.5billion cash offer for MultiChoice Group, a company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
- Leading global sports technology company in connection with its acquisition of assets from AIM-listed plc.
- Pembroke Real Estate on the sale of 49 Park Lane, London.
- STEF, a listed European specialist in cold logistics, on its acquisition of Langdon Group, a UK-based cold storage and logistics business.
- Linde plc, a leading global industrial gases and engineering company, on the take private of its JSE and Namibian Stock Exchange listed subsidiary Afrox Limited through scheme of arrangement.*
- Large privately held company on the sale of its shares in a publicly listed Tanzanian company to a listed German multinational company.*
* Denotes experience prior to joining BCLP.
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