PEOPLE PROFILES

 
 

Gareth Driver

Director
Branch: Johannesburg
Tel: +27 (0)11 535 8222
Fax: +27 (0)11 535 8622
Email: gdriver@werksmans.com
 
Main Practice Areas

Mining, Energy & Natural Resources
Mergers & Acquisitions

Specialises in:
  • securities law
  • black economic empowerment transactions
  • corporate finance and structuring
  • corporate governance
  • exchange control
  • financial services regulation
  • international transactions
  • listings/flotations
  • leveraged and management buy-outs
  • mining transactions
  • private equity
  • public offerings and private placements

Career:

BA LLB LLM: with distinction (Wits)

1997: Director, Werksmans

Head of the Commercial department

Highlights:
  • Lectured the Corporate & Tax Law component of the MBA degree offered by Wits Business School
  • Consistently recognised in international ratings. Named as a leading lawyer in:
    • Antitrust, Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions by Best Lawyers International   (2008 - 2010)
    • Corporate/M&A by Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (2003 - 2012)
    • Mergers and Acquisitions by IFLR1000: The Guide to the World\\\\\\\\\\\'s Leading Financial Law Firms (2007 - 2011)
    • Mergers and Acquisitions (2011) and Corporate Governance (2011) by the International Who’s Who Legal
    • Private Equity: Buyouts by PLC Which Lawyer (2010 and 2011)
    • the Expert Guides\\\\\\\\\\\' Guide to the World\\\\\\\\\\\'s Leading Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers (2009)
  • Named as a recommended lawyer in Competition/Antitrust (2007 and 2008) and in Corporate/M&A (2009   2010) by PLC Which Lawyer
  • Named as a recognised lawyer in Competition/Antitrust (2009) by PLC Which Lawyer
  • Named as an endorsed lawyer in Corporate/M&A by PLC Which Lawyer (2011)
  • Named as a leading expert in Legal Media Group\\\\\\\\\\\'s Guide to the World’s Leading Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyers (2008)