PEOPLE PROFILES

 
 

Kevin Trudgeon

Director
Branch: Johannesburg
Tel: +27 (0)11 535 8169
Fax: +27 (0)11 535 8669
Email: ktrudgeon@werksmans.com
 
Main Practice Area

Mergers & Acquisitions

Specialises in:
  • securities law
  • banking and financial services regulation
  • black economic empowerment transactions
  • corporate finance and structuring
  • debt capital markets
  • employee incentivisation plans
  • exchange control
  • leveraged and acquisition finance
  • leveraged and management buy-outs
  • listings/flotations
  • private equity
  • project and limited recourse finance
  • syndicated and bilateral financing structures

Career:
BA LLB (Wits)

1998: Director, Werksmans

Highlights:
  • Lectured
    • Law of Security component of the Wits LLB degree
    • Corporate & Tax Law component of the MBA degree offered by Wits Business School

  • Named as a leading lawyer in:
    • Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions (2008 - 2010) and in Corporate (2009 and 2010) by Best Lawyers International
    • Banking and Finance (2007 - 2009) and in Corporate/M&A (2010 - 2012) by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
    • Mergers and Acquisitions by IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms (2010 and 2011)
    • Capital Markets (2007   2010) and Banking (2007   2011) by the International Who’s Who Legal
    • Banking and Finance by PLC Which Lawyer (2010)
  • Named as a recommended lawyer in:
    • Corporate and M&A by the Legal500 (2010)
    • Banking and Finance (2007   2009) and Corporate/M&A (2009 and 2010) by PLC Which Lawyer
  • Named as an endorsed lawyer in Corporate/M&A by PLC Which Lawyer (2011)