Misty Keep
Partner | Johannesburg
Contact
T: +27 11 669 9257
E: misty.keep@bowmanslaw.com
Overview
Misty Keep is a partner in our Corporate Department in the Johannesburg office and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions practice.
Misty specialises in private mergers and acquisitions as well as general corporate, company and commercial law. Misty is able to make a material difference to transactions and has a creative approach in finding solutions to challenging legal issues.
Misty often takes the lead in multi-disciplinary and cross border transactions.
Experience
- Advising RPM International Inc in relation to its acquisition (through its South African subsidiary, Chemrite Equipment Systems Proprietary Limited) of the businesses of Advanced Materials Technology Proprietary Limited, Advanced Materials Technology Properties Proprietary Limited and GAIA Composites Proprietary Limited by way of a sale of business transaction. This deal represented the acquisition of a business by a SA subsidiary of a US listed company.
- Advising Ardagh in its approximately ZAR 10 billion acquisition of the Consol Glass Group, including its Silica Sand Mining Operations – M&A deal of the Year, IFLR Africa Awards 2022.
- Advising MTN (Dubai) Limited in relation to the sale of 50% of the issued shares held in aYo Holdings Limited to Sanlam Emerging Markets Proprietary Limited and the subscription by MTN and Sanlam for further shares in the Company.
- Advising Ata Resources Proprietary Limited in relation to its proposed acquisition, together with a consortium of investors, of the entire issued and to be issued share capital in Universal Coal Plc by way of a scheme of arrangement pursuant to Part 26 of the United Kingdom’s Companies Act 2006, and subsequent delist of Universal.
- Counsel to SABMiller in respect of the combination of the soft-drink bottling operations of SABMiller, The Coca-Cola Company and Gutsche Family Investments (majority shareholders in Coca-Cola SABCO) in Southern and East Africa to create Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, forming the biggest bottler of soft drinks in Africa and the 10th largest in the world, with annual revenue of USD 2.9 billion.
- Counsel to Rand Merchant Investment Holdings in respect of its asset management joint ventures with MMI and Royal Bafokeng Holdings and the acquisition by those joint venture vehicles of minority interests in various asset management businesses in South Africa.
- Acted for Steltix International B.V. (the Purchaser) in relation to its acquisition of 39% of the ordinary shares in Steltix South Africa Proprietary Limited (the Target) from an existing shareholder. This took the Purchaser’s shareholding in the Target to 95%, with 5% of the shareholding being retained by management.
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Qualifications
- BCom and LLB (cum laude) degrees from Stellenbosch University.
- Certificate in Advanced Company Law from the University of the Witwatersrand.
- Notary public of the High Court of South Africa.
Overview
Misty Keep is a partner in our Corporate Department in the Johannesburg office and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions practice.
Misty specialises in private mergers and acquisitions as well as general corporate, company and commercial law. Misty is able to make a material difference to transactions and has a creative approach in finding solutions to challenging legal issues.
Misty often takes the lead in multi-disciplinary and cross border transactions.
Experience
- Advising RPM International Inc in relation to its acquisition (through its South African subsidiary, Chemrite Equipment Systems Proprietary Limited) of the businesses of Advanced Materials Technology Proprietary Limited, Advanced Materials Technology Properties Proprietary Limited and GAIA Composites Proprietary Limited by way of a sale of business transaction. This deal represented the acquisition of a business by a SA subsidiary of a US listed company.
- Advising Ardagh in its approximately ZAR 10 billion acquisition of the Consol Glass Group, including its Silica Sand Mining Operations – M&A deal of the Year, IFLR Africa Awards 2022.
- Advising MTN (Dubai) Limited in relation to the sale of 50% of the issued shares held in aYo Holdings Limited to Sanlam Emerging Markets Proprietary Limited and the subscription by MTN and Sanlam for further shares in the Company.
- Advising Ata Resources Proprietary Limited in relation to its proposed acquisition, together with a consortium of investors, of the entire issued and to be issued share capital in Universal Coal Plc by way of a scheme of arrangement pursuant to Part 26 of the United Kingdom’s Companies Act 2006, and subsequent delist of Universal.
- Counsel to SABMiller in respect of the combination of the soft-drink bottling operations of SABMiller, The Coca-Cola Company and Gutsche Family Investments (majority shareholders in Coca-Cola SABCO) in Southern and East Africa to create Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, forming the biggest bottler of soft drinks in Africa and the 10th largest in the world, with annual revenue of USD 2.9 billion.
- Counsel to Rand Merchant Investment Holdings in respect of its asset management joint ventures with MMI and Royal Bafokeng Holdings and the acquisition by those joint venture vehicles of minority interests in various asset management businesses in South Africa.
- Acted for Steltix International B.V. (the Purchaser) in relation to its acquisition of 39% of the ordinary shares in Steltix South Africa Proprietary Limited (the Target) from an existing shareholder. This took the Purchaser’s shareholding in the Target to 95%, with 5% of the shareholding being retained by management.
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