Zoe Banchetti

Partner

zoe@twb.co.za

Zoe is a corporate lawyer with more than 25 years of experience advising clients on complex, high-value transactions with individual deal values ranging from several hundred million rand to over USD 100 million.

Zoe’s practice covers mergers and acquisitions, B-BBEE transactions, joint ventures, public–private partnerships, preference share funding and large-scale corporate restructures. She works closely with regulatory authorities – including the Competition Commission, the B-BBEE Commission and NERSA – to navigate intricate competition and compliance frameworks and deliver outcomes that are practical, defensible and aligned with her clients’ strategic objectives.

Zoe’s experience spans a wide range of industries, including financial services, logistics, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, fast-moving consumer goods, information technology, gas, renewable energy, glass manufacturing and distribution and other manufacturing and distribution sectors. She has a particular interest in start-ups that show potential to grow into long-term sustainable businesses.

Zoe previously served as a director of Tiso Group Proprietary Limited and Imperial Bank Limited, until its acquisition by Nedbank Limited.

Credentials:

BA LLB – University of the Witwatersrand
Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
TWB’s corporate law division has consistently been recognised for its excellence in transactional work and is frequently ranked among the top ten performers by transaction value in Without Prejudice — a reflection of the quality, scale and market impact of the matters Zoe and her team advise on.

Sample Matters handled by Zoe:

The acquisition of a 100% interest in an IT company for a purchase consideration in excess of R1 billion.
Private placement of non redeemable, non participating preference shares for an issue price of R300 million for a listed blue chip company.
The acquisition by a car rental agency of the rental business of a South African company for a purchase consideration of R2.8 billion.
The acquisition by a listed company of the largest integrated logistics operator on Mozambique’s Beira corridor with operations in Zambia, Zimbabwe and other African countries.
The acquisition by a Black Economic Empowerment company of several motor vehicle distributors.
The acquisition of a major motor vehicle distributor based in Australia for a purchase consideration of $23.5 million.
Multi-tranched acquisition finance in the amount of R3.2 billion.
The acquisition of a 53% interest in a Nigerian healthcare company for a purchase consideration of $74.2 million.
The acquisition of a 70% interest in a pharmaceutical company in Kenya for a purchase consideration of $35 million.
The acquisition of a 51% interest in a consumer business in Ghana and the UAE.
The acquisition by a software company (based in Guernsey) for a purchase consideration of £3.4 million.
The acquisition of a cold chain company in Namibia for a purchase consideration of R633 million.