Danielle Magidson

Director

  Johannesburg

  +27 (0)11 535 8150

  +27 (0) 11 535 8710

  dmagidson@werksmans.com

Danielle Magidson is a Director in the Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions, Mining & Resources and Regulatory practice areas. Drawing on more than 20 years of experience, Danielle has been involved in significant high-profile M&A transactions both locally and across the African continent. She focuses on all aspects of corporate law with specific emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate finance, corporate restructuring, equity capital markets, cross-border transactions as well as local stock exchange requirements. Over the years Danielle has concentrated on gaining in-depth knowledge and understanding of the black economic empowerment legislative and regulatory framework across all sectors within the South African context. She advises both local and international listed and unlisted corporate entities and is widely considered to be a leading B-BBEE transactional M&A lawyer.

  • Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Mining & Resources

All aspects of corporate law with specific emphasis on the follwoing:

  • Mergers and Acquisitions;
  • Corporate Governance;
  • Corporate finance;
  • Corporate Restructuring;
  • Equity Capital Markets;
  • Cross-border transactions; and 
  • Local Stock Exchange Requirements.
  • High-profile M&A transactions both locally and across the African continent;
  • All aspects of corporate law with specific emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate finance, corporate restructuring, equity capital markets, cross-border transactions as well as local stock exchange requirements;
  • Both local and international listed and unlisted corporate entities and; and
  • BEE transactional M&A law 
  • BA LLB, University of Cape Town
  • 2019: Recognised by The Best Lawyers of South Africa for Corporate Law;
  • 2019: Acritas Star, Acritas Stars Independely Rate Lawyers; and 
  • Recommended by Legal 500 for Commercial, Corporate and M&A (2017-2019).

Authorships:

  • Hogan Lovells Publications;
  • Publication of the Draft Broad-Based Socio-Economic Empowermrnt Charter for the Mining and Minerals Industry 2018 Mining Alert 1;
  • Publications;
  • Major BEE ownership transactions must be registered by 08 August 2017; and 
  • Africa newsletter, September 2016.