Taryn Potter

• Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions
• Real Estate

• Mergers and acquisitions 
• Listings
• International transactions
• Acquisitions and management/leverage buy-outs
• Black economic empowerment transactions
• Corporate finance and structuring
• Restructuring of corporate entities
• Employee incentivisation plans
• Incorporation of profit and non-profit companies
• Commercial, Industrial and residential property transactions and lease arrangements

Advises on:

• Mergers and acquisitions
• Commercial, Industrial and residential property transactions and lease arrangements
• Listings
• International and cross-border transactions
• Acquisitions and management/leverage buy-outs
• Corporate finance and structuring
• Restructuring of corporate entities
• Employee incentivization plans
• Incorporation of profit and non-profit companies

Advised / Represented / Acted on behalf of:

• Franke Holding AG in relation to its disposal of Defy Appliances Pty Ltd to Ardutch BV
• Clover Industries Ltd in respect of their listing on the JSE
• Mix Telematics Ltd in respect of their listing on the NYSE
• JP Morgan and Standard Bank (as underwriters) in respect of the Murray and Roberts rights offer
• as South African legal counsel to Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Sanlam (as joint bookrunners) in respect of the Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd rights offer
• Basil Read Holdings Ltd in relation to its disposal of TWP Holdings Pty Ltd to Worley Parsons Ltd
• Cargo Carriers Ltd in respect of their disposal of interests in Zambia and Namibia
• The Solutions Team in respect of their acquisition of shares in Vavasati Brand Logistics (Pty) Ltd
• the J&J Group in relation to their exit from Macquarie
• Vavasati Brand Logistics (Pty) Ltd in relation to their BEE restructuring
• Investec Bank Ltd and Investec Property Pty Ltd on various commercial property transactions
• The seller of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Johannesburg
• Westbrooke Asset Management (and group entities) in respect of the establishment of various section 12J structures and related property transactions
• West Property Fund in respect of numerous acquisitions and corporate restructurings
• Various seller entities in the sale of Hidden Valley Wine Estate
• the majority shareholder of a South African energy company (under business rescue) in the acquisition by an undisclosed purchaser
• Real Estate and Land Company Pty Ltd on various commercial property transactions

• LLB (University of Cape Town)
• 2008: Admitted as an Attorney and Notary Public
• 2011: Senior Associate: Werksmans
• 2014: Director, Werksmans

• Sir Richard Luyt Memorial Scholarship winner
• Golden Key International Honor Society
• Dean's List