• Khetha Shezi - good to work with.
    Legal 500 (UK) 2024

Khetha is an an accomplished corporate attorney with extensive experience in general corporate and commercial law, due diligence, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions transactions and regulatory matters across a broad spectrum of industries including mining, infrastructure, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, renewable energy and the public sector.

Khetha also has strong expertise in structuring and negotiating a wide variety of contracts, agreements, transactions and legal relationships.

Experience

Khetha has been practising as an attorney for the past eight years. He began his legal career at ENSafrica, which is Africa's largest law firm, before joining Pinsent Masons in South Africa.

"I pride myself in taking the time to know the intricate details of the client's business so as to ensure I offer client sound and practical advice."

Khetha has advised on a number of key transactions including:

  • a leading German multinational conglomerate company in the acquisition of the business of its key customer;
  • a leading software business with the purchase of another software business that is primarily based in the UK with two subsidiaries in South Africa;
  • a leading Spanish multinational corporation on how to go about disposing of its equity in a special purpose vehicle responsible for the construction of a major solar thermal plant in South Africa;
  • the South African subsidiary of a leading Dutch multinational technology company headquartered in Amsterdam currently operating in the healthcare and lighting sectors with the restructuring of its shareholding; and
  • one of the top five largest transportation companies in the world, currently operating and maintaining one of the most cutting edge rail system in South Africa with a transaction wherein they increased their shareholding in the South African entity they hold equity in.

Khetha can offer advice on marketing to investors and raising capital in Jersey.

Memberships

Law Society of South Africa

 

*admitted in Pretoria, South Africa

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My services
Corporate acquisitions and takeovers
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Our team has a wealth of experience advising on all aspects of corporate acquisitions providing seamless support from agreeing heads of terms all the way through to completion.

Corporate
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Successfully navigating the modern global business environment, taking advantage of opportunities as they arise while avoiding legal and regulatory pitfalls, is a challenge for any entrepreneur, business or corporation.

As commercially minded lawyers committed to providing a high quality and cost-effective service we understand those challenges and, more importantly, seek to turn them into opportunities.

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Corporate governance
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Good corporate governance and a sound understanding of directors duties is critical. Regardless of size, establishing a best practice approach should be fundamental to all boards.

The board of directors are responsible for ensuring the company achieves its objectives and the corporate governance framework they adhere to should underpin their accountability to the company and its members. We advise company boards at all stages in the corporate lifecycle, in solvent and insolvent scenarios.

We have also acted on some of the largest pieces of litigation brought against directors offshore. For more on our dispute resolution services, click here.

Due diligence
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Our experienced team will handle the due diligence process, from initial requests for information and documentation, transitioning to the review phase, making further requisitions as necessary and producing a comprehensive due diligence report setting out key issues and areas for risk mitigation.

Investment fund formation
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Our uniquely diverse practice regularly assists with the establishment of both open and closed-ended fund structures. In addition to traditional Channel Island private equity and real estate structures and Caribbean hedge funds, we have advised on a number of alternative and esoteric classes. We work alongside our clients to understand their investment thesis and provide bespoke drafting to build the fund they want as opposed to generic template structures and documentation. We advise clients at every step of the process, including preparing offer documents, investor negotiations, the preparation of agreements, and in the closing of transactions.

Mergers and acquisitions
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We regularly act in relation to significant mergers and acquisitions activity in our jurisdictions, whether as lead counsel for strictly local matters or as part of an international team for multi-jurisdictional transactions.

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Corporate structuring
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Offshore vehicles are used for a huge range of purposes either standing alone or as part of large multi-jurisdictional structures.

Our highly commercial team specialises in advising clients on the most effective uses of such vehicles and their ongoing operation, including normal and cellular companies as well as foundations, unit trusts, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, segregated portfolio and restricted purpose companies.  

We are able to advise what jurisdiction among the "Big Four" that we advise on will best suit our client's needs and regularly advise on solvent restructuring by way of merger, consolidation, continuation or balance sheet optimisation as well as court based corporate procedures such as schemes and plans of arrangement.

With our mix of non-contentious and litigation restructuring specialists, Collas Crill offers the unique advantage of having being able to provide a team to seamlessly take a transaction from start to finish. 

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7 Mar 2023

Marketing to investors and raising capital in Jersey

Jersey is considered by many as one of the leading international financial hubs. This reputation has been enhanced by Jersey having a well-respected financial system which is investor friendly. As a full service top 10 offshore law firm, our Jersey funds...

1 Feb 2023

Collas Crill advises Affinity Fund

Collas Crill has advised GemCap Investment Funds (Ireland) plc (GemCap) in relation to the launch of the Affinity Sustainable Growth Fund, the latest addition to its portfolio of sub-funds within its UCITS Umbrella structure, a $4bn platform domiciled in...

24 Oct 2022

Collas Crill advises Copper Street

Collas Crill advised Copper Street Capital LLP, the private equity investor focused on the European financial services sector, on its investment into Thistle Initiatives Group. The team, led by Group Partner Sam Sturrock and Associate Khetha Shezi, provi...

22 Sep 2022

Collas Crill assists JEV Company

Collas Crill has advised JEV Company Limited (JEV Co) on its recent acquisition of the Home James businesses in Jersey. JEV Co runs the EVie electric bike and car-sharing businesses in Jersey and Guernsey. As part of the deal, JEV Co has acquired three d...

15 Feb 2022

Jersey's winding up regime

Currently, the only creditor-driven insolvency process for a Jersey company are désastre proceedings, where the Viscount (the head of the executive arm of the courts of Jersey) is appointed to wind up the company and distribute its assets. This is soon t...

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