Biography

Willem de Villiers is a director in the Commercial Department at Glyn Marais Inc. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions (secured or otherwise and including preference share funding transactions) and restructurings. He acts for financial institutions in addition to listed and unlisted corporate clients.

Willem recently advised the majority foreign creditors in relation to the largest debt restructuring in the country to date. He has advised on some of the most significant takeovers in the listed real estate sector and financial services sector.

Willem is dual qualified to practice as an attorney in South Africa and a solicitor in England and Wales.

Highlights

Consistently recognized in international ratings:

Ranked as highly regarded by IFLR1000 in the areas of Banking.

Recommended by Chambers and Partners in the areas of Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions.

Recommended in the Best Lawyers® 2020 review as a leading lawyer in the areas of Corporate Law & Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Banking and Finance Law.

Practice Areas

Mergers and acquisitions

Corporate finance

Finance and banking

General commercial