Our capital markets lawyers in Zimbabwe represent issuers and underwriters in public equity and debt capital transactions, including initial public offerings (IPOs) and follow-on offerings; rights offerings; listings in international markets; and offerings of investments grade and high-yield bonds, including Rule 144A and Regulation S transactions.
We offer integrated securities advice on complex, cross-border transactions to issuers, underwriters, selling shareholders, sponsors, arrangers, lead managers, originators, dealers, trustees and depositories on a broad range of securities offerings.
Experience has included advising:
- On the disposal of shares in a listed company and assisting the client with the remittance of the proceeds of the disposal.
- A company in the British Virgin Islands regarding the implications of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Listing Rules on a share subscription and advancement of a loan to a publicly listed Zimbabwean entity.
- And providing opinions on the implications of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Listing Rules on investments in listed companies to various clients on a no-names basis.
- A Swiss based client regarding the effect of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange on a share acquisition involving a Zimbabwean listed entity.
- A UK based mining investment company on the acquisition of a Zimbabwean nickel mining company, which included advising regarding whether the transaction would constitute a notifiable merger, and whether mandatory offers in terms of the Zimbabwean Stock Exchange Rules would be triggered.