Timothy McDougall
Partner | Johannesburg
Contact
T: +27 11 669 9259
E: timothy.mcdougall@bowmanslaw.com
Overview
Timothy McDougall is a partner in our Johannesburg office (Corporate Department) and a member of the M&A practice.
He specialises in private equity mergers and acquisitions and is also experienced in matters relating to general corporate and commercial law. Tim assists both local and international clients on, among other things, compliance with South African company legislation, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, due diligence and shareholder relations.
Tim’s clients rely on him to provide technical and commercially sound advice in the context of the broader transaction
Experience
Jurisdictions worked in: Tim has worked across multiple jurisdictions in Southern and East Africa but most notably in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Mauritius.
Tim has advised:
- Standard Chartered Private Equity in its acquisition of a 13% stake in Choppies Enterprises and subsequently assisted Choppies Supermarkets South Africa Proprietary Limited in its acquisition of 21 retail outlets in South Africa from Jwayelani Retail Proprietary Limited.
- Phatisa’s African Agricultural Fund in respect of both (i) the acquisition of a majority interest in Kanu Equipment Limited from Torre Equipment Africa Limited (a pan-African equipment distributor and subsidiary of the JSE listed Torre Industries Limited), and (ii) a partial exit from such investment by way of a disposal to Adenia Partners.
- Rockwood Private Equity with its ZAR 5.3 billion disposal of Tsebo Holdings Proprietary Limited to Wendel SE.
- Convergence Partners with an investment into Vumatel Proprietary Limited and Dark Fibre Africa Proprietary Limited.
- Capitalworks on its acquisition of Aon plc’s shareholding in its African insurance brokerage and employee benefit operations in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
- Alexander Forbes in relation to the disposal of its short-term insurance business to Momentum Metropolitan Holdings for ZAR 1.938 billion.
- Phatisa Food Fund I in relation to the disposal of its interest in integrated agricultural solutions provider Farming and Engineering Services.
- Africa Capitalworks in relation to its acquisition of Wingu Africa Group, a carrier and cloud neutral data center group based in East Africa.
- Adenia Partners in relation their acquisition of a majority interest in the Herholdt’s Group (distributor of electrical and solar equipment in South Africa).
- Oppenheimer Partners in relation to their acquisition of Amrod (a supplier of corporate and promotional gifts and clothing) from Carlyle.
- Apex Group in relation to its acquisition of the Efficient Group (being the holding company of Boutique Collective Investments and Boutique Investment Partners).
- Africa Capitalworks in relation to its acquisition of a majority stake in Cipla Quality Chemicals Industries Limited (a listed pharmaceutical manufacturer in Uganda).
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Qualifications
Education
- BA and LLB (cum laude) degrees from Rhodes University.
- Foundation Course on Private Equity and Venture Capital at the Gordon Institute of Business Science.
INSIGHTS
Overview
Timothy McDougall is a partner in our Johannesburg office (Corporate Department) and a member of the M&A practice.
He specialises in private equity mergers and acquisitions and is also experienced in matters relating to general corporate and commercial law. Tim assists both local and international clients on, among other things, compliance with South African company legislation, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, due diligence and shareholder relations.
Tim’s clients rely on him to provide technical and commercially sound advice in the context of the broader transaction
Experience
Jurisdictions worked in: Tim has worked across multiple jurisdictions in Southern and East Africa but most notably in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Mauritius.
Tim has advised:
- Standard Chartered Private Equity in its acquisition of a 13% stake in Choppies Enterprises and subsequently assisted Choppies Supermarkets South Africa Proprietary Limited in its acquisition of 21 retail outlets in South Africa from Jwayelani Retail Proprietary Limited.
- Phatisa’s African Agricultural Fund in respect of both (i) the acquisition of a majority interest in Kanu Equipment Limited from Torre Equipment Africa Limited (a pan-African equipment distributor and subsidiary of the JSE listed Torre Industries Limited), and (ii) a partial exit from such investment by way of a disposal to Adenia Partners.
- Rockwood Private Equity with its ZAR 5.3 billion disposal of Tsebo Holdings Proprietary Limited to Wendel SE.
- Convergence Partners with an investment into Vumatel Proprietary Limited and Dark Fibre Africa Proprietary Limited.
- Capitalworks on its acquisition of Aon plc’s shareholding in its African insurance brokerage and employee benefit operations in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
- Alexander Forbes in relation to the disposal of its short-term insurance business to Momentum Metropolitan Holdings for ZAR 1.938 billion.
- Phatisa Food Fund I in relation to the disposal of its interest in integrated agricultural solutions provider Farming and Engineering Services.
- Africa Capitalworks in relation to its acquisition of Wingu Africa Group, a carrier and cloud neutral data center group based in East Africa.
- Adenia Partners in relation their acquisition of a majority interest in the Herholdt’s Group (distributor of electrical and solar equipment in South Africa).
- Oppenheimer Partners in relation to their acquisition of Amrod (a supplier of corporate and promotional gifts and clothing) from Carlyle.
- Apex Group in relation to its acquisition of the Efficient Group (being the holding company of Boutique Collective Investments and Boutique Investment Partners).
- Africa Capitalworks in relation to its acquisition of a majority stake in Cipla Quality Chemicals Industries Limited (a listed pharmaceutical manufacturer in Uganda).
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