South Africa: M&A/Private Equity

The Competition Commission has released draft amendments to the Small Merger Guidelines, proposing significantly higher thresholds for small merger notifications. These changes aim to capture potentially anti-competitive acquisitions in digital and technology markets where target firms are acquired before generating substantial turnover or assets, but possess significant future growth potential.

On the demand side, McKinsey expects a four-fold to six-fold increase in demand for African data centre capacity (to 1.5 to 2.2 GW) by 2030, which presents an investment opportunity of between...

The Constitutional Court's decision in BNP Paribas v Competition Commission addresses how South African competition law applies to offshore conduct that affects local markets, examining jurisdictional tests for foreign entities and the evidentiary requirements for proving collusive behavior through informal communications.

Business rescue under South Africa's Companies Act provides financially distressed companies with restructuring opportunities through mergers and acquisitions. How can M&A transactions facilitate corporate rehabilitation while balancing creditor interests, employment preservation, and legal compliance requirements?

This collection examines South Africa's evolving regulatory landscape across direct marketing compliance, government contract remedies, and textile waste regulation, while exploring constitutional interpretation in Ghana...

This comprehensive legal update from ENS Africa covers critical developments across multiple practice areas, from South Africa's Draft National Rail Master Plan and new SAHPRA guidelines for medicine naming...

Competition authorities of four African regional economic communities have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening cooperation...

If you were trying to script a case study in modern deal‑making drama, you could hardly do better than the fight now raging over Warner Bros.

After years of hesitation, the global M&A market roared back to life in 2025. Deal value surged 43% to $4.7 trillion — 20% above the ten-year average...