Ian Hayes

Ian Hayes is a Director and the Head of our Corporate & Commercial practice. As evidenced through market recognition, Ian is regarded as one of South Africa's foremost M&A specialists. Ian' areas of expertise include mergers & acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance, capital markets and structuring and restructuring of businesses.

• Advised Adcock Ingram on the disposal of 53.47% of the entire issued share capital of Ayrton Drug Manufacturing.
• Advised the Bakgatla Ba Kgafela Tribe on its disposal of shares in Bakgatla Pallinghurst JV.
• Advised the Bakgatla Ba Kgafela Tribe on its disposal of shares in Itereleng Bakgatla Minerals Resources to Pilanesberg Platinum Mines.
• Advised Business Connexion on the acquisition by Telkom of the entire issued share capital of Business
• Connexion by way of a scheme of arrangement in terms of section 114 of the Companies Act.

• M&A
• Private equity

• Financial services
• Healthcare
• Industrials
• Pharma and life sciences
• Tech and telecoms

• South Africa 

• BA, University of the Witwatersrand
• LLB, University of the Witwatersrand
• Leadership in Professional Service Firms, Harvard Business School