Matthew Purves
Associate
Associate
Johannesburg
Matt is an Associate in the Corporate Department based in Johannesburg.
Matt has been exposed to a variety of matters ranging from mining transactions in South Africa, acquisitions, share sales, sale of businesses, share subscriptions and due diligences.
He also provides general corporate and company law advice, company secretarial assistance, company and trust administrative assistance, as well as drafting and reviewing opinions, contracts and other corporate documents.
Matt's experience includes advising:
- a confidential bidder on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's competitive licensing round for the Khnaiguiyah Site
- The Saudi Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources on matters related to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's new mineral law regime
- IHS on their acquisition of over 5000 of MTN's mobile towers
Background
Matt completed his articles at Herbert Smith Freehills and has a LLB degree from the University of Johannesburg.
