Francois Marais

Firm:

Glyn Marais Inc. (V&A Waterfront, Cape Town)

Areas Of Practice:

Commercial, Commercial Drafting, Finance (Corporate), Finance (Project), Finance (Structured), Joint Ventures and Acquisitions , Litigation (Commercial), Litigation (Corporate), Mergers and Acquisitions, Property Law, Stock Exchange Practice

Phone Number:

+27 (0)21 417 3300

Email address:

fmarais@glynmarais.co.za

Position:

Founding partner and senior director

Address:

Suite 301 3rd Floor, 7 West Quay West Quay Road V&A Waterfront Cape Town

Region:

Western Cape / Cape Town

Area:

Cape Town

Postal Address:

PO Box 884, Greenpoint, 8051

Qualifications:

• B Com LLB (Stellenbosch)
• H Dip Co Law (Wits)

History:

After qualifying as an attorney Francois Marais worked in a merchant banking environment, joining Central Merchant Bank as a corporate finance consultant and was promoted to Senior Manager, Corporate Finance before he left to rejoin the legal profession. Francois Marais’ practice covers the entire spectrum of general commercial work although he specialises in corporate finance with particular emphasis on mergers, takeovers, listings, private equity, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures and privatisation.

Francois Marais, in addition to overseeing the corporate finance and general commercial department, takes senior partner responsibility for the property and litigation departments.

Francois Marais is chairman of Primegro Properties Limited (a listed company) and a director of Decillion Limited (a listed financial services company).

Languages:

Afrikaans, English