Jeffrey Lawton Buckland

About Jeffrey

Jeff Buckland adds diverse expertise to our Johannesburg corporate and commercial department. He focuses on all aspects of corporate law, including public and private mergers, acquisitions and disposals, outsourcings, crafting constitutional documents for different types of companies, partnerships, joint ventures and trusts incorporating majority and minority protections, exit strategies and commercial arrangements, corporate restructurings, investments in debt, equity and hybrid instruments, corporate governance, and JSE listing requirements. In addition, he has been involved in establishing numerous South African private equity funds, some with parallel fund structures, and private mezzanine debt funds, as well as executing many acquisitions and disposals by private equity funds, including crafting the constitutional documents for portfolio companies. Chambers 2020: "Jeff Buckland is best known for his work in the private equity space. He advises various domestic and international investment funds on acquisitions and investments on the African continent, as well as providing counsel on fund formation. Towards the end of 2019, he left Hogan Lovells to co-found Lawtons Africa" Chambers 2017: “Jeff Buckland impresses clients with his strong technical grasp of the law, in addition to his ‘extremely good business acumen’ and effective negotiating manner. He has a broad practice, but is particularly noted for his understanding of private equity issues, including fund formations and buyouts.” Awards/rankings 2017–2023 Recommended in Chambers Global for Corporate M&A: Private Equity 2018–2019 Recommended in Legal 500 Commercial, Corporate and M&A 2019–2023 Recognised in The Best Lawyers in South Africa for Debt and Equity & Private Equity Law

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