Lisa Botha
ConsultantJohannesburg
Email lisa.botha@hoganlovells.com
Phone +27 11 052 6142
LanguagesEnglish
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
Lisa Botha has a broad practice that focuses on M&A, private equity and Banking and has acted for high-profile clients across both the domestic and international financial sectors.
She is dual-qualified in both South African and English law with experience of working in several other jurisdictions, including the Middle East.
Awards and recognitions
2020
Women Leaders in Law
IFLR 1000
2020
Highly Regarded in the areas of Banking, Private Equity, M&A and Financial Services
IFLR 1000
Education and admissions
Education
LL.B., University of Natal, 1994
B.A., University of Natal, 1991
Court admissions
South Africa
England and Wales
Representative experience
Advised Societe Generale, Johannesburg branch on the sale of its African custody, trustee and derivatives clearing business to Absa Bank Limited (2020)
Advised First Rand Limited on its investments in Selpal (Pty) Ltd (2018 - 2020)
Advised MTN (Pty) Ltd and Ubank Limited on the structuring of their Mobile Money product (MoMo) (2019)
Advised Enaex S.A. on its investment in Enaex Africa (Pty) Ltd and the acquisition of Sasol South Africa (Pty) Ltd’s African explosives business (2019)
Advised a listed Qatari company on its bid for a $500m Southern African logistics business (2018)
Advised Magotteaux S.A. on its investment in Grinding Media South Africa (Pty) Ltd (2018)
Advised a Turkish entity in its bid for an Eastern-European toll concession business owned by a South African company in business rescue (2018)
Advised CRH plc in its bid for PPC Cement Limited (2017)
