Overview
Wandile is a solicitor within our Banking and Finance team. Wandile has real estate finance experience across a number of sectors in different jurisdictions within the continent of Africa, with a particular specialism in mortgaged-backed/owner occupied, investment, development, acquisition and mezzanine lending and Islamic/Shari’ah finance. 

Wandile has worked with a broad range of borrowers and lenders across the full transactional life-cycle of a deal – from origination to financial close or draw down.
 
Experience
  • Acted as legal counsel representing a mezzanine lender and mezzanine agent in relation to a mezzanine facility.
  • Acted as legal counsel representing a lender in relation to a facility for the acquisition by acquiring firm of the entire shareholding in the property-owning entity (target firm).
  • Acted as legal counsel representing a lender in relation to a development facility for the development and the acquisition of vacant land for purposes of constructing a mixed use property (office space, retail space and residential space).
  • Acted as legal counsel representing a lender in relation to a term facility for the acquisition of student accommodation properties geared towards housing higher education students within 3 different institutions of higher learning.
  • Acting as legal counsel representing a bank in relation to a Musharakah facility for the acquisition of industrial and/or storage properties.
  • Acted as legal counsel representing a lender in relation to a term facility for the refinancing of commercial office space leased to one of the departments of the national government of South Africa.