SAVCA-Webber Wentzel Private Equity Tax Masterclass 2025
Facilitators
Cor Kraamwinkel
Cor Kraamwinkel
Cor is an international tax specialist with more than 13 years' experience. He has experience in the application and interpretation of tax treaties, holding company regimes, withholding taxes, permanent establishments, international tax structuring for both inbound and out-bound clients, exchange control regulatory matters and South African corporate tax. He has worked with clients across numerous industries and sectors, including agriculture, finance and banking, manufacturing, mining, entertainment, ecommerce, retail, insurance, energy and private equity houses.
Brian Dennehy
Brian Dennehy
Brian has experience in a number of areas, including private equity fund formations, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, merger & acquisition tax advisory, corporate restructurings, the structuring of derivatives, empowerment transactions, the design and implementation of management incentive schemes and general corporate tax advisory. Brian has also advised prominent South African and foreign corporate entities on numerous corporate transactions
Shirleen Ritchie
Shirleen Ritchie
Shirleen is part of the mergers and acquisitions tax team, specialising in corporate tax, with the specific aim of advising on tax considerations as part of complex transactions. She has experience in the private equity and regulatory industries, including advising private equity clients on establishing structures for investment in renewable energy platforms.
Ashford Nyatsumba
Ashford Nyatsumba
Ashford is involved in a range of investment funds projects, on both regulated and unregulated investment fund transactions in Africa. He specialises in the formation and structuring of alternative investment funds and has advised and acted for local and international private equity and venture capital firms looking to raise funds for deployment in South Africa and Africa generally. He also advises various development finance institutions, other institutional investors, as well as high net worth individuals relative to investing into Africa focused private equity funds. Ashford also has experience assisting clients with regulatory and transactional matters throughout Africa and has previously advised on establishing operations in various African jurisdictions. Specifically, he advised a major Canadian corporate in the mining sector, on the formation and establishment of a subsidiary in Ethiopia, and has
advised other major corporate entities (both domestic and international) on their expansion into Sub-Saharan Africa either through establishing a presence in, and/or incorporating subsidiaries, as well as acquisitions in the various African jurisdictions.
Michael Denenga
Michael Denenga
Michael is a finance and investment funds specialist. He has over 20 years of post-qualification experience. Michael has advised on the formation of numerous private equity funds across Africa including but not limited to funds domiciled in South Africa, Rwanda, Namibia, Mauritius, Cayman Islands, Luxembourg and Guernsey. Michael's clients include general partners as well as investors such as Development Finance Institutions, pension funds, family offices and corporates.
Mark Garden
Mark Garden
Mark has extensive experience and a depth of knowledge in all aspects of competition regulation (both in South Africa and north of our borders), including behavioural work (cartels and leniency applications, vertical relationships and dominance) and merger regulation (transaction structures, merger clearances, hostile takeovers and negotiating conditions). His proficiency extends to complex competition litigation in South Africa and on the continent.
Mark contributes frequently to local and international legal publications. He is a regular speaker at antitrust conferences and client seminars, and lectures post-graduate students on competition law.
Livia Dyer
Livia Dyer
Livia is a regulatory and commercial lawyer with over two decades of experience advising clients in the technology, media, and telecommunications sector. Known for her deep expertise in telecoms regulation and policy, Livia plays a critical role in shaping strategic approaches to complex regulatory challenges faced by both South African and international clients. Her practice spans a broad range of regulatory and transactional work, including advising on transaction structures, licensing, change of control applications, and regulatory compliance. Livia also leads engagements for submissions to regulators and government on policy and legislative matters and frequently acts in strategic litigation and complaints processes—particularly in relation to mobile call termination rates, IMT spectrum auctions, and access disputes.
Livia advises extensively on broad-based black economic empowerment in the TMT and other sectors. Livia has consistently received recognition from leading international research bodies. Chambers Global has ranked her in Band 1 for IT & Telecoms and Band 2 for Media & Broadcasting, noting her distinguished reputation and extensive experience in regulatory work. She is also recommended by The Legal 500 EMEA for commercial, corporate and M&A work, and has been listed by Best Lawyers in South Africa for her expertise in Media Law and Regulatory Practice since 2017. Beyond her advisory work, Livia is passionate about contributing to the development of sound regulatory frameworks that support innovation and responsible governance across the TMT space.