Derek Alexander
General Counsel at Vantage Capital Group Pty Ltd.
Profile
Derek joined Vantage in 2019 and is Vantage’s Associate Partner: Legal, assisting the investment team with the assessment, structuring, execution, post-transaction monitoring and exiting of investments, as well as holding responsibility for company secretarial and compliance matters.
Prior to joining Vantage, Derek spent five years as a Senior Associate in the M&A department at Werksmans, a leading South African law firm based in Johannesburg.
He specialised in takeovers, mergers & acquisitions (including cross-border transactions), corporate reorganisations, due diligence investigations, private equity transactions, shareholder arrangements and distressed company transactions.
His experience includes a number of transactions in the mining, healthcare, energy, financial services and fin-tech sectors.
Before joining Vantage, Derek was named by The Legal500 (2018-2019) as a ‘next generation lawyer’ in the Corporate/M&A space.
Derek completed a B.Com (Law) before obtaining an LLB from the University of Johannesburg, which he completed with distinction and top of his class.
Derek Alexander active positions
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Vantage Capital Group Pty Ltd.
Vantage Capital Group Pty Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Vantage Capital Group Pty Ltd (Vantage Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Colin Rezek, Chris James, and Jean-Pierre Sedaghat. The firm is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. | General Counsel | 2019-04-30 |
Former positions of Derek Alexander
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Werksmans Attorneys
Werksmans Attorneys Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Werksmans Attorneys is a leading corporate and commercial law firm. The private company is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and has subsidiaries in South Africa. The South African company specializes in more than 22 diverse areas of law across a wide range of sectors. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2019-05-30 |
Training of Derek Alexander
University of Johannesburg | Undergraduate Degree |
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Werksmans Attorneys
Werksmans Attorneys Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Werksmans Attorneys is a leading corporate and commercial law firm. The private company is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and has subsidiaries in South Africa. The South African company specializes in more than 22 diverse areas of law across a wide range of sectors. | Commercial Services |
Vantage Capital Group Pty Ltd.
Vantage Capital Group Pty Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Vantage Capital Group Pty Ltd (Vantage Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Colin Rezek, Chris James, and Jean-Pierre Sedaghat. The firm is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. | Finance |
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