Danie completed his attorney articles following his BComm, LLB. During his articles, his expertise was litigation with most of his time spent in the civil and criminal court handling cases dealing with contract, delict, enrichment and applications, as well as numerous criminal proceedings acting as the defence attorney in the magistrates and regional courts. In 1995, Danie completed his bar exam and was admitted as an attorney of the Supreme Court in November 1995. In 1996, he joined PriceWaterhouseCoopers and completed his accounting articles whilst studying his BComptHons part-time through UNISA. In 1999, Danie qualified as a CA(SA) and has since been involved in corporate finance, including a secondment to the JSE Limited, which laid the foundation for his corporate finance career.

A selection of transactions Danie has been involved in following the establishment of QuestCo Sponsors is set out below:

DEMUTUALISATIONS

• Advisor to the R1 billion demutualisation of Assupol Life, the second eldest life mutual in South Africa (2010)

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

• The acquisition of the Pinnacle Property Group of Companies of Acc-Ross Holdings Limited by way of a reverse listing (2008)
• The acquisition by Metmar of Western Commodities (2008)
• The acquisition by Metmar of an interest in Minero Zinc (2008)
• The acquisition by O-line Holdings Limited of the ARMCO Group of companies (2008)
• The acquisition by Metmar of Mogale Alloys (2007)
• The BEE management buyout of Travel Vision (2006)
• The reverse listing of Metmar Limited into Heritage which included the acquisition of Metmar assets and liabilities, a share re-purchase, an issue for cash, a share consolidation, the disposal of Heritage assets, a dividend in specie and a share placing (2006)
• The reverse listing of IFA Hotels into Moribo which included the acquisition of IFA assets and liabilities, a share re-purchase, a share consolidation and a dividend in specie (2005)

DISPOSALS

• The disposal of AOC Geomatics to AAM Hatch (2009)
• The disposal by the Arendse family of their interest in Arwyp Hospital (2007)

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

• The acquisition by O-line Holdings Limited of 25 million O-line shares by way of a specific share buy-back (2011)
• Acting as the designated advisor to the acquisition by Erbacon Investment Holdings Limited of Civcontract Civils (Pty) Ltd (2009)
• Acting as the designated advisor to the acquisition by Ideco Group Limited of Kroll SA (2009)
• The acquisition by IFA Hotels and Resorts Limited of an additional interest in Boschendal Property development (2009)
• The acquisition of the Pinnacle Property Group of Companies of Acc-Ross Holdings Limited by way of a reverse listing (2008)
• The acquisition by Metmar of Western Commodities (2008)
• The acquisition by Metmar of an interest in Minero Zinc (2008)
• The acquisition by Metmar Limited of a further equity interest in Mogale Alloys (2008)
• The acquisition by O-line Holdings Limited of the ARMCO Group of companies (2008)
• The acquisition by Metmar of Mogale Alloys (2007)
• Acting as the lead sponsor to the acquisitions of an interest in Pioneer Foods Limited and Kaap Agri Limited by Zeder Investments Limited (2007)
• The BEE management buyout of Travel Vision (2006)
• The reverse listing of Metmar Limited into Heritage which included the acquisition of Metmar assets and liabilities, a share re-purchase, an issue for cash, a share consolidation, the disposal of Heritage assets, a dividend in specie and a share placing (2006)
• The reverse listing of IFA Hotels into Moribo which included the acquisition of IFA assets and liabilities, a share re-purchase, a share consolidation and a dividend in specie (2005)
• Numerous other

DISPOSALS

• Designated advisor to the disposal by Chemical Specialities Limited of the Canelands property (2009)
• Sponsor to Metmar Limited’s disposal of its interests in Mogale Alloys to Ruukki (2009)
• The disposal of AOC Geomatics to AAM Hatch (2009)
• The disposal by the Arendse family of their interests in Arwyp Hospital (2007)
• Numerous other

LISTINGS AND CAPITAL RAISINGS

• Designated Advisor to the listing and rights offer of Curro holdings Limited on the JSE Limited (2011)
• Lead sponsor to the R1 billion rights offer by Capitec Bank Limited (2010)
• Designated advisor to the Chemical Specialities Limited R100 million rights offer (2010)
• R80 million Investment by TISO Group Limited (BEE) into O-line Holdings Limited (2009)
• Lead sponsor to the R595 million rights offer of Zeder Investments Limited (2009)
• Designated advisor to the R1.4 billion listing of Paladin Capital Limited on the JSE (2009)
• Acting as the Sponsor to the first listing on the JSE Limited Africa board in listing Trustco Group Limited (2009) of approximately R500 million
• Designated advisor to the listing of Insimbi Refractory and Alloy Supplies Limited on the JSE (2008) raising R50 million
• Acting as the lead designated advisor to the listing of CIC Holdings Limited (2007)
• The listing of Chemical Specialities Limited on the JSE (2007) raising R100 million
• The listing of O-line Holdings Limited on the JSE (2007) raising R50 million
• The listing of Racec Group Limited on the JSE (2007) raising R30 million
• The listing of Ideco Group Limited on the JSE (2007) raising R20 million
• Lead designated advisor to the listing of Erbacon Investment Holdings Limited (2007)
• Lead designated advisor to the listing of Iquad Group Limited (2007)
• Acting as the lead sponsor to the BEE transaction of Capitec Bank Limited (2007)
• Lead sponsor to the listing by way of introduction of Zeder Investments Limited (2006)
• Listing of Metmar Limited on the JSE (2006)
• The reverse listing of IFA into Moribo (2005)
• Numerous other

ADVISORY OPINIONS ON THE FOLLOWING TRANSACTIONS

• Advising Capitec Bank Limited on the R100 million share issuance to Sanlam Capital markets (2011)
• Advising CIC Holdings Limited on the R724 million offer made by Imperial Holdings Limited (2010)
• Advising Capevin Investments Limited and Capevin Holdings Limited on the mandatory offer made by Remgro Consortium to shareholders regarding the indirect equity interest held in Distell Group Limited (2010): R14.7 billion
• Advising Capitec Bank Limited on the mandatory offer from PSG Group Limited (2009): R12 billion
• The disposal by ELB of the ELB Timber business to management (2008)
• The proposed acquisition by Cullinan Holdings Limited of New Horizons (2007)
• The listing of the uranium assets of Simmer & Jack on the TSX as First Uranium Corporation (2006)
• Advising PSG Group Limited on the merger of PSG and Arch Equity involving an offer to Arch Equity shareholders to acquire all their shares by way of a scheme of arrangement, which resulted in a recapitalisation of PSG through the issue of shares to scheme participants, a share swap with Jasmyn Corporate Holdings, and a repurchase of shares from Arch Equity to eliminate cross-holdings (2006)
• Advising PSG Group Limited on the specific issue of shares for cash by PSG to Kumani Holdings (2006)
• Advising Purple Capital Limited on the acquisition by Purple Capital Limited of an interest in Bridge Capital (2005)
• Numerous others