Roux van der Merwe

Roux van der Merwe is a Senior Consultant Attorney with more than 25 years experience advising on complex domestic and cross-border corporate and commercial transactions. He works with corporates, financial institutions, private equity funds, and multinational clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, group restructures, and financing arrangements.

His practice spans sectors including financial services, technology, agriculture, industrial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, and commercial real estate, with particular experience in private equity, BEE transactions, capital markets, and transaction structuring and implementation in the listed and private environments. Roux is known for his commercially focused and outcomes based approach and his ability to navigate technically complex matters while aligning transactions with broader business objectives.

He has advised on a range of significant acquisitions, disposals, investments, and strategic mergers and is valued for his pragmatic advice, commercial insight, and strong client relationships.