Director
     
 
Andrew Leontsinis
Director

Telephone Direct: +27 (0) 11 586 6023

Fax Direct: +27 (0) 11 586 6123

E-mail: andrew.leontsinis@belldewar.co.za

Qualifications: Bachelor of Commerce
(University of Witwatersrand) (1973)
Bachelor of Laws
(University of Witwatersrand) (1976)

 
 
     
  General  
     
  Andrew specialises in corporate commercial law in the areas of black economic empowerment, companies and corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions. His other specialist areas are insolvency and business recovery and insurance. His experience includes advising corporations on the structuring and restructuring of transactions, advising foreign corporations and multi-nationals on all aspects of business and corporate commercial law in South Africa, advising on credit insurance transactions, re-insurance agreements and indemnity insurance and on insolvency law including corporate and business recovery.  
     
Reputation
     
 
Selected by his peers for inclusion in the Best Lawyers® list in the specialities of Insurance and Litigation.
 
     
  Areas of Expertise and Experience  
     
 
  • Black Economic Empowerment
  • Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
  • Companies and Corporate Governance
  • Corporate and Commercial
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Insolvency and Business Rescue
  • Insurance
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
 
     
  Recent Transactions  
     
 
  • Advising a multi-national on a R1.1 billion black economic empowerment transaction
  • Representing HSBC Trustees (Guernsey) in a R2.4 billion dispute
  • Advising an international corporation on the restructuring of its group activities in Sub-Saharan Africa including South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe
 
     
   
  Administrative Law
  Automotive
  Aviation
  Banking and Finance
  Black Economic Empowerment
  Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
  Commercial Property and Property Development
  Companies and Corporate Governance
  Competition and Antitrust
  Corporate and Commercial
  Dispute Resolution
  Employment and Pensions
  Environmental
  Hospitality
  Insolvency and Business Rescue
  Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)
  Tax Advisory
  Telecommunications and IT
  Traditional communities
   
     
 
 
 
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