Ziyanda Ntshona

Partner

Johannesburg

Ziyanda is a M&A/private equity lawyer with 20 years of experience practicing in all aspects of M&A including reorganisations, private equity, commercial work, corporate governance and general corporate transactions in South Africa and the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Her experience includes mining, health, financial services, pharma, telecommunications, real estate, and private equity. This includes cross-border transactions and transactions that involve leveraged buyouts and where issues of Black Economic Empowerment are pertinent.

Ziyanda's technical ability and expertise have been recognised by top legal directories including Legal 500, Best Lawyers and Chambers Global in which she is noted for being "highly experienced and knowledgeable". In 2023, she was awarded Up and Coming Lawyer of the Year by Chambers Africa.

Ziyanda's clients have praised her as a "trusted adviser, a safe pair of hands and a pleasure to work with." In addition, she "maintains good activity in the private equity market, assisting with transactions and restructurings." – Chambers Global: Corporate M&A and Private Equity 2025.

Background

Ziyanda holds a LLB (Bachelor of Laws Degree), a LLM (Commercial Law) from the University of Witwatersrand and an MBA from the African Leadership University in Rwanda.

Experience & expertise

Selected matters

the acquisition by Ubuntu Pathways NPC (as a member of the IHS Towers South Africa Proprietary Limited BEE consortium) acquiring shares in IHS Towers South Africa
Acino Pharma AG and its South African subsidiary, Acino Pharma Priority Ltd, on the acquisition of six pharmaceuticals brands from the South African global pharmaceuticals company, Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd and its subsidiaries for EUR 105 million (ZAR 1.8 billion)
the acquisition by Siyanda Resources consortium of of a 5% equity stake in each of Impala Bafokeng Resources Proprietary Limited and Impala Platinum Proprietary Limited, subsidiaries of Impala Platinum Holdings Limited
Amplat’s establishment of its ESOP for R8.3bn (shortlisted for BEE Deal of the Year 2022: DealMakers)
the purchase by Ata Fund III, established by black-owned private equity firm Ata Capital, of 80% of Respiratory Care Africa (with RCA management taking the other 20%). (shortlisted for Catalyst Private Equity Deal of the Year 2021: DealMakers)