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The Portfolio Legal Work Nobody Plans For – and How Smart Funds Make It Repeatable

Banking & Finance Law, Corporate & Commercial Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Shareholder Agreements / loucile@caveat

Investors who do regular deals know something that first-time buyers learn the hard way: the legal work doesn’t stop at signing – it often starts there. But the legal complexity in a well-run fund operates at two levels that require different thinking. There’s the fund level – formation, LP relationships, carry structures, regulatory compliance, and […]

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The “Country Stack” Problem: Why African Subsidiaries Struggle (and the Structure That Fixes It)

Corporate & Commercial Law, Data Protection Law, Employment Law, Regulatory & Compliance Law / loucile@caveat

If you run legal or compliance at subsidiary or regional level in Africa, you’ll recognise this pattern: Global sends policies. Local law demands changes. The business wants speed. Procurement wants cost control. And Legal becomes the place where everything lands when nobody else owns it. That’s not incompetence – it’s the country stack problem. Each

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The 7 Things That Make an Energy Deal “Bankable” in South Africa (Before Lawyers Even Draft)

Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Law, Public Procurement Law, Regulatory & Compliance Law, Tax Law / loucile@caveat

In South Africa, energy deals don’t fail because everyone disagrees on the vision. They fail because the fundamentals that lenders, boards, and regulators care about aren’t resolved early enough – and by the time lawyers start drafting, those gaps become expensive.These are the seven bankability basics we push to the front of every deal. Each

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The Hidden Cost of Running Your African Legal Team as a Smaller Version of Global Legal

Commercial Law, Corporate & Commercial Law, Corporate Governance & Company Secretarial Law, Cross-Border Legal Services, Data Protection Law, Employment Law, Legal Drafting / Plain Language, Regulatory & Compliance Law / loucile@caveat

Multinational subsidiaries across Africa share a common structural problem. The regional legal team is expected to handle local compliance, contracts, employment matters, regulatory engagement, and escalations – with a headcount and budget that reflects neither the complexity nor the volume of what is being asked of them. The result is a function that is permanently

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The Founder Risk Premium: The Discount Buyers Apply Before They’ve Said a Word

Corporate & Commercial Law, Cross-Border Legal Services, Data Protection Law, Employment Law, Legal Drafting / Plain Language, Regulatory & Compliance Law / loucile@caveat

Founders preparing for an exit frequently arrive at the valuation conversation with a clear view of what the business is worth: the revenue trajectory, the customer quality, the market position, the product. What they encounter instead is an offer that reflects something different – a price that appears to discount everything they believe they’ve built.

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