Susan Braybrooke

Deal execution gets most of the attention, but a fund’s legal exposure doesn’t end at financial close. Ongoing compliance, portfolio

A multinational subsidiary or regional hub based in South Africa doesn’t only carry local compliance risk. It carries cross-border risk

The legal work on an energy project doesn’t stop once the PPA is signed and financial close is reached. A

Fund managers rarely lose a deal because the thesis was wrong. They lose momentum — across fundraising, deployment, and exit

There is a particular point in an investment or acquisition where the commercial negotiation appears to be finished. The term

Founders heading toward a sale, a fundraise, or a broader exit tend to focus on the negotiation. But by the

Founders preparing for an exit naturally spend a great deal of time thinking about the numbers. Revenue. EBITDA. Growth. Pipeline.

Legal and HR leads running a South African subsidiary or regional hub tend to assume global policy has already covered

Multinational subsidiaries often have no shortage of lawyers. There is the employment firm. The competition specialist. A privacy adviser. A

Every energy project moves through the same sequence of legal pressure points — regardless of technology, size, or who’s at