Amanda Obi

Amanda Obi is an Associate in the Corporate Department of the Johannesburg office and a member of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions and Capital Markets practices. She advises on complex cross-border transactions, securities offerings, and corporate structuring for multinational clients across sectors including financial services, industrial chemicals, and technology.

Ms. Obi has played a pivotal role in high-value M&A and capital markets transactions, including advising on the proposed acquisition of a South African private company for Ascension Capital Partners, the acquisition of Popcorn Learning Agency by a US-based corporation, and the simplification of the capitalisation table of D.Light Design for a consortium of international development finance institutions. Her capital markets experience includes advising Cirsa Enterprise on its EUR 700 million senior secured notes offering, AstraZeneca PLC on its EUR 750 million fixed rate notes offerings, and David Lloyd on its EUR 300 million and GBP 645 million senior secured notes offering. She has also coordinated multi-jurisdictional due diligence and liaised with stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions.

Amanda holds an LL.M. with honours from Columbia Law School (2020), an LL.B. cum laude from the University of the Witwatersrand (2015), and a Bachelor of Commerce from the same university (2013). She is admitted as an attorney of the High Court in South Africa and is also admitted to the New York State Bar.