Ryan Kitcat Bio

Ryan is a partner in our Corporate/M&A practice. He advises clients across a broad range of sectors, including agribusiness, energy & natural resources, financial institutions, fintech, education, hospitality, tourism, insurance, mining, private security and ICT. His principal area of practice is public and private M&A. He has advised on complex, high-stakes and high value local and cross-border transactions. His practise also involves advising clients on corporate governance, corporate reorganisations, distressed M&A, local ownership (including BBBEE) transactions, shareholder disputes, and shareholder activism. Ryan looks to be a strategic partner to his clients. He adopts a commercially pragmatic approach that is sensitive to local context and complexities to, with the appropriate team, advise and support our clients to meet their objectives. Ryan regularly contributes to the Firm’s pro bono and sustainability initiatives, and is part of the team developing the firm’s sustainability practice. He developed the language for B Corps in South Africa, and contributed to the PRI, UNEP FI, the Generation Foundation report A Legal Framework for Impact, a report considering ‘investing for sustainability impact’ in 11 jurisdictions.