Danie completed his attorney articles following his BComm, LLB. During his articles, his expertise was litigation with most of his time spent in the civil and criminal court handling cases dealing with contract, delict, enrichment and applications, as well as numerous criminal proceedings acting as the defence attorney in the magistrates and regional courts. In 1995, Danie completed his bar exam and was admitted as an attorney of the Supreme Court in November 1995. In 1996, he joined PriceWaterhouseCoopers and completed his accounting articles whilst studying his BComptHons part-time through UNISA. In 1999, Danie qualified as a CA(SA) and has since been involved in corporate finance, including a secondment to the JSE Limited, which laid the foundation for his corporate finance career.

A selection of transactions Danie has been involved in following the establishment of QuestCo Sponsors is set out below:

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

• The acquisition of the Pinnacle Property Group of Companies of Acc-Ross Holdings Limited by way of a reverse listing (2008)
• The acquisition by Metmar of Western Commodities (2008)
• The acquisition by Metmar of an interest in Minero Zinc (2008)
• The acquisition by O-line Holdings Limited of the ARMCO Group of companies (2008)
• The acquisition by Metmar of Mogale Alloys (2007)
• The BEE management buyout of Travel Vision (2006)
• The reverse listing of Metmar Limited into Heritage which included the acquisition of Metmar assets and liabilities, a share re-purchase, an issue for cash, a share consolidation, the disposal of Heritage assets, a dividend in specie and a share placing (2006)
• The reverse listing of IFA Hotels into Moribo which included the acquisition of IFA assets and liabilities, a share re-purchase, a share consolidation and a dividend in specie (2005)

DISPOSALS

• The disposal of AOC Geomatics to AAM Hatch (2009)
• The disposal by the Arendse family of their interest in Arwyp Hospital (2007)

LISTINGS AND CAPITAL RAISINGS

• The listing of Insimbi Refractory and Alloy Supplies Limited on the JSE (2008)
• Acting as the lead designated advisor to the listing of CIC Holdings Limited (2007)
• The listing of Chemical Specialities Limited on the JSE (2007)
• The listing of O-line Holdings Limited on the JSE (2007)
• The listing of Racec Group Limited on the JSE (2007)
• The listing of Ideco Group Limited on the JSE (2007)
• Acting as the lead designated advisor to the listing of Erbacon Investment Holdings Limited (2007)
• Acting as the lead designated advisor to the listing of IQuad Group Limited (2007)
• Acting as the lead sponsor to the listing by way of introduction of Zeder Investments Limited (2006)
• The listing of Metmar Limited on the JSE (2006)
• The reverse listing of IFA into Moribo (2005)

EXPERT OPINIONS ON THE FOLLOWING TRANSACTIONS

• The disposal by ELB of the ELB Timber business to management (2008)
• The proposed acquisition by Cullinan Holdings Limited of New Horizons (2007)
• The listing of the uranium assets of Simmer & Jack on the TSX as First Uranium Corporation (2006)
• The merger of PSG and Arch Equity involving an offer to Arch Equity shareholders to acquire all their shares by way of a scheme of arrangement, which resulted in a recapitalisation of PSG through the issue of shares to scheme participants, a share swap with Jasmyn Corporate Holdings, and a repurchase of shares from Arch Equity to eliminate cross-holdings (2006)
• The specific issue of shares for cash by PSG to Kumani Holdings (2006)
• The acquisition by Purple Capital of an interest in Bridge Capital (2005)
• Numerous others