Phillip Kruger

Director: Legal

Phillip Kruger was admitted as an attorney in 2010 and joined RSM South Africa in 2011 as a legal advisor in our Johannesburg office.  He was appointed as a Regional Divisional Director in the Legal Department during April 2016 and, on 1 March 2020, Phillip was appointed as a statutory Director of RSM SA Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Solutions

Phillip’s area of expertise is corporate legal services. His experience includes:

• Drafting and structuring commercial agreements
• Advising clients on interpretations and implications in terms of the Companies Act
• Drafting and interpreting Memorandums of Incorporation and Shareholders Agreements
• Furnishing advice to Directors and Prescribed Officers on their duties and responsibilities
• Advising on matters relating to corporate governance
• Advising in respect of mergers and acquisitions
• Advising companies in respect of their capital structure
• Attending to exchange control applications to the South African Reserve Bank in terms of the Exchange Control Regulations applicable in South Africa
• Advising in respect of the Exchange Control Regulations and the dissolution of “Loop Structures”
• Bringing applications before the Companies Tribunal
• Establishing local operations for multi-national commercial structures

Associations

• Member of the Institute of Directors of South Africa (IODSA)

Registrations

• Member of the Law Society of the Northern Provinces
• Admitted attorney since 2010

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce Law
• Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
• Certificate in Advanced Company Law