Darryl Levitt
Darryl consults with domestic and foreign companies on transactions involving Canada, South Africa and other Southern African countries such as Mozambique, Botswana and Namibia. He has worked in the areas of business development for both Canadian and Southern African companies involved in financing through public offerings and private placements out of Canada and the United Kingdom. His practice includes mining and Black Economic Empowerment (BEE), as well as Reserve Bank issues.
Darryl's experience with BEE and South African legal issues derives from practicing law in South Africa and advising on a number of high profile Empowerment deals. He is a regular speaker on financing BEE transactions and South African Reserve Bank Issues (SARB).
- University of South Africa, LL.B., 1995
- University of Witwatersrand, B.Comm., 1992
- Ontario, 2007
- South Africa, 1997
- English
- Afrikaans
- Zulu
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Ontario Bar Association (Executive Member, Natural Resources and Energy Section)
- Director, Canada-South Africa Chamber of Business
- Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
- Member, Ontario Bar Association
- Director, Malawi, Chamber of Mines
- Member of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)
- Member, Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum
- Capturing Methane Gas
- Capitalizing on Carbon Finance
- AIM vs. TSX: The Financing Dilemma
- Security Risk Management for Businesses Operating in Africa
- MineAfrica Authoritative Empowerment Seminar
- Acted on the IPO of an issuer on the TSX which raised $233,000,000 and was one of the largest mining IPOs of recent years
- Acted for a major energy company regarding the acquisition of a large coal-bearing land package in Southern Africa and advice on corporate governance
- Assisted a base metals junior on various stages of financing out of the United Kingdom, South Africa and Canada
- Conducted due diligence on behalf of a banking syndicate prior to one of the largest independent platinum companies in South Africa going public
- Advised a Consortium on the establishment of coal-to-liquids (CTL) plants in Southern Africa
- Advised one of the largest winemakers in the world on Reserve Bank issues and investment in South Africa
- Advised one of the largest independent coal companies in the world on investments in Southern Africa
- Acted for a UK iron ore producer to conclude an off-take agreement with a Chinese provincial entity
- Acted for the first BEE company to be primarily listed on a stock exchange outside of South Africa
Darryl has held directorships of a number of successful companies including Director of Moroka Swallows, a first division Premier League soccer club in South Africa, and has been a Director of Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (Canada)
