Brad Serebro is an Executive at ENS in the Corporate Commercial practice.

He specialises in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity transactions, and complex cross-border / multi-jurisdictional transactions.

Brad’s clients include top 100 publicly traded groups on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, as well as local and offshore listed and unlisted companies.  Brad also has significant industry specific experience in the defence and aerospace sector as well as the tourism and hospitality sector, acting for major multi-national groups in both sectors.

Brad’s M&A and private equity experience spans acquisitions and disposals of portfolio companies, and other exit strategies, leading due diligence investigations in anticipation of acquisitions, portfolio and investment structuring, advising on local and offshore regulatory environments, management and leveraged buy-outs, and often involves advising management in the course of such transactions.

Brad is a trustee of The President’s Award for Youth Empowerment Trust which offers the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award in South Africa.

Brad is recognised as a leading/recommended lawyer by: 

• IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide; M&A –  2023, 2022, 2021 - Highly Regarded (South Africa)
• The Legal 500 EMEA 2024, 2023, 2022 – Commercial, Corporate and M&A (South Africa)
• Chambers Global Guide 2024 - Corporate/M&A (South Africa)
• Best Lawyers® 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 – Corporate Law (South Africa)

Brad has acted for local and international, listed, and unlisted clients in a variety of sectors and industries.

Brad is a member of the Legal Practice Council.

Education

• BCom (Accounts & Law) (University of the Witwatersrand)
• LLB (cum laude) (University of the Witwatersrand)
• LLM (cum laude) (University of the Witwatersrand)
• Admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa