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Gareth co-heads the general sector advisory team at RMB, Clairfield\u2019s partner in South Africa. He brings over 18 years of experience in corporate finance and investment banking, advising on disposals, M&A, IPOs, capital raising, debt restructuring, private equity, strategic reviews, and joint ventures. His sector focus includes consumer, healthcare, services, and industrials.<\/p>\n

Gareth has advised on numerous high-profile transactions. On the buy side, he supported CIVH on the acquisition of Vumatel and a stake in Herotel; Mediclinic on its ZAR 1.6 billion acquisition of Clinique La Colline and Meggen in Switzerland, and its ZAR 8 billion acquisition of a 29.9% stake in UK-listed Spire Healthcare; and Life Healthcare on its ZAR 14 billion acquisition of UK-based Alliance Medical Group and related ZAR 9 billion rights issue. On the sell side, he has been involved with The Beverage Company (BevCo) on its ZAR 3 billion sale to India-listed Varun Beverages, and Life Healthcare on the ZAR 21 billion sale of Alliance Medical Group to iCON Infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Gareth\u2019s capital markets and restructuring experience includes Richemont\u2019s ZAR 196 billion secondary inward listing of CFR A shares on the JSE and ZAR 35.9 billion listing following warrant exercises; the ZAR 7 billion IPO of Premier FMCG on the JSE; SAB\/AB InBev\u2019s ZAR 5.8 billion BEE deal and JSE listing.<\/p>\n

Gareth graduated from Stellenbosch University with a degree in biotechnology and holds an MBA from the University of the Witwatersrand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":69637,"template":"","country":[48],"service":[],"sector":[],"class_list":["post-60696","team_member","type-team_member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-south-africa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGareth Armstrong - Clairfield<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/team_member\/gareth-armstrong\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gareth Armstrong - Clairfield\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gareth co-heads the general sector advisory team at RMB, Clairfield\u2019s partner in South Africa. 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