A professional portrait of a middle-aged man with short, salt-and-pepper hair, wearing a black suit, white shirt, and black tie, smiling with a neutral gray background.
A professional portrait of a middle-aged man with short, salt-and-pepper hair, wearing a black suit, white shirt, and black tie, smiling with a neutral gray background.

Grant Rock

CONSULTANT ATTORNEY · B.COMM, LL.B


grant@mattorneys.net

+27 (0) 72 365 3171

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Banking and finance · private equity and funds · M&A and capital markets · financial services regulation · property development

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ADMISSIONS & QUALIFICATIONS

Attorney of the High Court of South Africa (2000) · Solicitor of England and Wales · RE5; former FSCA authorised representative


Grant has over 25 years’ experience as a corporate, commercial and finance lawyer, in private practice and in senior in-house and investment roles.

Admitted as an attorney in 2000 and also a Solicitor of England and Wales, he practised at major law firms in Johannesburg and New York, advising on public and private M&A, empowerment transactions and listed company reorganisations, and later held senior property development roles in Johannesburg and London.

He brings the firm senior banking and private equity expertise: three years at a corporate and investment bank on LMA loan and security documentation, and over nine years as a partner and investment committee member of a private equity firm, covering fund formation, FSCA compliance and anti-money laundering.

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Grant’s experience spans both sides of the lending relationship and both sides of the investment — documentation and enforcement, structuring and compliance.