Heinrich Jansen van Vuuren - Namibian Attorney & Chartered Accountant – Cronje Inc Attorneys - Windhoek Namibia. - Namibian Corporate Law Specialist - Expert in Namibian Tax Law

Heinrich Jansen van Vuuren

Head of Commercial

BAcc LLB (Stell), BCompt Hons (UNISA), PG Dip (Tax) (UNISA), CA (Nam) | CA (SA).
Main Practice Area(s):
Commercial Transactions
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Business Structures
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Stock Exchange Listings
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Taxation
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Regulatory Filings and Approvals
About:

Heinrich Jansen van Vuuren is both a Namibian Attorney and a Chartered Accountant.  He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds a BAcc LLB degree from the University of Stellenbosch, a BCompt Hons as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Taxation from UNISA.

Heinrich serves on various high-profile boards and committees, including the Council of the Law Society of Namibia, the Namibian Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund, multi-national entities and regulated entities in the non-banking financial services environment, including asset management, unlisted investments and insurance.

Practice Areas:

  • Commercial Transactions
  • Business Structures
  • Stock Exchange Listings
  • Taxation
  • Regulatory Filings and Approvals
  • Heinrich heads up the commercial department in the firm. He comes from a commercial background, having completed his training contract with Grant Thornton Neuhaus before being admitted as a Chartered Accountant in Namibia.  Thereafter, he gained experience in the corporate business environment during his employment as a financial manager in the financial services industry. Heinrich obtained in depth knowledge of portfolio optimisation, management of company assets, financial planning, -forecasting and -reporting, personnel management, compliance, taxation, and various other aspects of the business environment.

    Heinrich is mostly engaged in the structuring, negotiation and drafting of complex commercial transactions.  Some of his more recent achievements include participating in the founding and listing of Nimbus Infrastructure Limited on the Namibia Stock Exchange, as the first capital pool company in Namibia.  He was further involved in negotiating and structuring the first tradable rights issue on the NSX and the reverse listing of Paratus Telecommunications (Pty) Ltd on the NSX.

    He has an immaculate attention to detail which allows him to add considerable value to clients.   Heinrich has recently been engaged in negotiating, structuring, and implementing a number of listed and unlisted capital raising transactions, including rights issues, bond programs and mezzanine financing.

    Heinrich enjoys assisting clients and consulting on the effective structuring and negotiation of complex commercial transactions where he adds value with his working knowledge of business, finance, and taxation. He assists his clients in navigating the Namibian business environment and serves on the boards of asset management-, unlisted investment- and insurance entities.

     In its 2022 Global Edition, Chambers and Partners listed Heinrich as an Up and Coming Attorney, noting that “He is knowledgeable, well informed, accurate and very analytical.