Fatima Gattoo > Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
1 PROTEA PLACE
SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2196
South Africa

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Fatima Gattoo is a Director in our Real Estate practice. She specialises in all areas of property law including but not limited to registration of complex securities, township developments and establishments, sectional title developments, and has extensive experience in renewable energy projects.

Career

Fatima began her career in 2006 as a Candidate Attorney with a specialist conveyancing firm. She joined Hofmeyr Herbstein and Gihwala (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) as an Associate in 2007. Fatima was promoted to Director in 2015.

Languages

English

Education

  • LLB, University of Johannesburg 
  • Practical Legal Training , Law Society of South Africa – Milpark School 
  • Year of admission as an attorney, notary and conveyancer: 2007 
  • Registered with the Legal Practice Council

Lawyer Rankings

South Africa > Real estate

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr‘s prominent real estate practice houses a team ‘well-versed in property matters and able to provide holistic advice on transactions‘. Practice head Muhammad Gattoo has extensive experience in commercial property finance matters, and regularly acts for prominent financial institutions and international financiers in high-value transactions. Gattoo is also noted for his strength in advising on sectional title registers and property transfers. Simóne Franks stands out for her work in relation to property-related transfers, and Fatima Gattoo handles sectional title developments and the registration of complex securities. John Webber‘s extensive experience in the real estate sector includes advising on land use conversions and land developments. Samantha Kelly and Bridget Witts-Hewinson are also singled out for their contributions. Lucia Erasmus and William Midgley have retired from practice.