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Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Offices
1 PROTEA PLACE
SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2196
South Africa
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Roxanna Valayathum
Work Department
Corporate and Commercial
Position
Roxanna is a Director in our Corporate & Commercial practice. Roxanna specialises in mergers and acquisitions across various sectors and jurisdictions, the structuring and restructuring of businesses, general corporate and commercial law advice and agreements as well as due diligence investigations across multiple jurisdictions.
Career
Roxanna began her career as a Candidate Attorney at Tabacks in 2010 and was retained as an Associate in 2012. Roxanna joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Senior Associate in 2015 and was appointed as a Director in 2018.
Memberships
- Law Society of the Northern Province
- Golden Key International Honour Society
Education
- Registered with the Legal Practice Counsel
- LLB, University of the Witwatersrand
- Competition Law Certificate, University of the Witwatersrand
- LLM (Commercial Law), University of Johannesburg
- Year admitted as an attorney: 2012
Lawyer Rankings
South Africa > Commercial, corporate and M&A
The ‘very practical‘ corporate team at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr has ‘a deep understanding of the South African legal, regulatory and commercial landscape‘, and also garners praise for having ‘an immense amount of experience in closing M&A transactions across various jurisdictions‘. Practice head Ian Hayes
handles the full gamut of corporate and commercial work, and advises a roster of blue-chip clients in the telecoms, retail and mining sectors on corporate finance, M&A, takeovers, private equity transactions and restructurings, to name a few areas of expertise. Willem Jacobs is highly regarded for his M&A expertise, and is well known for advising on complex, cross-border transactions. The ‘well-informed‘ Vivien Chaplin acts for mining sector clients, and Jaco Meyer has ‘in-depth knowledge and understanding of his field and provides insightful, expert advice‘. Dane Kruger and Roxanna Valayathum also play important roles in the practice group.