Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Banking, Finance & Projects

Magano Erkana is a Director in the Banking, Finance & Projects practice, based in the Windhoek office. She has extensive experience in corporate law, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and project finance, with a strong track record advising local and international clients on complex financial transactions, regulatory compliance, and strategic structuring across multiple sectors. Magano has advised on numerous high-value financing and infrastructure transactions, public-private partnerships, and regulatory mandates, representing lenders, borrowers, and development finance institutions in multi-million-dollar projects, listings, and cross-border matters. She is recognised for her strategic insight, technical expertise, and ability to deliver pragmatic, commercially focused legal solutions within Namibia’s evolving business and regulatory landscape.

Magano completed her articles in Pretoria (at the law firm, Ledwaba Mazwai Attorneys) and was admitted as an Attorney in April 2004. She relocated to Namibia in 2005 and worked as in-house Legal Counsel at Standard Bank Namibia Ltd from May 2005 to June 2016. During her tenure at Standard Bank, Magano was involved in providing legal support to all areas of Standard Bank, including Credit, Forensics, Human Resources, Information Technology, Procurement, as well as lending to the Personal, Business, and Corporate market segments. On 01 July 2016, she was admitted as a Legal Practitioner in Namibia and commenced as a Director at the law firm, Dr. Weder, Kauta & Hoveka Inc., heading the Commercial Department.

Magano was appointed as a Director of Kauta, Barendse and Kishi Inc t/a CDH Namibia, effective 1 September 2025.

English

LLB, Rhodes University Admitted to the High Court, South Africa (Gauteng Provincial Division): April 2004 Admitted to the High Court, Namibia: 2016