Akhona began his career as a Candidate Attorney at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr in 2020. During his time as a Candidate Attorney, he rotated to our Real Estate department where he was exposed to the drafting of commercial property agreements including, amongst other things, sale of letting enterprise agreements. Akhona also rotated to our Dispute Resolution department where he was exposed to construction and insurance litigation and to our Corporate and Commercial department where he was involved in the drafting and reviewing of a wide range of agreements. Akhona was promoted to the position of Associate in our Corporate & Commercial Practice effective 2022.

• Project managing due diligence investigations including, amongst other things, preparing information requests, reviewing corporate and commercial agreements, preparing due diligence investigation reports and providing legal recommendations on mitigating risks emerging from due diligence investigations.
• Drafting sale of share agreements including, amongst other things, resolutions authorising companies to enter into sale of share agreements.
• Drafting sale of business agreements including, amongst other things, resolutions authorising companies to enter into sale of business agreements.
• Project managing the closing of sale of share and sale of business transactions including, amongst other things, the preparation of the required share certificates and share transfer forms.
• Drafting resolutions authorising companies to enter into facility and security agreements with financial institutions.
• Providing general corporate and commercial advice and preparing legal opinions.
• Providing company secretarial support including, amongst other things, the preparation of share registers, attending to director changes, company incorporations, the deregistration of companies and the filing of annual returns.

Education

• LLB, University of Pretoria

• Year of admission as an attorney: 2022

• Registered with the Legal Practice Council