Akhona Mgwaba
Akhona Mgwaba is an Associate in our Corporate & Commercial practice. Akhona's fields of practice include mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, company secretarial work and drafting and reviewing commercial agreements.

About Akhona
About Akhona
Akhona joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2020. She was appointed as an Associate in 2022 in the Corporate and Commercial practice. During her period of practical vocational training she also worked in the Pro Bono and Human Rights practice.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of Cape Town
About Akhona
Akhona joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2020. She was appointed as an Associate in 2022 in the Corporate and Commercial practice. During her period of practical vocational training she also worked in the Pro Bono and Human Rights practice.
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of Cape Town
Experience
Drafting and reviewing commercial agreements
Drafting and reviewing commercial agreements such as sale of shares agreements, sale of business agreements, subscription agreements, shareholders' agreements and security agreements.
Advising on corporate and commercial related matters.
Assist in advising on corporate and commercial related matters such as mergers and acquisitions of listed and unlisted companies, corporate restructures, formation and administration of companies, compliance with corporate governance principles and general company secretarial work.
Legal due diligence investigations.
Assisting on legal due diligence investigations.
News

“No frills” financial reporting disclosures: New amendments to JSE listings requirements
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More to come from the JSE and NYSE collaboration on dual listings
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Agriculture and Agro-processing Master Plan: Signed, sealed and to be delivered
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A Snapshot into the JSE’s Sustainability and Climate Disclosure Guidance
On 9 December 2021, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) published its Sustainability Disclosure Guidance and Climate Disclosure Guidance consultation papers (collectively, the Disclosure...

Companies Amendment Bill, 2021: Circumstances under which private companies will be regarded as regulated companies in the context of affected transactions
It has been over three years since the first publication of the proposed amendments to the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (Act) by the Companies Amendment Bill in September 2018 (Initial...