Gaby Wesson

Associate

Gaby Wesson is an Associate in our Corporate & Commercial practice. She works on mergers and acquisitions and standard and bespoke contracts across a variety of sectors and assists with corporate governance and company secretarial compliance.

 

Gaby Wesson

About Gaby

Gaby joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2022. During her time as a Candidate Attorney, Gaby gained experience in the Dispute Resolution, Employment Law, Competition Law and Corporate & Commercial practice areas. Gaby was promoted to an Associate in 2024.

Areas of expertise

Experience

  • Gaby has experience advising and assisting local and multinational, listed and unlisted clients on various corporate transactions, in respect of mergers and acquisitions, including conducting due diligences and advising in respect of structuring, Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment transactions and Employee Share Ownership Schemes.

  • Gaby drafts companies' constitutional documents, shareholders' agreements, subscription agreements, sale agreements, service agreements, distribution agreements, intra-group agreements, loan agreements and resolutions.

  • Gaby has advised clients across various industries including logistics, mining, financial services, insurance, aviation, liquid fuels and media.

  • Gaby also provides corporate governance and company secretarial support. She assists with attending to general company compliance reviews, director changes, winding-up of companies, preparation of securities registers and share certificates, providing authorising resolutions, company incorporations, beneficial ownership and annual returns filings.

Credentials

Education

  • Registered with the Legal Practice Council
  • BA, University of Cape Town
  • LLB, University of Cape Town
  • Post Graduate Certificate: Advanced Corporate and Securities Law, University of South Africa
  • Year of admission as an attorney: May 2023

LANGUAGES

  • English

News

You can’t seal the whole balance sheet
Corporate & Commercial Law

You can’t seal the whole balance sheet

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has drawn a hard line: blanket confidentiality claims over entire financial statements submitted to the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission...

Rail privatisation – Industry updates and developments
Corporate & Commercial Law

Rail privatisation – Industry updates and developments

Recent months have seen significant movement in South Africa’s rail sector, with parallel developments around the early stages of rail privatisation and the domestication of the Luxembourg Rail...

Delinquency: The corporate reckoning of directors
Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring

Delinquency: The corporate reckoning of directors

The Supreme Court of Appeal’s (SCA) decision in Msibithi Investments and Others v African Legend Investment and Others ZASCA 61 is a crisp reminder that the ability to declare a director...

B-BBEE ownership transactions
Corporate & Commercial Law

B-BBEE ownership transactions

Vivien Chaplin, Sector Head and Director, and Gaby Wesson , Associate in the Corporate & Commercial practice, were recently featured in the Sunday Times Supplement, where they discussed...

A quick guide to B-BBEE ownership transactions in South Africa
Corporate & Commercial Law

A quick guide to B-BBEE ownership transactions in South Africa

The element of ownership is regarded as one of the most important elements of the broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) scorecard, as set out in the Codes of Good Practice...

Industry update on Rail Sector Private Sector Participation: RFIs for PSP Projects in terms of Transnet's Network Statement are now available
Transport & Logistics

Industry update on Rail Sector Private Sector Participation: RFIs for PSP Projects in terms of Transnet's Network Statement are now available

On 22 January 2025, Vivien Chaplin and Gaby Wesson wrote an alert on the finalisation of Transnet’s Network Statement. You can find it here . Below is an update on the alert in respect...

Rail privatisation is on track: South Africa ratifies Luxembourg Rail Protocol

Rail privatisation is on track: South Africa ratifies Luxembourg Rail Protocol

The ratification and adoption of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Railway Rolling Stock (adopted...

Transnet’s final Network Statement published – Privatisation of the rail network will soon be a reality
Corporate & Commercial Law

Transnet’s final Network Statement published – Privatisation of the rail network will soon be a reality

The finalisation of Transnet’s Network Statement (Network Statement) marks a pivotal moment in the reform of South Africa’s rail sector, signalling that access to the rail network...

The Promulgation of the Economic Regulation of Transport Act is a marked step towards rail reform and privatisation
Firm News

The Promulgation of the Economic Regulation of Transport Act is a marked step towards rail reform and privatisation

On 11 June 2024, President Ramaphosa signed the Economic Regulation of Transport Act 6 of 2024 (Act) into law, marking a significant development in respect of economic regulation of...

Embracing privatisation of the rail industry in South Africa: Transnet’s Network Statement
Corporate & Commercial Law

Embracing privatisation of the rail industry in South Africa: Transnet’s Network Statement

In a move geared towards transforming the rail sector, Transnet SOC Limited (Transnet) issued its draft Network Statement (Statement) for public comment on 19 March 2024, outlining...

Skyward shift: Modernising air service licensing in South Africa

Skyward shift: Modernising air service licensing in South Africa

In a move geared towards enhancing the efficiency of air service licensing in South Africa, local operators’ air service licence applications and foreign operators’ permit applications...

You can’t seal the whole balance sheet
Corporate & Commercial Law

You can’t seal the whole balance sheet

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has drawn a hard line: blanket confidentiality claims over entire financial statements submitted to the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission...

Rail privatisation – Industry updates and developments
Corporate & Commercial Law

Rail privatisation – Industry updates and developments

Recent months have seen significant movement in South Africa’s rail sector, with parallel developments around the early stages of rail privatisation and the domestication of the Luxembourg Rail...

Delinquency: The corporate reckoning of directors
Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring

Delinquency: The corporate reckoning of directors

The Supreme Court of Appeal’s (SCA) decision in Msibithi Investments and Others v African Legend Investment and Others ZASCA 61 is a crisp reminder that the ability to declare a director...

B-BBEE ownership transactions
Corporate & Commercial Law

B-BBEE ownership transactions

Vivien Chaplin, Sector Head and Director, and Gaby Wesson , Associate in the Corporate & Commercial practice, were recently featured in the Sunday Times Supplement, where they discussed...

A quick guide to B-BBEE ownership transactions in South Africa
Corporate & Commercial Law

A quick guide to B-BBEE ownership transactions in South Africa

The element of ownership is regarded as one of the most important elements of the broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) scorecard, as set out in the Codes of Good Practice...

Industry update on Rail Sector Private Sector Participation: RFIs for PSP Projects in terms of Transnet's Network Statement are now available
Transport & Logistics

Industry update on Rail Sector Private Sector Participation: RFIs for PSP Projects in terms of Transnet's Network Statement are now available

On 22 January 2025, Vivien Chaplin and Gaby Wesson wrote an alert on the finalisation of Transnet’s Network Statement. You can find it here . Below is an update on the alert in respect...

Rail privatisation is on track: South Africa ratifies Luxembourg Rail Protocol

Rail privatisation is on track: South Africa ratifies Luxembourg Rail Protocol

The ratification and adoption of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Railway Rolling Stock (adopted...

Transnet’s final Network Statement published – Privatisation of the rail network will soon be a reality
Corporate & Commercial Law

Transnet’s final Network Statement published – Privatisation of the rail network will soon be a reality

The finalisation of Transnet’s Network Statement (Network Statement) marks a pivotal moment in the reform of South Africa’s rail sector, signalling that access to the rail network...

The Promulgation of the Economic Regulation of Transport Act is a marked step towards rail reform and privatisation
Firm News

The Promulgation of the Economic Regulation of Transport Act is a marked step towards rail reform and privatisation

On 11 June 2024, President Ramaphosa signed the Economic Regulation of Transport Act 6 of 2024 (Act) into law, marking a significant development in respect of economic regulation of...

Embracing privatisation of the rail industry in South Africa: Transnet’s Network Statement
Corporate & Commercial Law

Embracing privatisation of the rail industry in South Africa: Transnet’s Network Statement

In a move geared towards transforming the rail sector, Transnet SOC Limited (Transnet) issued its draft Network Statement (Statement) for public comment on 19 March 2024, outlining...

Skyward shift: Modernising air service licensing in South Africa

Skyward shift: Modernising air service licensing in South Africa

In a move geared towards enhancing the efficiency of air service licensing in South Africa, local operators’ air service licence applications and foreign operators’ permit applications...

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