Nseula Chilikhuma
Nseula Chilikhuma (Chili) is an Associate in our Dispute Resolution practice and Business Rescue, Restructuring & Insolvency sector, practicing with a focus on business rescue, restructuring, insolvency and general commercial litigation.
Chili assists in advising corporate clients, creditors, liquidators and business rescue practitioners, in both the public and private sector.
About Nseula
About Nseula
Chili was admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2021 and subsequently joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as an Associate in 2022.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- BA, University of the Witwatersrand
- LLB, University of the Witwatersrand
- Year of Admission as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa – July 2021
Memberships
- Member of the Legal Practice Council
- SARIPA (South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners Association)
- Member of INSOL International.
About Nseula
Chili was admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2021 and subsequently joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as an Associate in 2022.
Credentials
Education
- BA, University of the Witwatersrand
- LLB, University of the Witwatersrand
- Year of Admission as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa – July 2021
Memberships
- Member of the Legal Practice Council
- SARIPA (South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners Association)
- Member of INSOL International.
Experience
Legal advice
Assisting in advising clients on business rescue and insolvency proceedings and disputes emanating therefrom
Legal advice
Advising on, and considering, contractual disputes
Legal advice
Attending to litigation arising from liquidation and business rescue proceedings, as well as general commercial litigation
Legal advice
Assisting with advising clients on complex commercial matters and insight on litigious strategy and options
Legal advice
Assisting with corporate recoveries
News
The price isn’t always right: Liquidators hold their ground in dispute over shareholding valuation
On 24 March 2023, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down judgment dismissing an appeal brought by Strategic Partners Group (Pty) Ltd (SPG) against a judgment of the High Court...
Debunking the prospect of piercing the corporate veil
The concept of piercing the corporate veil is often one that provides a sense of trepidation. Traditionally it was difficult and relatively rare to succeed with piercing the veil,...
The wide powers granted to a court in proceedings under section 20(9) of the Companies Act
In the recent decision of Centaur Mining South Africa (Pty) Ltd v Cloete Murray N.O. and Others (37520/2021) ZAGPJHC 676, the Gauteng Local Division of the High Court (Johannesburg)...
Contingent/conditional/damages claims all have locus standi to set aside BR resolution but, once a plan is rejected and no further steps are taken by the BRP, it’s over
Business rescue practitioners (BRPs) must tread with caution when they consider who is deemed a creditor in business rescue proceedings. Further care needs to be applied when the question...
Almost 10 years in, and still no hope of being rescued: BRP slapped with personal punitive costs order
The recent case of Commissioner for the South African Revenue Services v Louis Pasteur Investments (Pty) and Others may be the first of its kind to admonish the actions of a business...
