Sasha Schermers

Associate

Sasha Schermers is an Associate in our Corporate & Commercial practice. 

Sasha Schermers

About Sasha

Sasha joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a candidate attorney in 2022 and had been promoted to an Associate in 2024. Sasha has gained experience in our Litigation, Employment and Tax and Exchange Control and Corporate and Commercial Departments during the course of her practical vocational training.

Areas of expertise

Experience

  • Sasha has been involved in preparing M&A transactions and various transaction documents for transactions in the telecommunications, pharmaceutical, mining, energy, private security, investment and funding and manufacturing sectors.
  • Some of Sasha's drafting experience includes: Drafting M&A transaction agreements and related documents; Drafting transaction management and administration documents; Preparing corporate governance documents and filing with the CIPC; and Corporate structuring and drafting general corporate and commercial agreements including; Memoranda of incorporation and shareholder agreements.
  • Consultancy agreements, subscription agreements, cession agreements, shareholder loan agreements, funds flow agreements, asset-for-share agreements, among others.
  • Providing opinions on the Companies Act 71 of 2008, and the JSE Listings Requirements. 
  • Sasha assisted with the transaction whereby PPC Limited disposed of its 51% of the issued share capital of CIMERWA PLC to National Cement Holding, and with the transaction whereby Vodacom Tanzania Public Limited Company acquired 100% of the shares in Smile Communications Tanzania Limited.

Credentials

Education 

  • LLB; University of Pretoria with distinction.
  • Year of admission as an attorney: 2024

LANGUAGES

  • English

News

Updates on CIPC deregistration due to non-compliance
Corporate & Commercial Law

Updates on CIPC deregistration due to non-compliance

In accordance with Customer Notice 9 of 2005 issued by the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), the CIPC is continuing the ongoing automated process of referring...

Locked-in shareholders: What happens when the honeymoon is over
Corporate & Commercial Law

Locked-in shareholders: What happens when the honeymoon is over

The recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment in Technology Corporate Management (Pty) Ltd and Others v De Sousa and Another (Case No 613/2017) ZASCA 29 (26 March 2024) is intricate,...

Beneficial ownership: An update on beneficial ownership registration filings
Corporate & Commercial Law

Beneficial ownership: An update on beneficial ownership registration filings

Beneficial ownership filings have become a prominent administrative requirement since the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) implemented beneficial ownership filing...

The High Court <em>“waives”</em> goodbye to an application for a waiver of minimum distribution requirements for public benefit organisations
Tax & Exchange Control

The High Court “waives” goodbye to an application for a waiver of minimum distribution requirements for public benefit organisations

In the recent case of Tomson N.O and Others v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service and Another (33918/2021) ZAGPPHC 359 (24 April 2023) the Pretoria High Court heard...

Reviewing a SARS assessment in the High Court: Only if the High Court says so
Tax & Exchange Control

Reviewing a SARS assessment in the High Court: Only if the High Court says so

In the recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment in Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Rappa Resources (Pty) Ltd (Case no 1205/2021) ZASCA 28, the South African...

Low-interest or interest-free loans to trusts:  Another chapter to clarify the anti-avoidance rules
Tax & Exchange Control

Low-interest or interest-free loans to trusts: Another chapter to clarify the anti-avoidance rules

Section 7C of the ITA was introduced in 2017 to regulate the granting of low-interest or interest-free loans by natural and juristic persons to trusts. The main function of this section...

Tax evasion: So nice SARS can punish you twice?
Tax & Exchange Control

Tax evasion: So nice SARS can punish you twice?

In the recent judgment of Motloung and Another v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service and Others (5492/2021) ZAFSHC 327 the Free State High Court was tasked with determining...

Updates on CIPC deregistration due to non-compliance
Corporate & Commercial Law

Updates on CIPC deregistration due to non-compliance

In accordance with Customer Notice 9 of 2005 issued by the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), the CIPC is continuing the ongoing automated process of referring...

Locked-in shareholders: What happens when the honeymoon is over
Corporate & Commercial Law

Locked-in shareholders: What happens when the honeymoon is over

The recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment in Technology Corporate Management (Pty) Ltd and Others v De Sousa and Another (Case No 613/2017) ZASCA 29 (26 March 2024) is intricate,...

Beneficial ownership: An update on beneficial ownership registration filings
Corporate & Commercial Law

Beneficial ownership: An update on beneficial ownership registration filings

Beneficial ownership filings have become a prominent administrative requirement since the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) implemented beneficial ownership filing...

The High Court <em>“waives”</em> goodbye to an application for a waiver of minimum distribution requirements for public benefit organisations
Tax & Exchange Control

The High Court “waives” goodbye to an application for a waiver of minimum distribution requirements for public benefit organisations

In the recent case of Tomson N.O and Others v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service and Another (33918/2021) ZAGPPHC 359 (24 April 2023) the Pretoria High Court heard...

Reviewing a SARS assessment in the High Court: Only if the High Court says so
Tax & Exchange Control

Reviewing a SARS assessment in the High Court: Only if the High Court says so

In the recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment in Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Rappa Resources (Pty) Ltd (Case no 1205/2021) ZASCA 28, the South African...

Low-interest or interest-free loans to trusts:  Another chapter to clarify the anti-avoidance rules
Tax & Exchange Control

Low-interest or interest-free loans to trusts: Another chapter to clarify the anti-avoidance rules

Section 7C of the ITA was introduced in 2017 to regulate the granting of low-interest or interest-free loans by natural and juristic persons to trusts. The main function of this section...

Tax evasion: So nice SARS can punish you twice?
Tax & Exchange Control

Tax evasion: So nice SARS can punish you twice?

In the recent judgment of Motloung and Another v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service and Others (5492/2021) ZAFSHC 327 the Free State High Court was tasked with determining...

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