Shameegh Allen
Shameegh Allen is a Director in our Corporate & Commercial practice. Shameegh specialises in mergers and acquisitions, company law and corporate restructuring, and has unique expertise in advising on numerous complex commercial transactions.
About Shameegh
About Shameegh
After graduating summa cum laude from the University of the Western Cape, Shameegh joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2018. Shameegh was appointed as an Associate in our Corporate and Commercial practice in 2020, and was admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa in the same year.
Shameegh was appointed as a Director in April 2025.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- LLB (summa cum laude), University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, SA.
- BA Sports, Recreation and Exercise Science, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, SA.
- BA Honours Sport and Exercise Science, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, SA.
- Year of admission: 2020
Languages
Languages
- English
About Shameegh
After graduating summa cum laude from the University of the Western Cape, Shameegh joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2018. Shameegh was appointed as an Associate in our Corporate and Commercial practice in 2020, and was admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa in the same year.
Shameegh was appointed as a Director in April 2025.
Credentials
Education
- LLB (summa cum laude), University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, SA.
- BA Sports, Recreation and Exercise Science, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, SA.
- BA Honours Sport and Exercise Science, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, SA.
- Year of admission: 2020
Languages
- English
Experience
Lead advisor to Futuregrowth in its investment into Pineapple Tech, an insurance technology company launched in 2018.
Lead advisor to Futuregrowth in its investment into Cybersmart, a technology and cybersecurity company.
Lead advisor to Futuregrowth in its investment into Inseco, a biotechnology company.
Lead advisor to Bauta Logistics Ltd, a member of the African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) led consortium which acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Commercial Cold Storage Group Limited, trading as CCS Logistics, from Oceana Group.
Advised SA Corporate Real Estate Limited and Indluplace Properties Limited in relation to SA Corporate's acquisition of the entire issued ordinary share capital of Indluplace in terms of a scheme of arrangements pursuant to section 114(1)(e) of the Companies Act, and the subsequent delisting of Indluplace from the JSE pursuant to the scheme becoming operative.
Advised Korbicom and GhostPractice, a legal software platform designed to help manage law firms and their practice, in a cross-board transaction involving an internal restructuring and the sale of the entire share capital to Dye and Durham.
Advised Parity Software, a market-leading Microsoft product and service consultancy in South Africa providing advisory services to public and private sector clients, and its shareholders in a transaction which saw the sale of the entire share capital in Parity Software to Ernst & Young, as well as the transfer of the Parity Software employees.
Advised Parity Software, a market-leading Microsoft product and service consultancy in South Africa providing advisory services to public and private sector clients, and its shareholders in a transaction which saw the sale of the entire share capital in Parity Software to Ernst & Young, as well as the transfer of the Parity Software employees.
Advised on a Major B-BBEE Transaction between two public benefit organisations, a testamentary trust and non-profit company.
Advised Prescient Holdings Proprietary Limited, Stellar Capital Partners Limited and Prescient Empowerment Trust Proprietary Limited, during Prescient Holdings' 2019 restructuring, which resulted in the divestment by Stellar Capital of its direct shareholding in Prescient Holdings and Prescient Empowerment Trust.
Advised on several mergers and acquisitions in the unlisted space, including corporate actions including, share buy-backs, corporate restructuring and rights offers, as well as general commercial, corporate and regulatory issues.
Negotiated and drafted various legal agreements, assisted with general company secretarial work pertaining to the registration of companies and their on-going corporate governance, and assisted in commercial legal due diligence investigations and the drafting of due diligence reports.
News
Ratchets: The most important anti-dilution tool in your investment toolbox
Venture capital and private equity investors’ strategy is to find companies, invest early and grow their investments as the investee company grows. However, this investment strategy...
Back to the future: The provision of future/contingent financial assistance in terms of section 44 of the Companies Act
In Constantia Insurance Company Limited v Master of the High Court, Johannesburg and Others JOL 56548 (SCA), the Supreme Court of Appeal provided some much-needed clarity in confirming...
Minority protections against oppressive and/or prejudicial amendments to an MOI
When considering the age-old question of which provisions should be contained in the memorandum of incorporation (MOI) and which provisions should be contained in the shareholders’...
The rare and elusive fundamental transaction: Statutory mergers and amalgamation in terms of section 113 of the Companies Act
Flexibility and adaptability when advising clients on any proposed transaction, whether a deal with third parties or an internal restructuring, are crucial skills for any mergers and...
JSE Listings Requirements: Something out of the ordinary is taking place
On 4 May 2022, following a consultation process with market participants, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) announced that the Financial Sector Conduct Authority had approved amendments...
Market recognition
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2025 mentioned and listed Shameegh as leading Associate for commercial, corporate/M&A.
Market recognition
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2025 mentioned and listed Shameegh as leading Associate for commercial, corporate/M&A.
