Tessmerica Moodley
Tessmerica Moodley is a Director in our Corporate & Commercial practice. Her experience includes mergers and acquisitions, listings, JSE related work, general corporate and commercial law, corporate finance and due diligence investigations.

About Tessmerica
About Tessmerica
Tessmerica joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2010 and was retained as an Associate in 2012, promoted to Senior Associate in 2014 and appointed as a Director in 2018.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal
- Year of admission as an attorney: 2012
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
About Tessmerica
Tessmerica joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2010 and was retained as an Associate in 2012, promoted to Senior Associate in 2014 and appointed as a Director in 2018.
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal
- Year of admission as an attorney: 2012
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Experience
Pivotal Property Fund
Advised and assisted Pivotal Property Fund in relation to its structuring, IPO and subsequent listing on the JSE.
Indluplace Properties
Advised and assisted Indluplace Properties in relation to its IPO and JSE listing.
Newpark REIT
Advised and assisted Newpark REIT on its formation and IPO.
Castleview Property Fund
Acted for Castleview Property Fund in relation to its structuring and JSE listing.
Capital & Regional Properties plc
Acted for Capital & Regional Properties plc, a UK listed fund, in its secondary inward listing on the JSE.
Capital & Regional Properties plc
Advised Capital & Regional Properties plc, on its effective take-over by Growthpoint.
NEPI-Rockcastle
Assisted in the listing of NEPI-Rockcastle on the JSE, pursuant to the merger of New Europe Property Investments plc (NEPI) and Rockcastle Global Real Estate Company Limited.
Arrowhead Properties Limited and Gemgrow Properties Limited
Advised on the Arrowhead Properties Limited and Gemgrow Properties Limited on their merger by way of scheme of arrangement.
Transformational Investment Portfolio One
Acted for Transformational Investment Portfolio One, a majority black owned and controlled firm, in relation to its listing on the ZARX.
JSE listed Stellar Capital
Acted for JSE listed Stellar Capital in its disposal of Amalgamated Electronic Corporation to the Carlyle group.
Stor-Age Property REIT Limited
Advised Stor-Age Property REIT Limited on its accelerated bookbuild offering during 2018 and 2019.
Investec Property Fund Limited
Advised Investec Property Fund Limited (JSE-listed REIT) on its accelerated bookbuild offering during February 2020.
Arrowhead
Acted for Arrowhead (a JSE-listed property REIT) on its take-over of Vividend.
RMB Holdings
Assisted in advising RMB Holdings in respect of the acquisition of a strategic interest in Atterbury Property Holdings.
Redefine Properties
Assisted JSE listed Redefine Properties on numerous transactions, including the take-over of Fountainhead, Annuity, Leaf Property Fund, the acquisition of a portfolio of retail properties in Germany, the acquisition of S&J Land development and the establishment of the joint venture with Pivotal.
Texton Property Fund
Advised Texton Property Fund on numerous acquisitions and disposals of commercial properties.
Texton Property Fund
Assisted in the establishment and/or restructuring of various unlisted clients, including Texton Property Fund.
Pivotal Property Fund
Assisted in the acquisition by Pivotal Property Fund of a stake in the Wings office development, Lagos, Nigeria.
Dipula Income Fund
Advised and assisted Dipula Income Fund in various transactions, including its acquisition of an interest in the property portfolio held by the Moolman group of companies; the internalisation of its asset management function; and its acquisition of a property portfolio from Setso Holdco and Rec Group Property Trust (valued at R1.25 billion);
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Expertise

Corporate & Commercial Law
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Consumer Goods, Services & Retail
Our multidisciplinary team provides innovative, practical and commercial advice to help our clients achieve their objectives.

Listings, Stock Exchanges & Public Documents
We act for a number of top listed companies and offer a full suite of services to public companies.

Mergers & Acquisitions
CDH’s lawyers balance legal knowledge with commercial understanding to support our clients’ best interests.