Loyiso Bavuma
Loyiso Bavuma an Associate in our Dispute Resolution practice. He holds a Bcomm degree in Insurance & Risk Management and an LLB (Dean’s List) from the University of the Witwatersrand. Loyiso has extensive experience in general commercial litigation and contractual issues.
About Loyiso
About Loyiso
Loyiso began his articles in 2019, serving them at Schindlers Attorneys and Notaries in the commercial litigation department. Loyiso was admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2021 and went on to practise as an Associate in the commercial litigation department for a year, before joining CDH in 2022. Loyiso then briefly left CDH, and returned in 2023.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- BComm Insurance & Risk Management (2016) University of the Witwatersrand
- LLB (2018) (Dean’s List) University of the Witwatersrand
- Year of Admission as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa: 2021
Languages
Languages
- English
About Loyiso
Loyiso began his articles in 2019, serving them at Schindlers Attorneys and Notaries in the commercial litigation department. Loyiso was admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2021 and went on to practise as an Associate in the commercial litigation department for a year, before joining CDH in 2022. Loyiso then briefly left CDH, and returned in 2023.
Credentials
Education
- BComm Insurance & Risk Management (2016) University of the Witwatersrand
- LLB (2018) (Dean’s List) University of the Witwatersrand
- Year of Admission as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa: 2021
Languages
- English
Experience
Acting for the plaintiff against a major telecommunications provider in a R60 billion+ arbitration dealing with damages for breach of contract in the gaming sector.
Acting for the plaintiff against a state owned company in a claim for breach of a software agreement valued at R300 million.
Company and shareholders’ resolutions and loan agreements.
The rights and duties of corporate stakeholders such as directors, shareholders, creditors and company secretaries.
A host of transactions, such as mergers & acquisitions, buy/sell agreements, share acquisition agreements and disposals of assets.
Voluntary and compulsory sequestrations; business rescue, including the rights and duties of business rescue practitioners and affected persons; the issuing, authorizing and distribution of company shares; declaring of dividends; transfer of certified & uncertified securities.
Corporate financial management, specifically juristic entities’ requirements when preparing accounting records and annual financial statements.
Key commercial legislation such as the Companies Act, the Close Corporations Act, and the National Credit Act.
News
How special is special when determining special leave to appeal?
In Mosselbaai Boeredienste (Pty) Ltd v OKB Motors CC ZASCA 91, taken on appeal from the Free State Division of the High Court, Bloemfontein, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) considered...
Evolving power dynamics between a board and business rescue practitioners: It’s a balancing act
As a result of the decision from the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the case of Tayob and Another v Shiva Uranium (Pty) Ltd and Others ZASCA there have been, and will continue to...
