Mashudu Mphafudi

Practice Head, Director

Mashudu Mphafudi is a Director and Head of our Finance, Banking & Projects Practice. He provides business legal services in most areas of finance (debt and equity), projects finance, corporate finance, private equity, debt restructure, development finance, syndicated and bilateral finance, commercial real estate finance, acquisition finance, leverage finance, and public finance law. Mashudu has advised major international banks, South African banks, development finance institutions, corporate clients, private equity clients, developers, and sponsors across many sectors such as energy, health care, transport, telecommunications, agriculture, water infrastructure projects, and a variety of transactions in banking and finance in South Africa and Cross-Border transactions.

Mashudu Mphafudi

About Mashudu

About Mashudu

Mashudu joined Hofmeyr (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) as a Candidate Attorney in 2001. He was appointed as an Associate in 2003 and promoted to Senior Associate in 2006. Mashudu became a Director 2007.

Credentials

Credentials

Education

  • Registered with the Legal Practice Council
  • BJuris, University of Johannesburg
  • LLB, University of Johannesburg
  • LLM, University of Johannesburg
  • HDip (Labour Law), University of Johannesburg
  • HDip (Company Law), University of the Witwatersrand,
  • Certificate (Competition Law), University of the Witwatersrand,
  • Certificate in Banking and Finance, University of the Witwatersrand,
  • Year of admission as an attorney: 2003

Languages

Languages

  • English

About Mashudu

Mashudu joined Hofmeyr (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) as a Candidate Attorney in 2001. He was appointed as an Associate in 2003 and promoted to Senior Associate in 2006. Mashudu became a Director 2007.

Credentials

Education

  • Registered with the Legal Practice Council
  • BJuris, University of Johannesburg
  • LLB, University of Johannesburg
  • LLM, University of Johannesburg
  • HDip (Labour Law), University of Johannesburg
  • HDip (Company Law), University of the Witwatersrand,
  • Certificate (Competition Law), University of the Witwatersrand,
  • Certificate in Banking and Finance, University of the Witwatersrand,
  • Year of admission as an attorney: 2003

Languages

  • English

News

Market recognition

  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2018, 2021, 2023-2025 recommended Mashudu in Banking and Finance.
  • IFLR1000 2024 regarded Mashudu as a leading lawyer in Banking, Project Finance, and Capital markets: Debt.
  • IFLR1000 2018 recommended Mashudu as a "rising star" for Banking, Project finance and Capital markets: debt. In 2019, 2020 and 2022, he was listed as a highly regarded lawyer for Banking, Project finance and Capital markets: debt

Market recognition

  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2018, 2021, 2023-2025 recommended Mashudu in Banking and Finance.
  • IFLR1000 2024 regarded Mashudu as a leading lawyer in Banking, Project Finance, and Capital markets: Debt.
  • IFLR1000 2018 recommended Mashudu as a "rising star" for Banking, Project finance and Capital markets: debt. In 2019, 2020 and 2022, he was listed as a highly regarded lawyer for Banking, Project finance and Capital markets: debt