Mmakgabo Mogapi
About Mmakgabo
After spending some time at Investec Private Bank, Mmakgabo began her legal career as a Candidate Attorney with Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr in 2020 where she became an Associate in 2022. Mmakgabo was promoted to Senior Associate in 2026.
Areas of expertise
Experience
- Drafting merger notifications in South Africa in the private equity and gold mining sectors.
- Drafting dawn raid policies and training material.
- Conducting a mock dawn raid.
- Advising various firms on merger notifiability and corporate restructures.
- Conducting due diligences in the telecommunications and fuel sectors.
- Drafting legal opinions on competition law policy.
- Engagements with the Competition Commission and Competition Tribunal.
- Advising a client in the investigation of restrictive practices in the fuel and beverage industries.
- Advising a pharmaceutical company in relation to the Competition Commission's investigation of alleged excessive pricing of pharmaceutical products.
Regulatory
- Advisor to a multinational pharmaceutical company in excessive pricing referral
- Advisor to The Coca-Cola Company in COMESA investigation
Recognition
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2025 mentioned and listed Mmakgabo as leading Associate for competition.
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of the Witwatersrand
- PG Diploma in Corporate Law, University of the Witwatersrand
- Certificate in Risk, Compliance and Governance Law, Mandela Institute of Law
- Admitted as Attorney: 2022
LANGUAGES
- English
