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Yaniv Kleitman

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Yaniv Kleitman is a Director in our Corporate & Commercial practice and operates as a Professional Support Lawyer (PSL). He specialises in company and securities law.

+27 (0)11 562 1219
yaniv.kleitman@cdhlegal.comJohannesburg
Yaniv Kleitman

About Yaniv

About Yaniv

Yaniv began his career as a Candidate Attorney at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr and was appointed as an Associate in January 2009. He was promoted to Senior Associate in January 2011. In 2015 Yaniv was appointed as a Director.

Credentials

Credentials

Education

  • LLB (cum laude), University of Johannesburg
  • LLM (Commercial Law) (cum laude), University of Johannesburg
  • Year of admission as an attorney: 2009
  • Enrolled with the Legal Practice Council

About Yaniv

Yaniv began his career as a Candidate Attorney at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr and was appointed as an Associate in January 2009. He was promoted to Senior Associate in January 2011. In 2015 Yaniv was appointed as a Director.

Credentials

Education

  • LLB (cum laude), University of Johannesburg
  • LLM (Commercial Law) (cum laude), University of Johannesburg
  • Year of admission as an attorney: 2009
  • Enrolled with the Legal Practice Council

Experience

Vodacom

Part of the team that advised Vodacom in its BEE transaction, Vodacom’s acquisition of StorTech and Vodacom’s acquisition of Gateway Communications in 2008/2009 (due diligence aspects).

Foskor and Industrial Development Corporation

Part of the team that advised Foskor and Industrial Development Corporation in Foskor’s BEE transaction in 2008/2009.

Batho Bonke Capital

Part of the team that advised Batho Bonke Capital in the latter’s conversion of its “A” Preference Shares in Absa Group into a 5% shareholding in Absa Group, in 2009.

Pareto

Part of the team that advised Pareto in its acquisition of a 50% ownership interest in each of Menlyn Park Shopping Centre and Cavendish Square and Cavendish Connect Shopping Centres, in 2010.

Mvelaserve

Part of the team that advised on the unbundling and listing of Mvelaserve, then a subsidiary of Mvelaphanda Group, in 2010.

Batho Bonke

Advised in the unwind of Batho Bonke, in 2012 / 2013.

Mvelaserve and Mvelaphanda Group

Part of the team that advised Mvelaserve and Mvelaphanda Group (now New Bond Capital) in their respective takeovers by Bidvest and Blackstar Group, in 2012 / 2013.

Pepkor

Advised on a number of listed acquisitions and combinations including Steinhoff / Pepkor (as well as the subsequent Steinhoff scheme of arrangement and Frankfurt listing), Mediclinic / Al-Noor, Ascendis / Remedica and Ascendis / Scitec, in 2014 - 2016.

Department of Energy

Advised extensively in the numerous renewable energy projects that were initiated by the Department of Energy and which are underway in South Africa.

Parastatals

Advised a number of parastatals on compliance and governance aspects.

Due diligence

General corporate and commercial, advisory and due diligence work.

Company and commercial law

Advises extensively in the field of company and commercial law, and provides training and seminars in these fields.

News

Should I ask my lawyer or should I just ChatGPT it?
Corporate & Commercial Law

Should I ask my lawyer or should I just ChatGPT it?

Have you heard of the powerful tool that is taking the world by storm? ChatGPT, a large language model developed by OpenAI, has been making waves lately for its ability to generate...
The devil is in the detail: tacit terms and provisos
Dispute Resolution

The devil is in the detail: tacit terms and provisos

Analysing several of the recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgments on contract law, it seems some of the “flavour of the year” topics that have emerged are the reading in of tacit...
COVID-19 and the doctrine of supervening impossibility of performance
Corporate & Commercial Law

COVID-19 and the doctrine of supervening impossibility of performance

There have been numerous learnings that have come out of COVID-19, one lesson in particular is, like any other rarely occurring global catastrophe, pandemics have happened in the past...
Pressure points and hurdles when removing a director by the shareholders
Dispute Resolution

Pressure points and hurdles when removing a director by the shareholders

The removal of a director, by way of the shareholders’ inherent right to do so by an ordinary resolution, (section 71 of the Companies Act 2008) is the typical initial go-to remedy...
Draft Companies Amendment Bill: Some good news for companies undertaking share buy-backs
Corporate & Commercial Law

Draft Companies Amendment Bill: Some good news for companies undertaking share buy-backs

On 1 October 2021, the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition published the Draft Companies Amendment Bill, 2021 (Draft Amendment Bill) for public comment. The Draft Amendment...

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Recognition

2019, 2020, 2022

IFLR1000

The IFLR1000 2019, 2020, and 2022 recommended Yaniv as a notable practitioner in M&A.

IFLR1000

The IFLR1000 2019, 2020, and 2022 recommended Yaniv as a notable practitioner in M&A.

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