Zakiya Shaik
Zakiya Shaik is a Senior Associate in our Corporate & Commercial practice. She has assisted the firm's clients on corporate transactions and projects including contractual reviews and due diligence exercises.
About Zakiya
About Zakiya
Zakiya began her career at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a candidate attorney in 2009 and was appointed Associate in the firm's Corporate and Commercial practice. She thereafter worked for the firm intermittently as an Associate and secondee lawyer. Zakiya re-joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr in 2022 and was promoted to Senior Associate.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of Natal
- Year of admission as attorney and conveyancer: 2010
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Languages
Languages
- English
About Zakiya
Zakiya began her career at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a candidate attorney in 2009 and was appointed Associate in the firm's Corporate and Commercial practice. She thereafter worked for the firm intermittently as an Associate and secondee lawyer. Zakiya re-joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr in 2022 and was promoted to Senior Associate.
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of Natal
- Year of admission as attorney and conveyancer: 2010
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Languages
- English
Experience
Advising on general commercial law
Zakiya has experience in advising on general commercial law, contract drafting and negotiating, transaction acquisition and disposals including closing and implementation, due diligence investigations, guiding the establishment and structuring of business entities, retail leasing, supporting company secretaries, and undertaking legal secondments.
News
Inside out? A discussion on the case of The Butcher Shop and Grill CC v Trustees for the time being of the Bymyam Trust
Disregarding the corporate personality of a company is a well-established departure from the principle that a company is a separate legal entity distinct from its shareholders.
Disclosure vs due diligence when contracting
Every so often we are presented with case law underlining the importance of the duty to disclose and the obligation to investigate by the respective parties to a contract, and the...
