Loyiso Bavuma
Loyiso Bavuma an Associate in our Dispute Resolution practice. He holds a BCom 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
The effect of the accessorial principle on prescription, res judicata, and estoppel
In the matter of Estelle Le Roux and Another v Dielemaar Holdings (Cape) Pty Ltd and Another (414/2023) ZASCA 118, three lease agreements were concluded between a close corporation...
National Treasury provides update on South Africa's progress in getting off the FATF grey list
National Treasury released a statement providing feedback on South Africa's participation in the October 2024 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Plenary, where FATF recognised the...
FIC provides clarity on beneficial ownership
Following consultations and comments from the tail end of last year, on 8 August 2024, the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) published Public Compliance Communication (PCC) 59, which...
Commissioning affidavits virtually: Yay or nay?
The COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented event that required big shifts in how businesses operate, and the legal industry was no different. Court hearings on MS Teams and filing...
Pasiya and Others v Lithemba Mining (Pty) Ltd and Others: An exercise in discretion
Pasiya and Others v Lithemba Mining (Pty) Ltd and Others 1 All SA 626 (SCA) was an appeal before the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) following the dismissal by the court a quo of the...
