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Adnaan Kariem

Director

Dr. Adnaan Kariem is a Director in our Banking, Finance & Projects practice. He specialises in corporate finance (debt and equity finance), project finance, corporate law, investment management related matters, financial services law and education sector transactions. Adnaan structures and negotiates the transactions in his field, drafts the necessary agreements and attends to regulatory matters.

+27 (0)21 405 6102
adnaan.kariem@cdhlegal.comCape Town
Adnaan Kariem

About Adnaan

About Adnaan

Adnaan obtained his doctoral degree in commercial law from the University of Cape Town in 2022. His research and thesis analyses secured loans in South African law and cession in securitatem debiti to secure the repayment of loans. 

Adnaan began his career as a Candidate Attorney at Hofmeyr Herbstein and Gihwala (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) in 1998. He was promoted to Associate, then Senior Associate and became a Director in 2005.

Credentials

Credentials

Education

  • BA (Law) LLB, University of the Western Cape

  • LLM (Commercial Law), University of Cape Town

  • PhD (Commercial Law), University of Cape Town

  • Year of admission as an attorney: 1999

  • Registered with the Legal Practice Council

Languages

Languages

  • English

About Adnaan

Adnaan obtained his doctoral degree in commercial law from the University of Cape Town in 2022. His research and thesis analyses secured loans in South African law and cession in securitatem debiti to secure the repayment of loans. 

Adnaan began his career as a Candidate Attorney at Hofmeyr Herbstein and Gihwala (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) in 1998. He was promoted to Associate, then Senior Associate and became a Director in 2005.

Credentials

Education

  • BA (Law) LLB, University of the Western Cape

  • LLM (Commercial Law), University of Cape Town

  • PhD (Commercial Law), University of Cape Town

  • Year of admission as an attorney: 1999

  • Registered with the Legal Practice Council

Languages

  • English

Experience

Lenders and borrowers

Acts for lenders and borrowers, and advises them as to funding structures, risks and security arrangements.

Financial services providers and sector

Acts for financial services providers (including business divisions of financial services providers) and advises them as to funding structures, risks, security arrangements and related regulatory matters.

Acts for companies in the financial services sector in respect of compliance with financial services laws.

Investment managers and companies

Acts for investment managers and companies in respect of finance transactions, covering the entire spectrum of transactions including loan and security transactions, commercial development transactions and business sale transactions.

Acts for universities

Acts for universities in respect of corporate and finance transactions.

News

The pari passu principle in loan transactions
Banking, Finance & Projects

The pari passu principle in loan transactions

An important, yet undervalued principle in loan transactions is the pari passu principle. The principle concerns the ranking of lenders’ claims and concomitant security rights in loan transactions....
The borrowing powers of universities
Banking, Finance & Projects

The borrowing powers of universities

In recent years, South African universities have increasingly been borrowing large sums of money to fund their major infrastructure projects or working capital requirements. In this...
Syndicated loans: The facility agent’s role
Banking, Finance & Projects

Syndicated loans: The facility agent’s role

A syndicated loan is a loan advanced by a number of lenders, on a proportionate basis, to a borrower. In this article, the core role of the facility agent (referred to as the agent)...
Cession in security: Identifying the most suitable basis
Banking, Finance & Projects

Cession in security: Identifying the most suitable basis

A borrower’s obligation to repay a loan can be secured using different forms of security rights and quasi-security rights, with some rights being asset backed and others not.
Cession in security: Avoiding pitfalls
Banking, Finance & Projects

Cession in security: Avoiding pitfalls

A cession in security of personal rights, designed to provide security to a cessionary (a lender) for the cedent’s (borrower’s) obligation to repay a loan, may ironically, expose the...

All articles by Adnaan

Market recognition

  • Practical Law CompanyPLC Which Lawyer 2011 and 2012 recommended Adnaan in Finance and Banking.

Market recognition

  • Practical Law CompanyPLC Which Lawyer 2011 and 2012 recommended Adnaan in Finance and Banking.

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