Ayesha Karjieker
Ayesha Karjieker is an Associate Designate in our Corporate & Commercial practice. She works on mergers and acquisitions; as well as debt finance and preference share funding instruments.
About Ayesha
About Ayesha
Ayesha joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2023 and was promoted to an Associate in 2025. During her time as a Candidate Attorney, Ayesha gained experience in the ProBono & Human Rights, Employment Law, and Corporate & Commercial practice areas.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- BA, LLB; University of the Witwatersrand
- Certificate: Company Law II – University of Witwatersrand
Languages
Languages
- English
About Ayesha
Ayesha joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2023 and was promoted to an Associate in 2025. During her time as a Candidate Attorney, Ayesha gained experience in the ProBono & Human Rights, Employment Law, and Corporate & Commercial practice areas.
Credentials
Education
- BA, LLB; University of the Witwatersrand
- Certificate: Company Law II – University of Witwatersrand
Languages
- English
Experience
Ayesha has experience advising and assisting local and multinational clients on mergers and acquisitions, due diligence investigations, corporate reorganizations and restructures, and corporate governance. She also has experience advising and assisting borrowers and lenders across various industries, in debt finance and preference share funding transactions.
shareholders' agreements, subscription agreements, sale agreements, and resolutions. She is experienced in supporting deal closures, conducting legal due diligence investigations, and handling company secretarial matters, such as forming private companies and managing corporate governance processes.
News
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