Divina Naidoo
Divina Naidoo is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution practice. Her experience includes guiding multi-disciplinary teams and industry-facing clients in realising their strategic goals, resolving disputes, settling debts, and creating value for their stakeholders. She is skilled in supporting complex mediation and litigation matters, facilitating compliance and investigation mandates, and drafting sound arguments or agreements to achieve win-win outcomes. Specialized knowledge in contractual, environmental, property, and consumer law.
About Divina
About Divina
Divina began her legal career at a prominent litigation firm in Johannesburg, where she trained serving her articles and then worked as an associate and later as a Senior Associate, specialising in general commercial and property law litigation. Divina then joined a niche environmental law firm in Cape Town to apply her academic knowledge of environmental law. There, she worked on environmental and administrative law cases, led various legal matters with international partners, and focused on ensuring environmental authorizations were obtained and decision-makers were held accountable for any procedural shortcomings. Additionally, Divina handled regulatory compliance and drafted opinions for renewable energy projects. In Johannesburg, she also led the Wellness program and played a key role in mentoring and training new attorneys.
Divina joined CDH in September 2024.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- BA Political Science & Law (University of the Witwatersrand) – 2014
- LLB (Dean’s List 2014, 2015 and graduated with Distinction) (University of the Witwatersrand) – 2016
- Practical Legal Training (L.E.A.D) – 2017
- LLM in Environmental, Energy and Mining Law (University of the Witwatersrand) – 2018
- Admission as an Attorney (Gauteng Division, Johannesburg)– 2020
- Civil Mediation Training (L.E.A.D) – 2021
- Commercial and Contract Law certification (University of Cape Town) – 2021
- Practice Management Training (L.E.A.D) – 2022
- Enrolled attorney of the Western Cape Division, Cape Town – 2023
Memberships
- South African Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges (SAC-IAWJ)
- Environmental Law Association (ELA)
Languages
Languages
- English
About Divina
Divina began her legal career at a prominent litigation firm in Johannesburg, where she trained serving her articles and then worked as an associate and later as a Senior Associate, specialising in general commercial and property law litigation. Divina then joined a niche environmental law firm in Cape Town to apply her academic knowledge of environmental law. There, she worked on environmental and administrative law cases, led various legal matters with international partners, and focused on ensuring environmental authorizations were obtained and decision-makers were held accountable for any procedural shortcomings. Additionally, Divina handled regulatory compliance and drafted opinions for renewable energy projects. In Johannesburg, she also led the Wellness program and played a key role in mentoring and training new attorneys.
Divina joined CDH in September 2024.
Credentials
Education
- BA Political Science & Law (University of the Witwatersrand) – 2014
- LLB (Dean’s List 2014, 2015 and graduated with Distinction) (University of the Witwatersrand) – 2016
- Practical Legal Training (L.E.A.D) – 2017
- LLM in Environmental, Energy and Mining Law (University of the Witwatersrand) – 2018
- Admission as an Attorney (Gauteng Division, Johannesburg)– 2020
- Civil Mediation Training (L.E.A.D) – 2021
- Commercial and Contract Law certification (University of Cape Town) – 2021
- Practice Management Training (L.E.A.D) – 2022
- Enrolled attorney of the Western Cape Division, Cape Town – 2023
Memberships
- South African Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges (SAC-IAWJ)
- Environmental Law Association (ELA)
Languages
- English
Experience
Secured a ZAR60M bond over client (Challenger Trade Finance Segregated Portfolio of the South Africa Alpha SPC) assets through a perfection application and assisted in drafting and instructing various sheriffs in urgent liquidation applications and 417 Enquiries.
Assisted in complex high-value property litigation of petrochemical facilities and MHI Regulations, acted for Nedbank in this transaction.
Lead attorney engaging with a broker environmental consulting firm (NCC) to amend and assist the Republic of Mauritius’ government with drafting legislation on National Alien Invasive Species.
Renewable energy advisory on the opportunity of solar energy within the Republic of South Africa’s energy and electricity legal framework.
Lead attorney for three high profile oil and gas litigation projects applying intricate project management and environmental law knowledge of the oil and gas industry, including offshore exploration, seismic testing, production phases, environmental authorizations, and environmental impact assessments.
Advisory to Municipalities (City of Cape Town) and private clients on coastal public property and coastal erosion.
Commercial Water Usage advisory and interpretation of new water law and water use license applications to existing large-scale user and small scale.
