Gaby Wesson
Gaby Wesson is an Associate in our Corporate & Commercial practice. She works on mergers and acquisitions and standard and bespoke contracts across a variety of sectors and assists with corporate governance and company secretarial compliance.
About Gaby
About Gaby
Gaby joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2022. During her time as a Candidate Attorney, Gaby gained experience in the Dispute Resolution, Employment Law, Competition Law and Corporate & Commercial practice areas. Gaby was promoted to an Associate in 2024.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
- BA, University of Cape Town
- LLB, University of Cape Town
- Post Graduate Certificate: Advanced Corporate and Securities Law, University of South Africa
- Year of admission as an attorney: May 2023
Languages
Languages
- English
About Gaby
Gaby joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2022. During her time as a Candidate Attorney, Gaby gained experience in the Dispute Resolution, Employment Law, Competition Law and Corporate & Commercial practice areas. Gaby was promoted to an Associate in 2024.
Credentials
Education
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
- BA, University of Cape Town
- LLB, University of Cape Town
- Post Graduate Certificate: Advanced Corporate and Securities Law, University of South Africa
- Year of admission as an attorney: May 2023
Languages
- English
Experience
Gaby has experience advising and assisting local and multinational, listed and unlisted clients on various corporate transactions, in respect of mergers and acquisitions, including conducting due diligences and advising in respect of structuring, Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment transactions and Employee Share Ownership Schemes.
Gaby drafts companies' constitutional documents, shareholders' agreements, subscription agreements, sale agreements, service agreements, distribution agreements, intra-group agreements, loan agreements and resolutions.
Gaby has advised clients across various industries including logistics, mining, financial services, insurance, aviation, liquid fuels and media.
Gaby also provides corporate governance and company secretarial support. She assists with attending to general company compliance reviews, director changes, winding-up of companies, preparation of securities registers and share certificates, providing authorising resolutions, company incorporations, beneficial ownership and annual returns filings.
News
A quick guide to B-BBEE ownership transactions in South Africa
The element of ownership is regarded as one of the most important elements of the broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) scorecard, as set out in the Codes of Good Practice...
Industry update on Rail Sector Private Sector Participation: RFIs for PSP Projects in terms of Transnet's Network Statement are now available
On 22 January 2025, Vivien Chaplin and Gaby Wesson wrote an alert on the finalisation of Transnet’s Network Statement. You can find it here . Below is an update on the alert in respect...
Rail privatisation is on track: South Africa ratifies Luxembourg Rail Protocol
The ratification and adoption of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Railway Rolling Stock (adopted...
Transnet’s final Network Statement published – Privatisation of the rail network will soon be a reality
The finalisation of Transnet’s Network Statement (Network Statement) marks a pivotal moment in the reform of South Africa’s rail sector, signalling that access to the rail network...
The Promulgation of the Economic Regulation of Transport Act is a marked step towards rail reform and privatisation
On 11 June 2024, President Ramaphosa signed the Economic Regulation of Transport Act 6 of 2024 (Act) into law, marking a significant development in respect of economic regulation of...
