Roxanne Bain
Roxanne Bain is a Professional Support Lawyer in our Corporate & Commercial practice.
About Roxanne
About Roxanne
Roxanne started her legal career in 2016 at CDH, where she completed her articles and was retained as an associate in the Corporate & Commercial practice. Thereafter, she was an assistant lecturer at the University of Pretoria whilst completing her masters degree specialising in corporate law. She then joined a top tier international firm where she specialised in mergers and acquisitions.
Following that, she joined the Chartered Governance Institute of Southern Africa, first as their assessment manager and then as their technical adviser. Roxanne then leveraged off her corporate law, secretarial and governance knowledge to found and run her own a company secretarial and corporate legal advisory business.
She joined CDH as a Professional Support Lawyer in the Corporate & Commercial practice in 2024.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- BA (University of Pretoria)
- BA Honours (Stellenbosch University)
- LLB (Stellenbosch University)
- LLM (University of Pretoria)
Languages
Languages
- English
About Roxanne
Roxanne started her legal career in 2016 at CDH, where she completed her articles and was retained as an associate in the Corporate & Commercial practice. Thereafter, she was an assistant lecturer at the University of Pretoria whilst completing her masters degree specialising in corporate law. She then joined a top tier international firm where she specialised in mergers and acquisitions.
Following that, she joined the Chartered Governance Institute of Southern Africa, first as their assessment manager and then as their technical adviser. Roxanne then leveraged off her corporate law, secretarial and governance knowledge to found and run her own a company secretarial and corporate legal advisory business.
She joined CDH as a Professional Support Lawyer in the Corporate & Commercial practice in 2024.
Credentials
Education
- BA (University of Pretoria)
- BA Honours (Stellenbosch University)
- LLB (Stellenbosch University)
- LLM (University of Pretoria)
Languages
- English
Experience
Experience in all aspects of mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructures, including drafting key agreements and supporting documents and conducting due diligence investigations.
Roxanne also has experience in general commercial law, including drafting a wide range of commercial agreements across various sectors.
Experience in corporate governance and company secretarial work, including advising on compliance with the Companies Act and constitutional documents of a company, drafting various governance-related documents and submitting filings with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission.
News
The Companies Act amendments: Key implications for employers and the workplace
The Companies Amendment Act 16 of 2024 (First Amendment Act) and the Companies Second Amendment Act 17 of 2024 (Second Amendment Act) (collectively, the Amendment Acts) were signed...
Certain Companies Act Amendments Are Now in Force – What You Need to Know
Talk about "hitting the ground running" in the new year, for corporate law atleast. The President has proclaimed that certain sections of the Companies Amendment Act, 16 of 2024 and...
Making sense of beneficial ownership thresholds: The FIC Act versus the Companies Act
Both the Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001 (FIC Act) and the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (Companies Act) create legal regimes relating to the uncovering of beneficial ownership...
CIPC Announcement on beneficial ownership
CIPC has once again issued a warning in connection with beneficial ownership filings. They notified the public yesterday that with effect from 1 July 2024, it will not be possible...
SABC Interview | Unpacking the Companies Act amendments 2024
Roxanne Bain, Professional Support Lawyer joined SABC News to discuss the amendments to the Companies Act.
Webinar Recording | Unpacking the Companies Act amendments
Our legal experts provided valuable insights into the key Companies Act amendments in a thought-provoking webinar.
Unpacking the Companies Act amendments 2024 | Social & Ethics Committee, sections 72 and 61
In our webinar held on the Companies Act amendments, our Professional Support Lawyer Roxanne Bain from our Corporate & Commercial practice explained the changes to sections 72 and...
Companies Amendment Act Webinar - Financial Assistance - Section 45
In our webinar held on Thursday 16 January, Professional Support Lawyer Roxanne Bain from our Corporate & Commercial practice discussed amendments to section 45 of the Companies Act...
Everything you have always wanted to know about beneficial ownership under the Companies Act
Almost two years after the Companies Act was amended to provide for a beneficial ownership disclosure regime, questions still abound as to its interpretation and implementation.
