Global law firm DLA Piper has announced three promotions in its Corporate, Finance, and Litigation and Regulatory practices in its Johannesburg office. Associates Callie Jo Bouman, Malachizodok Mpolokeng and Dharshini Naidoo have all been promoted to Senior Associate.
- Callie-Jo has experience of working on a wide range of domestic, cross-border and multinational transactions for public and private companies across the energy and natural resources, financial services, investment management and funds, professional services, real estate and technology sectors.
- Malachizodok has advised clients on a wide range of banking and corporate finance transactions, including project and infrastructure finance, leveraged finance, debt restructuring, acquisition finance and debt capital markets transactions.
- Dharshini advises clients on competition law matters including merger control across Africa and investigations into prohibited practices such as cartels and abuse of dominance.
The Corporate practice has also appointed a new Senior Associate, Annastasia Nair. Annastasia has experience in general corporate and commercial law, corporate governance, due diligence investigations, corporate reorganisations and M&A.
Johannes Gouws, Country Managing Partner, South Africa, commented: “We would like to congratulate our newly promoted Senior Associates and wish them the very best on this career milestone. The growth of our teams highlights our dedication to achieving excellence for clients globally and is testament to our commitment to nurturing talent in South Africa.”