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PROFESSIONAL
TEAM
DIRECTORS
ASSOCIATES
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BABATUNDE ADEKEYE
Babatunde holds the LLB & LLM (Ile - Ife, Nigeria) degrees. He also holds a H.DIP Tax Law from RAU. He was
admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of
Nigeria in 1989. He practised in Nigeria for about seven years
and was a Senior Associate with G.M. Ibru & Co, a commercial
law firm in Lagos. In 1997 he was admitted to practice as an Attorney
of the High Court of South Africa. He joined Chuene Kwinana Motsatse
Inc. as an Associate in 1998 and later became an Associate Director
before leaving to found MHA in 2001.
Babatunde has extensive experience in various aspects of commercial
law, including, restructuring of government enterprises, transportation
law, telecommunications and information technology law, competition
law, insurance, international trade law, labour law, corporate
law and finance.
Babatunde may be contacted at: adekeye@mhalaw.co.za
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JACKIE HUNTLEY
Jackie
obtained her BProc and LLB degrees at the University
of the Witwatersrand and her M.A.P. at Wits Business School.
Jackie joined Gold Fields of South Africa Limited as a Legal Advisor
in the Commercial Law department, whereafter she joined Nedcor Bank
Limited where she spent 4 years, 3 as a Legal Advisor and 1 year
in the Credit Department.
Jackie served her articles at EFK Tucker Inc. from
July 1997 to June 1998. In 1999 Jackie founded Huntley Inc. and
in 2006 Huntley Inc. merged with Mukwevho Mkhabela Adekeye Inc.
to form MHA.
Jackie has extensive experience in Commercial and
Corporate law as well as Telecommunications Law. Jackie has advised
many state owned enterprises on corporate governance issues and
general compliance with relevant legislation.
Jackie may be contacted at: huntleyj@mhalaw.co.za
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JIM MATEMANE
Jim obtained a B.Proc degree from the University
of the North and an LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand.
Jim also has two LLM degrees (Company and Intellectual
Property Law, and Communications Law) and is completing a third
one (Tax Law).
Jim served his articles at Edward Nathan & Friedland Inc. and
thereafter spent three years in the firm’s commercial IT and
Telecommunications department. He also worked in Parliament as a
senior researcher for the Portfolio Committees on Justice and Constitutional
and Provincial Affairs.
Jim has extensive experience in general commercial work including
in advising on mergers and acquisitions and the tax aspects thereof;
reviewing and negotiating public private partnerships agreements,
advising on compliance with mining laws and lodging of applications
for permits, advising on and lodging applications for intellectual
property protections including trade mark registration applications,
assisting relevant regulatory authorities in assessing competition
impacts of proposed mergers and advising on and lodging exemption
applications in respect of anti-competitive agreements.
Jim may be contacted at: matemane@mhalaw.co.za
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LESLIE MKHABELA
Leslie holds the B.Juris and LLB degrees
from the University of the North. He served his articles at Gildenhuys
Van Der Merwe. After completing his articles he joined Maluleke
Msimang & Associates as a professional assistant and was promoted
to Partner. In June 2001 Leslie joined MHA as a founding director.
Leslie also participates, on an ad hoc basis, in the evaluation
of candidate attorneys at the Law Society’s School for Legal
Practice in Pretoria.
Leslie has extensive experience in general commercial
work including mergers and acquisitions, restructuring of state
assets, and drafting commercial agreements. Leslie has also
been involved in a wide range of litigation matters and arbitrations,
focusing mainly on Insurance, Administrative Law, Construction Law,
Personal Injuries, Aviation Law, Landlord and Tenant Relations,
and general Commercial litigation.
Leslie may be contacted at: mkhabela@mhalaw.co.za
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DAWN NORTON
Dawn Norton has a BA (Hons) LLB degree. In July 2010
she graduated with an LLM degree in Labour Law (with distinction)
from Wits.
Dawn was articled at the firm Cheadle Thompson & Haysom Inc.
and admitted as an attorney in 1999. Dawn continued practicing at
that firm where she developed her substantive and procedural knowledge
of labour law. She has extensive experience representing clients
particularly in dismissal and unfair labour practice disputes at
the CCMA and Labour Court. In March 2006 she joined MHA as Head
of the Labour Law Department.
Dawn may be contacted at: norton@mhalaw.co.za
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MOLEBOGE
LEKWANE
Moleboge obtained her LLB degree from the University
of North West (Mafikeng) and went on to obtain a Practical Legal
Training certificate from the School of Legal Practice in Pretoria.
She served her articles at Bowman Gilfillan Attorneys, where she
acquired experience in Competition law, Intellectual Property and
Employment law.
After completing her articles, she joined Merck Sharpe & Dohme,
a multinational pharmaceutical company as a Legal Affairs
Manager, where her duties entailed drafting and reviewing
commercial contracts and giving advice on compliance issues.
Moleboge joined MHA in July 2007 and was admitted as an attorney
in March 2008. She is an Associate at MHA and active in both the
Litigation and Commercial Law Departments.
Moleboge can be contacted at Lekwane@mhalaw.co.za
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ABIGAIL RONALD-LOUW
Abigail Ronald-Louw obtained her BA and LLB degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand. Abigail was articled at the firm, Moodie and Robertson Attorneys, and was admitted as an Attorney in 2001 and a Notary Public in 2002.
In May 2001, she joined the firm, H Miller, Ackermann and Bronstein Attorneys, as an Associate running her own independent commercial litigation practice.
Abigail has experience in commercial litigation and commercial contract law which includes drafting and vetting commercial agreements. As a Notary Public she is involved in the drafting of notarial contracts, bonds and leases.
After 10 years of practising at H Miller, Ackermann and Bronstein Attorneys, she joined MHA in August 2011 as an Associate in their corporate and commercial litigation departments.
Abigail can be contacted at louw@mhalaw.co.za
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