Kamvelihle Mangqishi

Kamvelihle Mangqishi is a Senior Associate at ENS in the Banking and Finance practice, focusing on Banking and Finance Law. He specialises in cross-border and domestic transactional work, including debt and equity financing, preference share funding, corporate commercial transactions and commercial real estate transactions.

His expertise in debt funding spans a variety of instruments, including syndicated loans, secured and unsecured debt and structured finance products. He assists clients in navigating the regulatory, commercial, and legal considerations inherent in these transactions, ensuring they are optimised for both compliance and business objectives.

In preference share funding, he advises both issuers and investors on structuring and issuance, helping to balance the interests of equity holders and creditors, and is skilled in drafting and negotiating terms addressing dividend rights, redemption features and other key provisions. He has also been exposed to finance deals in private equity, venture capital, and the corporate finance sector.

Kamvelihle acts for various funders (including local and international banks and institutional investors), borrowers and issuers (listed and unlisted) and regulated financial sector participants. He also advises on fundamental corporate actions, including mergers and acquisitions, inter-group company reorganisations and corporate governance matters. He holds an LLB from the University of Cape Town and is admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.