Shafeeka Hartley

Shafeeka Hartley is an Executive in the firm's Corporate Law practice at ENS, based in South Africa. Her practice spans all aspects of commercial and transactional work, with particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, corporate restructures, and broad-based black economic empowerment advisory, regulatory, and compliance.

She has acted for clients in various sectors including mining, natural resources and energy, private equity, education, food and beverage, automotive, media/entertainment, and real estate, and has advised on cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions in the mining sector including takeovers, amalgamations, schemes of arrangement, IPOs, rights offerings, and listings and delistings on the JSE. She has also advised on renewable energy projects, the structuring and establishment of new business entities, and the restructuring of existing corporates, as well as administrative law including public finance management and procurement.

Shafeeka regularly advises clients on corporate governance and regulatory compliance with the South African Companies Act, the Takeover Regulations, King IV, and the JSE Listings Requirements. She holds a BA, an LLB, and a BCom (Taxation) Honours from the University of Cape Town, and is admitted as an attorney and conveyancer of the High Court of South Africa.

She has been recognized by IFLR1000 as a Notable Practitioner in M&A, by Best Lawyers in Corporate Law, and by Who's Who Legal in Mining.