Yanga Keva

Yanga Keva is an Associate in the Litigation and Arbitration Practice at Bowmans in Johannesburg, specialising in arbitration and mediation, commercial litigation, and regulatory disputes. He represents and advises local and international clients on complex commercial, regulatory, and cross-border disputes across the financial services, insurance, renewable energy, infrastructure, project finance, telecommunications, higher education, mining, tax, and public sector regulation sectors.

Yanga has acted for a major South African insurance company in a civil claim against a former employee who concluded an unauthorised agreement resulting in significant financial loss; advised a European parent company on initiating an investor-state international arbitration claim against the Republic of South Africa; acted for a global energy management company in arbitration proceedings arising from a contractual dispute; acted for a global telecommunications manufacturer in a R46 million arbitration claim against a local distributor; and advised a major European energy company on negotiating a gas supply agreement with a Belgian utilities company. He has also represented clients in review proceedings challenging JSE sanctions, Department of Home Affairs decisions, and regulatory enforcement actions, advised on tax disputes and internal SARS appeals, and advised on renewable energy and infrastructure project financings.

Yanga holds a BTh and an LL.B from Stellenbosch University. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (Young AFSA).