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Mashudu Mphafudi

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

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Position: Director
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
Bar Admissions:
South Africa
Practice Areas:
Banking
Project finance
Capital markets : Debt
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
Biography

Mashudu Mphafudi is Director and Head of our Banking, Finance & Projects practice. He provides business legal services in most areas of finance (debt and equity), projects finance, corporate finance, private equity transactions, and public finance law. He has extensive experience with various financial institutions, which he represents in a variety of transactions in banking and finance related mandates.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Advised Development Bank of South Africa in relation to the debt restructuring of CELL C, the transaction value was in the region of R6 Billion rands;
  • Advised Public Investment Corporation SOC Limited in project finance related matter for cross border oil refinery project, with a transaction value of over USD 65 Million dollars;
  • Advised Busamed Hospital Group (Lead Attorney) for the R1,2 billion rands project finance facility for the construction, operation, commissioning and financing of four hospital facilities. Advised Busamed for the acquisition of Gateway Private Hospital and Hillcrest Private Hospital with a deal value of R1.3 billion rands;
  • Advised Industrial Development Finance Corporation in relation to project finance facility provided to the Illangalethu Project with a deal value in the region of R3 Billion rands;
  • Advised Public Investment Corporation SOC Limited in relation to a debt restructuring in Daybreaks Pty Ltd with a deal value of R1,4 billion rands.
Practice areas
  • Asset finance
  • Leverage finance
  • Private Equity
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Equity
Sector specialisations
  • Banking
  • Financial services
  • Investment management
Bar admissions
  • South Africa
Association memberships
  • Law Society of the Northern Provinces
Academic qualifications
  • BJuris (University of Johannesburg);
  • LLB (University of Johannesburg);
  • LLM (University of Johannesburg);
  • HDip (Labour Law), University of Johannesburg;
  • Higher Diploma (Company Law), University of the Witwatersrand;
  • Higher Diploma (Labour Law), University of Johannesburg;
  • Certificate (Competition Law), University of the Witwatersrand, 
  • Certificate in Banking and Finance, University of the Witswatersrand
  • Year of admission as an attorney: 2003
Address:
Johannesburg
Tel:+27 11 562 1093 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com/en/people/mashudu-mphafudi.html