Tangeni joined ESI in January 2022 and is currently an associate in the corporate commercial department. She advises on a wide variety of corporate financing transactions, with a focus on company law, banking, finance, project structuring, and general commercial and corporate matters. Tangeni also manages the firm’s intellectual property law department where she attends to the registration of trademarks, copyrights, patents, industrial designs, and related matters. She also provides regulatory compliance advice to clients operating in the telecommunications industry.
Tangeni’s experience includes:
- attending to the registration of trademarks, copyrights, patents, industrial designs, and related intellectual property matters
- providing regulatory compliance advice to clients operating in the telecommunications industry
- drafting and reviewing various commercial contracts including term loan facility agreements, security agreements, service level agreements, memoranda of agreements, sale of shares, share subscription agreements, and non-disclosure agreements
- drafting legal opinions and conducting research on diverse commercial law issues including, restructuring of term loan facilities, trust founder liabilities, the redemption of preference shares, issuing of debentures, and the variation and novation of contracts
- assisting with the establishment and registration of private equity funds in compliance with the Pension Funds Act and Regulations
- drafting fund documents such as trust deeds, management agreements, and investment agreements;
- assessing and evaluating internal compliance with national anti-money laundering legislation
- preparing due diligence reports for corporate financing transactions
- drafting internal guidance notes on new legislation and changes in legislation
- assisting with the registration of shelf companies
- attending to the winding up of companies
Professional Qualifications
- University of the Western Cape (South Africa): LLB (2018)
- University of Cape Town (South Africa): LLM Commercial Law (2020)