Kulani Ngobeni
Associate
Associate
Johannesburg
Kulani is an Associate in the Dispute Resolution and Corporate Crimes and Investigations practice in the Johannesburg office.
Kulani has experience in commercial disputes and corporate crimes and investigations. Her experience includes complex local and cross-border litigation, international arbitration, workplace investigations and anti-fraud due diligence reviews.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- a European headquartered electronic systems manufacturer in high profile criminal trial proceedings relating to corruption charges brought by the South African authorities against the company's South African subsidiary
- Standard Bank in High Court, Equality Court and Supreme Court of Appeal proceedings brought by various entities forming part of the Sekunjalo Group of companies, challenging the Bank's decision to terminate the banking relationship
- a Kenyan and South African bank in multi-jurisdictional arbitration proceedings concerning the alleged breach of a complex syndicated funding agreement
- a UK multinational on an enterprise‑wide fraud risk assessment to enhance controls in response to the United Kingdom’s “failure to prevent fraud” offence
- renewable energy producers in judicial review proceedings challenging the legality of processes used to award preferred‑bidder status under the Risk Mitigation and Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programmes
- a confidential client and its subsidiaries in two of Malawi's first class-action styled lawsuits premised on ESG claims
Sectors
Background
Kulani is an Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Law) and a Bachelor of Laws from Stellenbosch University and has completed a short‑study programme in International Criminal Justice at VU Amsterdam.
