Shani le Roux
Senior Forensic Investigator | Cape Town
Contact
T: +27 21 480 3360
Overview
Shani is a Senior Forensic Investigator in the firm’s Dispute Resolution Department and a member of the Corporate Investigations practice.
Shani has over 3 years’ experience in investigations and related forensic services. She joined Bowmans as a Forensic Investigator in early 2022, having previously worked for the firm as a consultant since 2021.
Experience
Shani’s experience includes, inter alia:
- assisting a repayment administrator that was appointed by the Prudential Authority with the repayment of funds obtained in the investigation of contraventions of the Banks Act.
- drafting of applications and affidavits in terms of contraventions of the Banks Act.
- drafting of various solvency reports.
- assisting a financial services regulator with investigations into possible contraventions of the Exchange Control Regulations by a large group of international companies, where multiple jurisdictions are involved.
- analyses of large volumes of data on e-discovery platforms, such as Reveal.
- analyses and conversions of bank statements to identify any possible irregular payments.
- investigation into alleged insider trading arising from a whistleblower report.
- assisting in an investigation regarding a large group of international companies where there are various allegations of fraud and corruption.
- assisting in an investigation into allegations of blackmail and extortion by the Chief People Officer of an Audit Company against its chairperson.
- attend various interviews.
- assist clients with the registration of case dockets at the SAPS.
- assisting in the drafting of an environmental criminal investigative enforcement framework from a South African perspective.
- drafting of A1 affidavits.
- conducting personal and business background searches on XDS (Xpert Decision Systems) and SearchWorks.
- capturing of large volumes of data.
- preparation of various court files and briefs to counsel.
- various tasks relating to document management and document review, including documentation control by consolidating and maintaining investigation files and records.
Qualifications
Education
- BCom Forensic Accountancy, North West University
- BCom Hons Forensic Accounting, North West University
Professional Memberships
- Member of International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators
- Affiliate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- Golden Key International Honour Society
Overview
Shani is a Senior Forensic Investigator in the firm’s Dispute Resolution Department and a member of the Corporate Investigations practice.
Shani has over 3 years’ experience in investigations and related forensic services. She joined Bowmans as a Forensic Investigator in early 2022, having previously worked for the firm as a consultant since 2021.
Experience
Shani’s experience includes, inter alia:
- assisting a repayment administrator that was appointed by the Prudential Authority with the repayment of funds obtained in the investigation of contraventions of the Banks Act.
- drafting of applications and affidavits in terms of contraventions of the Banks Act.
- drafting of various solvency reports.
- assisting a financial services regulator with investigations into possible contraventions of the Exchange Control Regulations by a large group of international companies, where multiple jurisdictions are involved.
- analyses of large volumes of data on e-discovery platforms, such as Reveal.
- analyses and conversions of bank statements to identify any possible irregular payments.
- investigation into alleged insider trading arising from a whistleblower report.
- assisting in an investigation regarding a large group of international companies where there are various allegations of fraud and corruption.
- assisting in an investigation into allegations of blackmail and extortion by the Chief People Officer of an Audit Company against its chairperson.
- attend various interviews.
- assist clients with the registration of case dockets at the SAPS.
- assisting in the drafting of an environmental criminal investigative enforcement framework from a South African perspective.
- drafting of A1 affidavits.
- conducting personal and business background searches on XDS (Xpert Decision Systems) and SearchWorks.
- capturing of large volumes of data.
- preparation of various court files and briefs to counsel.
- various tasks relating to document management and document review, including documentation control by consolidating and maintaining investigation files and records.
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