Tanya Chivaura
Associate | Johannesburg
Contact
T: +27 11 669 9632
Overview
Her expertise spans telecommunications, broadcasting and content, consumer and data protection advice, serving clients in sectors such as accounting services, ecommerce, and the public sector. Tanya has assisted in various local and cross-jurisdictional matters and has a keen interest in ensuring regulatory compliance while also serving her clients’ commercial interests.
Additionally, she has gained diverse experience through rotations in commercial property, public law and regulatory, and mergers & acquisitions practice groups, further enhancing her comprehensive understanding of the legal landscape in these areas.
Experience
Jurisdictions worked in: South Africa
Languages fluent in: English
Tanya has advised:
- Telkom with a transfer of control application in the sale of its mast and tower business to a consortium led by Actis LLP and Royal Bafokeng Holdings, as well as smaller telecommunications operators with applications for licenses.
- Multinational accounting organisation with a multi-jurisdictional data transfer impact assessment in seven African jurisdictions.
- A leading ecommerce platform provider in relation to consumer and data protection advice.
- A multinational e-hailing platform with multi-jurisdictional artificial intelligence advice in seven African jurisdictions.
- The South African Post Office in its ongoing litigation against private courier companies.
- A foreign subscription, video on-demand, over-the-top streaming services provider in relation to its registration with the Film and Publications Board.
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor of Law (with distinction), the University of Pretoria
Professional Memberships
- Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
INSIGHTS
Overview
Her expertise spans telecommunications, broadcasting and content, consumer and data protection advice, serving clients in sectors such as accounting services, ecommerce, and the public sector. Tanya has assisted in various local and cross-jurisdictional matters and has a keen interest in ensuring regulatory compliance while also serving her clients’ commercial interests.
Additionally, she has gained diverse experience through rotations in commercial property, public law and regulatory, and mergers & acquisitions practice groups, further enhancing her comprehensive understanding of the legal landscape in these areas.
Experience
Jurisdictions worked in: South Africa
Languages fluent in: English
Tanya has advised:
- Telkom with a transfer of control application in the sale of its mast and tower business to a consortium led by Actis LLP and Royal Bafokeng Holdings, as well as smaller telecommunications operators with applications for licenses.
- Multinational accounting organisation with a multi-jurisdictional data transfer impact assessment in seven African jurisdictions.
- A leading ecommerce platform provider in relation to consumer and data protection advice.
- A multinational e-hailing platform with multi-jurisdictional artificial intelligence advice in seven African jurisdictions.
- The South African Post Office in its ongoing litigation against private courier companies.
- A foreign subscription, video on-demand, over-the-top streaming services provider in relation to its registration with the Film and Publications Board.
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