Sabeeha Kathrada
Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa Inc
Related services and key industries
Biography
Sabeeha is a Senior Associate in the corporate and commercial litigation team based in Johannesburg, with a focus on the regulatory, compliance and investigations practice.
Sabeeha has advised clients in the public and private sectors on various aspects of regulatory law and a wide-ranging consideration of risk-advisory matters, including business ethics and anti-corruption, investigations and compliance advice.
On business ethics and anti-corruption, Sabeeha has assisted clients on aspects of complex corporate investigations and white collar crime and is also deeply involved in conducting business partner due-diligence reports. She also supports clients in navigating the broad spectrum of regulatory and compliance challenges, and is involved in the anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing practices.
Sabeeha regularly provides clients with business ethics and anti-corruption, and anti-money laundering training.
Sabeeha has experience in various aspects of corporate governance, as well as in corporate and commercial disputes.
Professional experience
Collapse all- LLB, with distinction, University of the Witwatersrand
- BA (International Relations and Law) University of the Witwatersrand
- Attorney, qualified in South Africa 2019
A multinational mining company – Conducting reviews and preparing anti-corruption due diligence reports of potential business partners
A multinational nutrition company – Conducting reviews and preparing anti-corruption due diligence reports of potential third party distributors.
Listed packaged goods company – Conduct an internal investigation in respect of allegations of misconduct against senior management and provide legal advice thereto, as well as civil recovery litigation.
Multinational logistics provider - Conduct an internal investigation in respect of allegations of misconduct against senior South African management and provide legal advice thereto as well as civil recovery litigation.
Listed multi-national African supermarket group – Assist with and advise on complex cross-border internal forensic accounting investigation, working alongside big four accounting firm, on instructions of Board committee.
National Sporting Body - Conduct an internal investigation for and advising the client pursuant to allegations of management misconduct.
Global consulting and advisory firm – Advise the client as part of a full-fledged risk-advisory mandate dealing with the entity's global corporate structure, corporate governance, policies and procedures and legal, regulatory and reputational considerations.
Large development finance institution - Advice in relation to procurement processes pursuant to panel appointments.
Large development finance institution - Advice in relation to statutory audit requirements.
French luxury goods retailer – Advise the client on its anti-money laundering obligations in South Africa.
Multinational mining company - Advise the client on its anti-money laundering obligations in South Africa.
- Co-author of the South African chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide "Corporate Investigations: A practical cross-border insight into corporate investigations", fourth edition
- Co-author of the Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide on Bribery and Corruption for the South Africa chapter
- Co-author of the Norton Rose Fulbright Global Guide to Legal Privilege from a South Africa perspective
- English
Insights
Corruption affecting the mining industry: Reflections from the 2024 Mining Indaba
Publication | February 13, 2024