Lucinde Rhoodie

Practice Areas

Lucinde Rhoodie has been a Director in our Dispute Resolution practice since 2005 and has vast experience in complex commercial litigation matters, Business Rescue, Restructuring and Insolvency, Companies Act litigation matters and disputes, Financial Markets and Market Abuse litigation, and Corporate Investigations.

Career

Lucinde specialises in:

A wide range of Business Rescue, Restructuring and Insolvency matters such as liquidation and sequestration applications, the running of insolvency enquiries and other insolvency related litigation including prosecuting claims on behalf of liquidators, setting aside dispositions and assisting creditors with submitting claims in insolvent estates, perfecting securities on behalf of creditors (cessions/general notarial bonds). She acts for both liquidators, creditors and commercial banks, both in regard to South African and cross border insolvency matters;

Forensic investigations – in liquidation and commercial dispute scenarios;

Banking litigation including but not limited to litigating on securitised debt for commercial banks including Standard Bank of South Africa, Capitec Bank Limited; Nedbank Private Wealth, HSBC and Deutsche Bank;

Company law disputes and litigation including shareholder disputes, director delinquency applications and shareholders' minority protection, acting for inter alia several listed companies in litigation and regulatory matters, including but not limited to, Stellar Capital Partners Limited, PetroSA, Distell Limited, Mediclinic Group, Redefine Limited, Brimstone Investments Limited, Leaf Property Fund Trust, African Unity Health, Remgro Limited, PSG Capital (Pty) Limited, Spier Group of Companies, Pioneer Foods Limited, Pearson Holdings Southern Africa (Pty) Limited, National Students Financial Aid Scheme, GlaxoSmithKline South Africa (Pty) Limited, Equites Property Fund Limited, BKB Limited commercial property disputes, acting for REIT's including Equites Property Fund Limited and Arrowgem Limited;

Financial Services and Regulatory advice: Insider Trading and Market Abuse investigations and litigation representing corporate and listed as well as individual clients in FSCA interrogations and hearings relating to insider trading, price manipulation and market abuse matters.

NCA disputes and related litigation and disputes on sale and lease buy backs and reckless lending on behalf of consumers and commercial banks; and

Consumer law including franchise disputes (acting for both franchisors and franchisees) and Consumer Protection Act disputes.

Professional Memberships

Education:

BCom cum laude LLB cum laude, University of Stellenbosch

Year of admission as an attorney: 2000

Memberships:

South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners Association

INSOL International