De Waal Nigrini

De Waal Nigrini

 

De Waal Nigrini

Paralegal

 

Areas of Practice

De Waal is a paralegal in the Corporate and Finance practice and joined MJM Limited in May 2019. De Waal’s practice focuses on corporate and commercial law, banking and finance and mergers and acquisitions and he specializes in drafting all manner of corporate and commercial agreements.

Professional Experience

De Waal is dual-qualified having been admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2017 and having been admitted as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in 2023. After completing his articles of clerkship at a magic circle law firm in South Africa, De Waal was offered and accepted a position as an Associate in the Corporate Commercial Department. During this time he was exposed to and gained extensive experience in corporate commercial law, banking and finance and financial services. De Waal’s main duty was to support the Corporate Commercial Department by drafting all manner of commercial agreements, researching and drafting legal opinions, attending to company secretariat duties and trust administration and conducting due diligence investigations.

Professional Activities

  • Member, Law Society of South Africa
  • Member, Law Society of England and Wales

Admissions

  • High Court of South Africa, 2017 (Non-practising)
  • Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2023 (Non-practising)

Education

  • Barbri SQE2 Preparation Course, 2023
  • Barbri SQE1 Preparation Course, 2022
  • School for Legal Practice, LeadSA, South Africa, 2016
  • LLB, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), 2014
  • BComm (Hons.) Logistics Management, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), 2011
  • BComm in Management Science majoring in Financial Accounting and Logistics Management, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), 2010

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