Hilah Laskov

Director

  Cape Town

  +27 21 405 5174

  +27 11 535 8526

  hlaskov@werksmans.com

Hilah Laskov is a Director in the Banking & Finance, Investment Funds and Regulatory practice areas. She specialises in mergers & acquisitions; investment funds; international transactions; and corporate structuring. Hilah also provides opinions on all areas of commercial law and information technology law. She is experienced in the drafting of commercial agreements and also advises on regulatory compliance with financial legislation and fraud legislation. Hilah is on the Executive Committee for the Cape Town Candidate Attorneys Association and in both 2020 and 2021, ranked as a “Rising Star” in Investment Funds by The Legal500.

  • Banking & Finance
  • Investment Funds
  • Private Equity
  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Investment funds 
  • International transactions 
  • Corporate structuring 
  • Providing opinions on all areas of commercial law and information technology law
  • Drafting commercial agreements 
  • Advising on regulatory compliance with financial legislation and fraud legislation 

Hilah adivises on mergers & acquisitions; investment funds; international transactions; and corporate structuring. Hilah also provides opinions on all areas of commercial law and information technology law. She is experienced in the drafting of commercial agreements and also advises on regulatory compliance with financial legislation and fraud legislation.

  • BA (University of Cape Town) 
  • LLB (University of Cape Town) 
  • 2011: Advanced Company Law: Securities (with distinction) (University of the Witwatersrand)  
  • 2013: Advanced Company Law: Corporate Governance (with distinction and highest mark in class) (University of Cape Town) 
  • 2012: Associate, Werksmans 
  • 2017: Senior associate, Werksmans
  • 2021: Director
  • Awarded the Rodman Ward prize for the best essay written on an aspect of Corporate Governance (University of Cape Town - 2013).
  • Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (South African Chapter).
  • Executive Committee for the Cape Town Candidate Attorneys Association.
  • Ranked as a rising star by IFLR1000 | Banking | Capital Markets | 2020 - 2022, 2024
  • Ranked as a rising star by Legal500 | Investment Funds | 2020 - 2022
  • Ranked as a next generation lawyer by Legal500 | Investment Funds | 2018 - 2019, 2024