Kyra South

Senior Associate

  Johannesburg

  +27 11 535 8473

  

  ksouth@werksmans.com

Kyra South is a Senior Associate in the Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions Department. She completed her LLB degree (cum laude) at the University of Pretoria. Her areas of specialisation include mergers & acquisitions, mining & resources and sustainability. Kyra has an interest in tech-related matters, such as crypto assets and artificial intelligence.

Kyra advises various local and international corporates, start-ups, and local and international mining companies on a wide range of transactions and arrangements.
Experience: 4 years

  • Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Mining & Resources
  • Sustainability
  • Corporate Mergers and Acquisition

Corporate Mergers and Acquisition

  • Mergers Acquisitions
  • International Transactions
  • Empowerment Transactions
  • Environmental and Mining Law
  • Commercial Property Transactions
  • 2018: LLB (cum laude), University of Pretoria, 
  • 2018: Candidate Attorney,
  • 2020: Associate (Admitted as an attorney)
  • 2022: Senior Associate
  • 2024: Certificate of Competence - Prospecting and Mining Law, University of the Witwatersrand 
  • 2024: Admitted as a Notary, High Court of South Africa
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  • Dean's Merit List (2015 – 2018)
  • Golden Key Honour Society (2014 -2017)
  • Jurisprudence Subject Prize (2015)
  • Private Law Tutor: Law of Persons & Family Law (2015 - 2016)
  • Student Consultant, University of Pretoria Law Clinic (2017)
  • Law of Delict Subject Prize (2017)
  • Private Law Subject Prize (2018)
  • Deeds and Notaries Subject Prize (2018)
  • Academic Honorary Colours (2018) LLB (cum laude) (2018)
  • Voted Best Speaker at the Anti-Money Laundering Conference (2021)
  • Regularly writes articles on a wide range of topics, including crypto assets and other tech related matters.
  • Ranked as a recommended lawyer in Mining by the Legal 500 (2024)
  • Ranked as a Rising Star by IFLR 1000 | Mining | 2024