G&B new appointments

Kabby Esat
Kabby achieved his BL Honours and LLB at the University of Zimbabwe thereafter practising for eight years in Bulawayo where he appeared in several ground breaking cases, including challenges to the government in several human rights cases. He was also invited to participate as part of a small delegation of lawyers to tour the USA.

Kabby then moved to Cape Town and completed his LLM in commercial law (taxation and company law), for which he achieved a distinction. He then joined a successful national law firm based in Durban where he honed his specialist skills for the next twenty years, until joining Garlicke & Bousfield's commercial department.

Kabby's areas of expertise include: company law, corporate structuring, mergers and acquisitions, business start-ups and closures, engineering and construction law, procurement and sales, water and energy law, banking, structured finance, insurance and competition law.

He has been extensively involved in corporate restructuring work, due diligences, agreements governing all aspects of running industrial plants, as well as many high value engineering and construction projects. These include a major acid and fertiliser plant extension, large pulp and paper mill expansions, a new cement plant, the privatisation and expansion of water recycling plants for Durban and Windhoek, a new port cruise terminal, and the new King Shaka International Airport.

Kabby is a fellow of the Institute of Directors, Southern Africa, and an associate member of the Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa).

Megan Gedye
After matriculating from Potchefstroom Girls' High School, Megan travelled and worked in Israel, England and America for two years. On her return she attended Witwatersrand University where she obtained her BA and LLB degrees.

Megan completed her articles in 2012 and joined a local law firm practising in commercial litigation and family law until joining Garlicke & Bousfield where she practises as an Associate in the Litigation Department specialising in corporate and commercial litigation and town planning.