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Majola named one of top 200 young South Africans

Bridgett Majola, a senior associate in Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr's Finance and Banking practice, has made the Mail & Guardian's annual list of top 200 young South Africans.
Bridgett Majola, senior associate in Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr's Finance and Banking practice
Bridgett Majola, senior associate in Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr's Finance and Banking practice

Majola was nominated in the Business and Law section and is considered to be someone currently under the age of 35 who will play an important role in the future of South Africa.

In the same month, she was also selected as the participant representing the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region of the first course of China-Africa Young Legal Professionals Exchange Programme. She will be travelling to Beijing in September this year to take part in this exchange programme and share her legal knowledge with other young lawyers on the course.

Majola completed her LLB at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and began her career in 2007 as a candidate attorney at Shepstone & Wyle Attorneys. After completion of her articles in 2009 she worked as an internal consultant at Investec Private Bank. In 2010 she was appointed as an associate at Read Hope Phillips Attorneys.

She joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a senior associate in 2012 and currently specialises in project finance law, specifically relating to the finance, construction, operation, and maintenance of renewable energy generation facilities in South Africa.

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