Koketso Rapoo

Associate, Johannesburg

Biography

Overview

Koketso Rapoo is an associate in the commercial litigation practice of White & Case in Johannesburg, with a primary focus on regulatory advice and high court litigation. She has also represented client in commercial arbitrations.

Koketso has advised and acted on behalf of various multinational entities, local entities and state organisations (including regulatory bodies), with a experience in a wide range of fields and industries including, general commercial litigation, financial services, public procurement laws, aviation, constitutional law, media and telecommunications, insolvency, mining and energy, and corporate governance.

Bars and Courts
South Africa
Education
Bachelor of Laws
Stellenbosch University
Bachelor of Arts
Political Science, Philosophy and Law
Stellenbosch University
Languages
English
Setswana
Afrikaans

Experience

Representing a South African telecommunications provider in a review application against the telecommunications and broadcasting authority in review of its spectrum policy and call termination regulations.

Advising and representing the South African Reserve Bank in the curatorship and liquidation of a bank.

Advising and represenating various financial services regulatory bodies in relation to the termination of banking facilities instituted by a group of companies, trusts and indivduals in the Equality Court and High Court.

Advising and representing a large fund manger in relation to a claim against the former auditors of a now liquidated bank.

Advising and representing the aviation authority in regulatory matters and disputes against local airlines and aviation training organisations.

Representing a technology services entity in a procurement and contractual dispute against a provincial government.

Advising and representing a South African telecommunications provider in a dispute with a global technology services company.

Representing a South African telecommunications provider in a dispute with a multinational financial services and mobile technology solutions provider.

Representing a construction fund in a claim againt a JSE-listed contruction and engineering group.

Representing a South African parastatal in an access to information dispute against a non-profit civil rights orgnisation.

Awards and Recognition

Recommended lawyer, Legal 500, EMA, Dispute Resolution in South Africa, 2024