Dr Kathy Idensohn

Biography

Kathy holds BA LLB degrees (cum laude) (University of Cape Town), an LLM (Cambridge University) and a PhD degree (University of Cape Town).  She practised for a number of years as a commercial attorney in Cape Town and in London. Since joining academia she has lectured a range of commercial law subjects at the University of Cape Town and in the UK.  She is now an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa; teaches the LLB courses in Corporation Law, Ways of Doing Business and The Theory and Practice of Commercial Regulation; and researches in the areas of corporate law and theory, fiduciary accountability and the intersection between company and labour law.  She has also acted as the Technical Expert and Legal Advisor to the South African Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry and assisted it in the formulation and drafting of the Companies Amendment Act 3 of 2011 and the Co-operatives Amendment Act 6 of 2013.

Research Interest

Corporation Law, Ways of Doing Business and The Theory and Practice of Commercial Regulation