Zaakir Mohamed
Global Guide 2024
Band 3 : Corporate Investigations
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About
Provided by Zaakir Mohamed
Practice Areas
Zaakir Mohamed is a Director and Head of Corporate Investigations and Forensics at CMS South Africa.
Zaakir is instructed to assist clients with highly sensitive and confidential matters. He has extensive experience in corporate crime and forensic investigations, Anti-bribery and Corruption compliance, cybercrime, corporate crime prevention and detection, money laundering, regulatory compliance as well as working with law enforcement authorities and providing watching briefs in criminal matters.
He has assisted clients in both the public and private sectors across numerous industries. These include Financial Services, Telecommunications, Aviation, Sport, Mining, Real Estate, Insurance and Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG).
Professional Memberships
Admitted Attorney, High Court of South Africa
Member of the Legal Practice Council, Gauteng office
Member of the Institute of Commercial Forensic Practitioners (ICFP) (Board Member and Chair of the ICFP’s Events Committee)
Associate Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) International
Associate Member of the South African Chapter of the ACFE
Deputy Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Commercial Forensic Practitioners (ICFP)
Chambers Review
Global
Zaakir Mohamed heads CMS RM Partners' corporate investigations and forensics department from Johannesburg. He is well recognised for his work on anti-bribery and corruption compliance, as well as his management of white-collar criminal investigations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Zaakir Mohamed is always a pleasure to work with. He is a commercially aware subject matter expert who radiates calmness and thoughtfulness at all times, regardless of the intensity or complexity of the situation at hand."
"Zaakir Mohamed is always a pleasure to work with. He is a commercially aware subject matter expert who radiates calmness and thoughtfulness at all times, regardless of the intensity or complexity of the situation at hand."
