S2E9 - Rorisang Mzozoyana, Senior Legal Counsel - Vice President, Banking industry

Rorisang Mzozoyana holds a BA LLB (Rhodes University), LLM (WITS) in addition, she holds various certificates in property finance; training and development.   She is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa with over 14 years’ legal experience. Rorisang completed her articles at Bowmans in 2009. And in 2011 she moved to New York for 18 months where she worked for a Global Corporate Law Firm called Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton which was a life changing experience for her. She got to work on finance deals with some of the biggest corporations on Wall Street and on her return to South Africa she worked for Norton Rose Fulbright before moving to one of the big SA Banks as Senior Legal Counsel – Vice President. Rorisang’s area of practice is Property Finance and she advises on commercial property finance transactions across South Africa and the rest of the continent.   She previously lectured real estate law at WITS and until 3 years ago she was on the committee of the Women in Property Network (Western Cape). Rorisang’s other accolades include being listed as Mail & Guardian Top200 Young South Africans in 2017.   As a thought leader in the legal profession she has published a number of legal articles in online and hardcopy media including Business Day, Moneyweb, Without Prejudice, Asset Publishing, Linked-In and her blog “Of Counsel”. She was featured on the cover of the September 2020 issue of the digital property magazine Provocate and has facilitated, moderated and/or presented at seminars, workshops and webinars hosted by big law firms and banks in New York and South Africa as well as industry bodies like the Women in Property Network and the South African Property Owners Association.   Lastly, Rorisang is the founder and CEO of the company Of Counsel which she runs as a passion project. Of Counsel has the ambitious goal of changing how we think about, learn about and practice law. The company also aims to promote innovation, design thinking and digital transformation within the legal industry. Her and her team are working on a few projects to achieve these objects which they will hopefully be rolling out in the next few months.   And on a personal front, Rorisang is a mother to 3 gorgeous girls (6 years, 2 years and 6 months) and a wife. She’s a wine enthusiast and loves cooking and exploring the Western Cape with her family. Website: https://ofcounsel.co.za/ Tag us on Instagram and share with your friends @sister_in_law_ and @rori_legalcounsel Don’t forget to rate and review the show if you’re listening on Apple podcast. You can also send in a voice note with your thoughts and suggestions by clicking on this link: https://anchor.fm/tebello-motshwane/message Visit our website to book a consultation or to purchase merchandise from our shop www.sisterinlaw.co.za