Practice Expertise

  • Tax
  • anglophone africa
  • African regulatory and business intelligence
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Areas of Practice

  • African regulatory and business intelligence
  • anglophone africa
  • Tax
  • Africa regulatory and business intelligence
  • retirement funds
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Profile

Celia Becker is an Executive at ENS, and an expert in Africa regulatory and business intelligence. She specialises in advising large multi-nationals expanding into Africa on the tax efficient structuring of investments, country risk profiles and tax and regulatory compliance requirements of countries throughout Africa, as well as the in-country application of legislative provisions.

She has vast experience in liaising with local counsel in African jurisdictions and ensuring, where required, the management and quality-checking of legal advice, assuring clients of the highest level of service.

Celia is a South African-qualified Chartered Accountant . She started her career as an International Tax Advisor at a Big 4 accounting firm and spent six years at a multi-national construction company as Country Risk Director. She is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and is a regular contributor of African jurisdictional content to various publications.

Education

  • BCom (Accounting) (Hons) (University of Pretoria)
  • H Dip International Tax (University of Johannesburg)
  • MCom Taxation (University of Pretoria)
  • CA (SA)
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Areas of Practice

  • African regulatory and business intelligence
  • anglophone africa
  • Tax
  • Africa regulatory and business intelligence
  • retirement funds

Professional Career


Professional Activities and Experience

Celia is recognised as a leading/recommended lawyer by:

  • Best Lawyers® 2023, 2022, 2021 – Tax Law (South Africa)


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