Kylene Weyers

Kylene Weyers

Associate Director: Business Restructuring Services

Business restructuring

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Executive summary

Experience

Kylene is an Associate Director at BDO Business Restructuring, specialising in business rescue, restructuring, and insolvency. With over a decade of experience, she has worked on some of South Africa’s largest and most complex business rescue and insolvency matters, establishing herself as a leading practitioner in the field.
Before joining BDO, Kylene practised as an attorney for 10 years, focusing on business rescue law, restructuring, insolvency, corporate recovery, and general commercial litigation. She previously served as a Director at prominent law firms, including Bowmans and Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, where she represented major corporate entities, banks, creditors, liquidators, trustees, and business rescue practitioners.

Kylene’s extensive expertise in business rescue and insolvency has earned her recognition as a top practitioner in the industry. She has been consistently ranked for her work, including:

  • Chambers Global: 'Up and Coming' in Restructuring and Insolvency (2023, 2024, 2025)
  • The Legal 500 EMEA: Recommended Lawyer for Dispute Resolution (2022, 2023)
  • Best Lawyers in South Africa: Ranked for Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2019–2025)

In 2020, Kylene was awarded the INSOL/SARIPA Young Bloods Award for her contributions to the field. She is an active member of the SARIPA Young Bloods Committee and regularly publishes articles, appears in media interviews, and speaks at industry conferences and seminars.

Qualifications

  •  Advanced Short Course in Business Rescue (with distinction) – University of South Africa
  • Master of Laws (LLM) (Commercial Law) (cum laude) – University of Johannesburg
  • Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (cum laude) – University of Johannesburg
  • Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) Law (cum laude) – University of Johannesburg

 

Memberships

  •    South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners Association (SARIPA) Young Bloods Committee
  • South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners Association (SARIPA)
  • Turnaround Management Association of Southern Africa (TMA)