Karabo Mokoena

Karabo MokoenaCandidate Attorney

Karabo is a Doing Word.

Karabo brings a forward-looking approach to tech regulation, using the law as a springboard for innovation. With an LLM in Technology Law and Innovation from the Netherlands, she has advised public data protection authorities on evaluating processing activities, supported regulators in shaping autonomous vehicle frameworks, guided startups entering the EU AI market, and helped enterprises strengthen global trust and cybersecurity practices. This international experience allows her to bring fresh, actionable insights to businesses.

With a focus on AI governance, data protection, and cybersecurity, Karabo equips organisations with tools to turn compliance into a competitive advantage. She simplifies complex regulations into clear strategies, designs agile frameworks that reduce risk, and builds the trust that enables growth and digital transformation.

Education

BA Law, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
LLB, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
BA Hons in Psychology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
LLM in Technology Law and Innovation, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

Beyond the law

Karabo believes in living fully and unapologetically. Whether she’s bungee jumping off the world’s highest swing from a natural platform (400m) or sailing through a typhoon, she plays as hard as she works. Outside the thrill, Karabo is a storyteller at heart. With her passport in one hand and curiosity in the other, she’s explored over 30 countries, turning strangers into conversations and moments into memories.

Her favourite phrase? “Why not?.”
Her favourite pastime? Finding joy in everyday life.

With Michalsons
Before Michalsons

With Michalsons

At Michalsons, Karabo Mokoena designs accessible, actionable compliance matrices that clients can implement immediately. She’s committed to giving organisations the tools they need to accelerate growth within the data driven economy by unlocking the benefits of AI in a trustworthy and responsible way.

She believes compliance shouldn’t slow you down, it should launch you forward. By using regulatory frameworks as catalysts for innovation, Karabo empowers organisations to transform with confidence. Her legal design approach helps businesses create living, breathing, interactive policies that flex with change, protect what matters, and free up teams to focus on what they do best.

Before Michalsons

Before joining Michalsons, Karabo Mokoena deliberately sought out diverse experiences that now add value to every client interaction. She worked as a law librarian, sharpening her research edge. She interned in a clinical psychologist’s office, deepening her understanding of human behaviour. She taught English in South Korea, honing the skill of delivering powerful ideas in plain, impactful language.

The most exciting chapter? Her LLM in Technology Law and Innovation in the Netherlands. There, she worked with both private and public stakeholders on real-world challenges like autonomous vehicles, targeted advertising, and the deployment of high-risk AI systems in the EU. She even helped build a zero-trust compliance framework for small businesses navigating complex AI regulation.