Attorneys that are currently listed as practicing at Lawtons Africa


  1. Jeff Buckland
    Years of Practice: 31    Position: Director

    Jeff Buckland adds diverse expertise to our Johannesburg corporate and commercial department. He focuses on all aspects of corporate law, including public and private mergers, acquisitions and disposals, outsourcings, crafting constitutional documents for different types of companies, partnerships,... click for more information

  2. Tony Canny
    Years of Practice: 47    Position: Counsel

    During his 45 years at the firm, Tony Canny has built a substantial litigation practice with emphasis on forensics and insurance. The forensics component involves forensic investigations and actions related to white collar crime and fraud, as well as dealing with all aspects of bribery and corrupti... click for more information

  3. Penny Chenery
    Years of Practice: 20    Position: Director

    Penny has been specialising in real estate for more than 20 years. She has a particular interest in property development, working closely with property developers, town planners, surveyors, and project managers. Over the years she has been involved in several new developments in Johannesburg and su... click for more information

  4. Dimitra Kouvelakis
    Years of Practice: 21    Position: Director

    Dimitra Kouvelakis has been practising in the dispute resolution arena for 20 years. She focuses on general commercial litigation matters, specialising in shareholder disputes, and franchising and aviation disputes. Her vast experience in arbitrations, High Court trials and applications, ranges from... click for more information

  5. Melissa Leibowitz
    Years of Practice: 17    Position: Director

    Melissa Leibowitz focuses on the registration of mortgage and notarial bonds and the drafting of complex collateral documents for commercial, residential and development finance purposes. She advises on and prepares debt security documentation, acting for the large corporate banks in South Africa. ... click for more information

  6. Bernard McLeod
    Years of Practice: 54    Position: Consultant

    Bernard McLeod is involved in training clients in exchange control regulations and also provides exchange control consulting services. His expertise covers all aspects of global payments and settlements, foreign exchange markets, trade and project finance and sovereign and counterparty risk assessm... click for more information

  7. Lavery Modise
    Years of Practice: 33    Position: Consultant

    Lavery Modise focuses on all aspects of employment and labour law and represents clients in all courts up to the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court. He has been called upon to act as a judge of the Labour Court from time to time. In addition, he acts as arbitrator and mediator in ... click for more information

  8. SJ Thema
    Years of Practice: 25    Position: Director

    SJ Thema focuses on general and commercial litigation, administrative and constitutional law, medical aid, insurance law, and sports and entertainment law. He is a member of the Black Lawyers Association and the Black Management Forum. SJ has served two terms on the Audit Committee of Statistics So... click for more information

  9. Veronica Vurgarellis
    Years of Practice: 24    Position: Director

    Veronica has more than 20 years' litigation experience in the courts and in alternative dispute resolution forums and has right of appearance in the High Court of South Africa. She provides specialist advice in respect of a broad range of commercial disputes as well as in respect of administrative ... click for more information

  10. Tshavhungwe Tshivhase
    Position: Director

    Tshavhungwe has broad corporate experience assisting clients in various industries including banking, construction, telecoms, mining and property. She has deep knowledge of High Court and Magistrate's Court procedure. She is proficient in legal research, drafting court applications and opinions and... click for more information

  11. Yagashen Pillay
    Position: Director

    Yagashen Pillay provides legal advice and representation on a wide variety of commercial and administrative law matters, specialising in all aspects of constitutional, administrative law, contractual, pension fund and medical schemes law. He has a particular interest, and expertise, in public procu... click for more information

  12. Kobus De Bee
    Position: Director

    Kobus de Beer specialises in general and commercial litigation. A substantial part of his practice focuses on real estate disputes, acting for property developers, property management companies and other role players in the construction and real estate sector. ? With his practical construction re... click for more information

  13. Bonke Mavuso
    Position: Associate

    Bonke Mavuso specialises in employment and labour law. Drawing on more than 10 years of experience as a judge's associate, Bonke has an in-depth understanding of the procedures of the Labour Court and the Labour Appeal Court. This experience stands him in good stead when acting for clients in em... click for more information

  14. Stacey Azaria Pardesi
    Position: Associate

    Stacey Pardesi specialises in wills, estates and trusts. She focuses on estate planning and the administration of deceased estates. This includes all administrative aspects from preparing documents for lodging at the Master's Office to drafting liquidation and distribution accounts. In addition... click for more information

  15. Sipho Mtsweni
    Position: Associate

    Sipho focuses on general and commercial litigation, with a particular interest and expertise in administrative and constitutional law, medical schemes law and insurance law. click for more information

  16. Darryn Mer
    Position: Consultant

    With more than 20 years of experience in employment and labour law, Darryn Mer has acted for various corporate entities across a wide range of industries in contentious and non-contentious matters. He also represents government departments and trade unions. In contentious matters, he has extensi... click for more information

  17. Zaakira Haffejee
    Position: Director

    Zaakira focuses on all aspects of corporate law, including acquisitions and disposals, crafting constitutional documents for different types of entities, B-BBEE transactions incorporating minority protections, commercial arrangements, transaction advisory, due diligence reviews and corporate governa... click for more information

  18. Mpho Mogodi
    Position: Head of Pro Bono & Citizenship

    Mpho Mogodi is passionate about the protection of human rights and access to social justice for the most vulnerable members of the community. Vested in building a socially cohesive society, he is an avid activist when it comes to access to basic human rights such as education, housing and healthca... click for more information

  19. Tebogo Maunye
    Position: Associate

    Tebogo focuses on all aspects of commercial litigation and dispute resolution, including arbitrations, competition law, disputes involving company law, corporate mismanagement/fraud, contractual disputes, telecommunications related dispute, reviews, banking and finance related disputes. click for more information

  20. Bradley Frolick

    Bradley focuses on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, including corporate governance, private equity law, petroleum-sector law, regulatory compliance, and complex commercial litigation. click for more information

  21. Nicholas De Decker
    Position: Associate

    Nicholas' expertise lies in commercial litigation, dispute resolution and competition & antitrust – encompassing cartel conduct, abuses of dominance, general restrictive practices, company law, contractual disputes, banking and finance related disputes, construction disputes and property dispu... click for more information

  22. Sarah Goldman
    Position: Head of Pro Bono and Citizenship

    Sarah focuses on all aspects of human rights litigation in the High Court, lower courts and alternative dispute resolution forums. She has considerable experience dealing with socio-economic rights disputes and animal law, both in an advisory and representative capacity. She gained valuable exposur... click for more information