Jacques Steyl graduated from the University of Stellenbosch in 1988 with a BA LLB and in 1999 obtained a Higher Diploma in Estate Planning from the University of Potchefstroom. He was admitted as an Attorney and Conveyancer in 1992. After practising as such in partnership in Cape Town for 22 years he opened a boutique law firm in Paarl in 2015 concentrating on Property related matters, Estate Planning and the Administration of Estates.