Mark Gaffley

Firm:

M van Heerden Attorneys Notaries and Conveyancers

Areas Of Practice:

Association Agreements, Business Law, Civil, Commercial, Commercial Drafting, Company Law, Company Registrations, Consumer Law, Contracts, Corporate, Credit Law, Cryptocurrency Law, Employee Share Incentive Schemes, Employment Law, Entertainment Law, Finance (Corporate), General Practice, High Court Practice, Industrial Law, Information Technology, Internet Law / E-Commerce, Litigation (Corporate), Litigation (High Court), Mine Health and Safety, Mineral Law/Rights, Mining, Partnership Agreements, Social Media, Telecommunications

Phone Number:

+27 (0)11 100 5119

Cell Number:

0747685050

Email address:

MarkG@mvhattorneys.com

Position:

Partner

Years of Practice:

Address:

37 Elm Avenue Modderfontein, Johannesburg Cape Town

Region:

Gauteng / Johannesburg

Area:

Edenvale

Postal Code:

1645

Qualifications:

BA (UCT) LLB (UCT) PhD Candidate (UCT)

History:

Mark is an admitted attorney with over ten years of start-up, in-house legal and research experience gained through leading local and international organisations including Uber, Takealot, Media24, Human Sciences Research Council, simple.Capital()and Research ICT Africa. Mark has also run his own legal and research consultancy for the past three years, .athinktank, which undertakes law-focused artificial intelligence research and advisory projects for a number of the forenamed organizations. His legal areas of expertise include contracts, commercial, e-commerce, technology, start-ups, compliance and artificial intelligence.

Mark holds degrees in arts (majoring in history and sociology) and law, both from the University of Cape Town (UCT). Currently, he is reading for his PhD in jurisprudence (legal philosophy) at UCT where his research focuses on certain ethical implications of artificial intelligence, particularly concerning the effect AI has on human autonomy and independent decision-making. He is a co-author of Human Rights and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in South Africa (HSRC Press, 2021), the first major investigation of the real and potential human rights implications of the 4IR in South Africa.

Mark is an experienced attorney and specializes in contract drafting, review and negotiation. Mark is skilled in advising companies with regulatory compliance and technology law.