Attorneys that are currently listed as practicing at Hogan Lovells (South Africa) Inc

Lamis Adam

Years of Practice: 6 Position: Senior Associate

Lamis Adam focuses on transactional work, including local and cross-border finance transactions with a focus on emerging markets, and advises both borrowers and lenders in a variety of sectors. Her experience includes advising on structured trade financings, such as pre-export finance facilities, ... click for more information
Mikaeel Adam

Years of Practice: 5 Position: Associate

Mikaeel Adam is an attorney in the litigation practice area, and focuses on general and commercial litigation, and aviation law. He has litigation experience in the South African courts as well as in alternative dispute resolution forums, and has acted in various commercial and regulatory matters p... click for more information
Dave Adams

Years of Practice: 43 Position: Consultant

Dave Adams focuses on construction and engineering, commercial litigation, arbitration and insurance law. He has a wide range of experience in the various forms of construction dispute resolution, including High Court and Appeal Court litigation, arbitration and mediation, and has acted for and aga... click for more information
Ushir Ahir

Years of Practice: 3 Position: Senior Associate

As a member of our litigation practice Ushir focuses on general and commercial litigation, administrative and constitutional law, and medical aid and insurance law. Representative experience: Part of the legal team that acted for a state-owned entity, opposing a PAIA application, for access to ... click for more information
Lutfiyyah Ahmed

Years of Practice: 0 Position: Associate

Lutfiyyah Ahmed focuses on regulatory compliance including technology, media, telecommunications law, complex transactions, and data privacy and protection. An in-depth understanding of these practice areas makes her the obvious choice to provide advice and training on practical regulatory implemen... click for more information
Wessel Badenhorst

Years of Practice: 20 Position: Partner

His sound working knowledge of mining operational practices and principles, underpinned by a thorough understanding of relevant legislation make Wessel Badenhorst the go-to person for clients that face internal investigations into mine accidents and fatalities. As a partner in our mining sector, he... click for more information
Danika Balusik

Years of Practice: 3 Position: Senior Associate

As a member of our litigation practice Danika Balusik focuses on litigation, and construction and engineering law. She deals with construction adjudications, arbitrations and construction insurance. Danika, as part of a greater team, acts on behalf of many of South Africa's parastatals and companie... click for more information
Ronan Bekker

Years of Practice: 3 Position: Senior Associate

As a member of our litigation practice Ronan focuses on construction and engineering law, and alternative dispute resolution. Representative experience: Representing a client in arbitration regarding the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme Project. Representing a client in dispute regarding geotechnic... click for more information
Nikhil Bhogal

Years of Practice: 2 Position: Senior Associate

Nikhil Bhogal focuses on corporate law with emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, business restructurings, black economic empowerment, competition law, and corporate governance. Forming part of the Hogan Lovells Africa Desk, Nikhil assists multinationals who wish to expand their business footprint ... click for more information
Anina Boshoff

Years of Practice: 18 Position: Partner

Admitted in South Africa, England and Wales, Anina Boshoff advises on English and South African law, mainly transactional work, including local and cross-border finance transactions and offshore investments. She gained some of her extensive experience over the past 16 years during a 3-year-stint in... click for more information
Kyle Bowles

Years of Practice: 0 Position: Associate

Kyle Bowles focuses on general commercial litigation, insurance and banking litigation, construction and engineering law. Representative experience: Representing a client in dispute proceedings relating to the construction of a pipeline at a waste water treatment plant. Assisting a client in dr... click for more information
Jeff Buckland

Years of Practice: 26 Position: Partner

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
Tony Canny

Years of Practice: 42 Position: Counsel

During his 43 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
Vivien Chaplin

Years of Practice: 19 Position: Partner

Vivien Chaplin focuses on corporate and commercial law with specific emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, employee share schemes, and black economic empowerment (BEE) transactions. She has advised on several BEE and unbundling transactions in the mining sector. In addition, private and state-owned ... click for more information
Siafa Chauke

Years of Practice: 6 Position: Partner

Siafa Chauke focuses on commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution with specific emphasis on commercial disputes where he acts on behalf of financial institutions, corporate entities, insurance companies, construction companies and shareholders in shareholding disputes. Representative... click for more information
Penny Chenery

Years of Practice: 15 Position: Partner

Penny Chenery has practiced as a real estate professional for over 10 years and focuses on providing advice to property developers, corporate clients and individuals on all aspects relating to real estate matters and developments, including implementation strategies relating to the acquisition and d... click for more information
Gareth Cremen

Years of Practice: 9 Position: Partner

Gareth Cremen focuses on debt recovery, business restructuring, business rescue and insolvency. He has acted for multinational corporations, local and international banks, business rescue practitioners, liquidators, creditors and listed companies. Gareth has advised these various entities on expedi... click for more information
David Donaldson

Years of Practice: 7 Position: Partner

David Donaldson focuses on mergers and acquisitions, due diligence investigations, incorporated joint ventures, group restructures, corporate governance, BEE transactions and corporate commercial matters. He advises on various commercial transactions, including restructuring and mergers and acquisi... click for more information
Tamara Druckman

Years of Practice: 0 Position: Associate

Tamara Druckman focuses on dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration) arising from breach of commercial and franchise agreements. Having acted for various national and international clients in both the public and private sector, she is well-versed in court procedure and represents clients in t... click for more information
Ansie Erasmus

Years of Practice: 8 Position: Senior Associate

Ansie Erasmus focuses on commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution. She acts for one of the world's largest mining groups, defending the company's legal rights to advance the interests of the corporation, its employees, shareholders and other stakeholders. click for more information
Jean Ewang

Years of Practice: 9 Position: Partner

Jean Ewang has advised state entities, multinational companies and employers on all aspects of employment law. This includes obtaining urgent court interdicts, representing employers at disciplinary hearings, conducting investigation proceedings, and advising on executive and senior management restr... click for more information
Izanne Geldenhuys

Years of Practice: 4 Position: Senior Associate

Izanne Geldenhuys focuses on structured trade and commodity finance. She advises clients across the commodity value chain including investors, producers, traders, processors and financial institutions in multiple jurisdictions. Izanne also has experience in real estate, mergers and acquisitions and... click for more information
Mahashini Govender

Years of Practice: 12 Position: Partner

Mahashini Govender is a commercial lawyer with extensive experience in downstream, retail/commercial operations of oil companies. Her main client is one of the major oil companies in South Africa. In addition, Mahashini assists clients with review and redrafting of MOIs; drafting various types of c... click for more information
Keshen Govindsamy

Years of Practice: 2 Position: Associate

Keshen Govindsamy focuses on providing tax advice to corporates and high-net worth individuals and the structuring of both in-bound and out-bound investments. He is also experienced in tax dispute resolution, including preparing requests for reasons, drafting objections and litigating in the tax co... click for more information
Laurie Hammond

Years of Practice: 12 Position: Partner

Laurie Hammond focuses on cross-border transactions in Africa, with emphasis on trade, commodities and export financing. She has a broad range of experience advising clients across the commodity value chain, acting for lenders and borrowers in a variety of sectors from mining, energy and natural re... click for more information
Vaughn Harrison

Years of Practice: 42 Position: Partner

Vaughn Harrison focuses on corporate law. His strength lies in managing large and complex transactions for multinationals in multiple jurisdictions, involving a variety of issues (such as due diligence, tax and restructuring, HR, IP, regulatory matters, and merger approvals). Over the years he has ... click for more information
Nkonzo Hlatshwayo

Years of Practice: 29 Position: Chairman

Having been involved in the development and evolution of competition law in South Africa and southern Africa, Nkonzo is particularly qualified to advise clients on competition law issues on the continent. In addition to his duties as Chairman of Hogan Lovells in South Africa, Nkonzo focuses on gene... click for more information
Samantha Horsfield

Years of Practice: 2 Position: Associate

Samantha Horsfield focuses on mining law with special emphasis on health and safety in the mining sector. She has assisted in various investigations and inquiries conducted in terms of health and safety legislation. In addition, Samantha assists mining companies in respect of compliance with env... click for more information
Nonhlanhla Hugo

Years of Practice: 1 Position: Associate

Nonhlanhla Hugo focuses on structured trade and commodity finance, including agricultural finance, acquisition finance, senior debt lending and cross-border financing. Representative experience: Advised an international bank in relation to financing borrowers situated in the UAE in an amendmen... click for more information
Ian Jacobsberg

Years of Practice: 35 Position: Partner

Ian Jacobsberg's skill-set includes all aspects of corporate law, including public and private mergers, acquisitions and disposals, as well as giving advice on franchising, product distribution, advertising and sponsorship, consumer law and the protection and licensing of intellectual property and b... click for more information
Rachel Kelly

Years of Practice: 15 Position: Partner

Rachel Kelly focuses on corporate and commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, the negotiation and preparation of a wide range of commercial agreements, due diligence investigations and reports, providing legal opinions, advising on and assisting clients with B-BBEE compliance and transac... click for more information
Neo Kgame

Years of Practice: 0 Position: Associate

Neo Kgame focuses on business restructuring, business rescue and insolvency. In addition to restructuring, she has experience in commercial and banking litigation. Her experience includes the drafting of liquidation and sequestration applications, drafting proof of claims on behalf of creditors, mo... click for more information
Dimitra Kouvelakis

Years of Practice: 16 Position: Partner

Dimitra Kouvelakis focuses on general and commercial litigation, as well as franchising and aviation law. She is regularly involved in various High Court applications, ranging from interdicts, curatorship, liquidation proceedings, appeals and review applications in respect of taxed bill of costs an... click for more information
Karin Krisch

Years of Practice: 10 Position: Partner

Karin Krisch focuses on banking and finance, including debt capital markets, acquisition finance, restructuring and general bank loan, and security structures. She has advised local and international banks and borrowers on a wide variety of local and cross-border transactions. Representative experi... click for more information
Mandi Krebs

Years of Practice: 6 Position: Senior Associate

Mandi Krebs primarily focuses on regulatory, compliance and commercial matters in the life sciences and health care sectors. She advises various multinational companies in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries on legal and regulatory matters, including marketing authorisations, licensing... click for more information
Haroon Laher

Years of Practice: 29 Position: Partner

Drawing on his considerable experience in financial restructuring and insolvency, Haroon Laher regularly advises major banks and financial institutions, as well as creditors, liquidators and business rescue practitioners, in turnaround and insolvency issues. His experience covers a broad range of i... click for more information
Melissa Leibowitz

Years of Practice: 12 Position: Partner

Melissa Leibowitz focuses on the drafting and registration of complex mortgage bonds for commercial and development finance purposes. She advises on and prepares debt security documentation, acting for the large corporate banks in South Africa. Dealing with all aspects of conveyancing work, such a... click for more information
Lerato Letsebe

Years of Practice: 1 Position: Associate

Lerato Letsebe focuses on insolvency law and insolvency litigation, including advice on business rescue proceedings, debt recovery, sequestrations and liquidations. She has acted for a diverse range of corporate clients, including individuals, liquidators, listed companies, banks and other financia... click for more information
Bridget Letsholo

Years of Practice: 5 Position: Senior Associate

Bridget Letsholo focuses on restructuring (insolvency and business rescue). Her experience includes convening enquiries into the affairs of liquidated companies, liquidations and related litigation, which includes the drafting of liquidation applications, defending liquidation applications and draft... click for more information
Jessica Lewis

Years of Practice: 6 Position: Associate

Jessica Lewis focuses on structured trade and commodity finance and has experience in advising on cross-border agribusiness financing transactions in multiple African jurisdictions. Jessica also has experience in mergers and acquisitions and general corporate work. Representative experience: Adv... click for more information
Jordyne Löser

Years of Practice: 1 Position: Associate

Jordyne Löser focuses on employment law. Her experience ranges from drafting legal opinions to representing employers in disciplinary inquiries at the CCMA, bargaining councils, Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court. She advises multinational companies and state and private entities on section ... click for more information
Danielle Magidson

Years of Practice: 24 Position: Partner

Drawing on more than 20 years of experience, Danielle has been involved in significant high-profile M&A transactions both locally and across the African continent. She focuses on all aspects of corporate law with specific emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate finance... click for more information
Imraan Mahomed

Years of Practice: 16 Position: Partner

Imraan Mahomed advises employers on employment related aspects of transactional, litigation and dispute resolution, regulatory and compliance related matters in both the public and private spheres. His input is sought regularly by the media to offer commentary on current labour law issues. He has a... click for more information
Waseeqah Makadam

Years of Practice: 7 Position: Senior Associate

Waseeqah Makadam focuses on commercial and administrative law dispute resolution. Her contentious experience spans commercial, administrative, mining and contractual disputes, as well as litigation instituted in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act and the Promotion of Administrative... click for more information
Themba Malandela

Years of Practice: 11 Position: Senior Associate

Themba is a senior associate in our personal injury department. He specialises in general litigation and personal injury. Representative experience: Successfully defended several matters brought against a government parastatal on a favourable basis, some of which involve huge quantum and/or comp... click for more information
Margeaux Malherbe

Years of Practice: 0 Position: Associate

Margeaux Malherbe focuses on general dispute resolution based on breaches of contracts, including civil litigation and arbitrations. This includes court procedures in the lower and higher courts. She also conducts proceedings in various other fora such as the International Trade Administration Comm... click for more information
Abrianne Marais

Years of Practice: 0 Position: Associate

Abrianne Marais focuses on all aspects of corporate and commercial law and regulatory matters in respect of the life science and health care industry sector. He advises businesses on market entry, market authorisations, the licensing of entities, as well as the registration of medicines, complement... click for more information
Charles Marais

Years of Practice: 48 Position: Counsel

A former merchant banker, Charles Marais has experience in all aspects of project finance, and has been instrumental in the successful closure of projects in virtually all areas of economic activity. As a result, he has an in-depth understanding of project structuring and financing, with a particula... click for more information
Phuti Mashalane

Years of Practice: 2 Position: Associate

Phuti Mashalane focuses on all aspects of competition law, including merger notifications and proceedings, leniency applications, managing dawn raids and compliance. His experience includes merger filings, including multi-jurisdictional mergers in Africa, as well as cartel and prohibited practice i... click for more information
Bernard McLeod

Years of Practice: 49 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
Lillian Mello

Years of Practice: 0 Position: Associate

Lillian Mello focuses on business restructuring. She is involved in restructuring transactions and advises business rescue practitioners and creditors in business rescue proceedings. In addition, she handles litigation arising from business rescue related matters. Lillian is also involved in negoti... click for more information
Lodwyk Meyer

Years of Practice: 26 Position: Partner

As a banking and finance partner, Lodewyk covers all aspects of lending and is a leading lawyer in the field of structured trade and commodities finance. His experience includes advising banks, structured trade and speciality funds and actors in the commodity value chain in Africa, the Middle East,... click for more information
Thethe Mokele

Years of Practice: 6 Position: Partner

Focusing on construction and engineering, Thethe Mokele advises employers, contractors, suppliers and professionals in the construction industry on various standard forms of contracts including FIDIC, NEC and JBCC. She represents parties to construction contracts in dispute resolution procedures in... click for more information
Lavery Modise

Years of Practice: 28 Position: Chairman Emeritus

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
Lerothodi Mohale

Years of Practice: 7 Position: Senior Associate

Lerothodi Mohale is a business restructuring lawyer who focuses on business rescue and insolvency matters. He is involved in restructuring transactions and advising liquidators, business rescue practitioners and creditors. In addition, he gives company law and insolvency law advice, and gets involv... click for more information
Lesley Morphet

Years of Practice: 33 Position: Partner

Lesley Morphet heads the Johannesburg antitrust and competition practice. As a leading competition lawyer in South Africa, she advises on all aspects of competition law, including merger notifications, leniency applications, exemption applications, managing dawn raids and compliance. Drawing on her ... click for more information
Chantal Murdock

Years of Practice: 5 Position: Senior Associate

Chantal Murdock focuses on commercial litigation and mining regulatory compliance. As an admitted notary and conveyancer she deals with the notarial execution of mining and prospecting rights, renewals of prospecting rights, and the registration of property transfers. Recently Chantal assisted a la... click for more information
Natalie Napier

Years of Practice: 17 Position: Partner

Natalie Napier provides advice to corporates, combining her commercial and tax expertise to optimally structure clients' operations in a tax efficient manner. In addition, her strong drafting and contractual negotiation skills together with her extensive tax knowledge enable her to provide seamless... click for more information
Enslin Nel

Years of Practice: 27 Position: Partner

In addition to business restructuring (business rescue) and insolvency law, Enslin Nel also focuses on consumer credit law, banking law and general commercial litigation. Enslin is a member of the Turnaround Management Association of Southern Africa. Representative experience: Co-represented t... click for more information
Ayanda Nondwana

Years of Practice: 12 Position: Partner

Ayanda Nondwana focuses on commercial and insurance litigation with a special emphasis on directors' and officers' liability, professional indemnity claims, personal injury claims, product liability and general public liability litigation. He has right of appearance in the High Court and predominan... click for more information
Phetheni Nkuna

Years of Practice: 4 Position: Senior Associate

Phetheni Nkuna focuses on employment law. She represents clients (both employers and employees) at the CCMA and at bargaining councils. Her experience ranges from restraints of trade, section 197 transfers, organisational rights and wage disputes, drafting and reviewing HR policies, initiating disc... click for more information
Fezile Nkosi

Years of Practice: 5 Position: Associate

As a member of our banking and finance practice, Fezile Nkosi focuses on advising both funders and corporates on finance and restructuring transactions in sub-Saharan Africa. Having worked as in-house legal counsel in one of the big banks, she has experience in wealth and investment management and ... click for more information
Graham Openshaw

Years of Practice: 39 Position: Exchange Control Consultant

Graham Openshaw offers exchange control advice to clients as well as providing exchange control consulting services. His experience covers all aspects of exchange control, having been with the South African Reserve Bank over 40 years, of which 32 were spent in the Exchange Control Department. Repr... click for more information
Clinton Pavlovic

Years of Practice: 8 Position: Senior Associate

Clinton Pavlovic focuses on mining law, corporate law, commercial law and litigation. He provides legal advice and assistance to companies in the mining, energy and natural resources sectors. This includes the negotiation and structuring of transactions, drafting and review of corporate and commerc... click for more information
Jackie Peart

Years of Practice: 26 Position: Partner

Advising corporates on tax structuring (domestic and cross-border) and exchange control particularly in the context of cross-border transactions and mergers and acquisitions, are Jackie Peart's main focus areas. Her expertise includes inbound/outbound investment into Africa, as well as inbound inve... click for more information
Mokhutwane Phooko

Years of Practice: 1 Position: Associate

Mokhutwane Phooko focuses on restructuring (insolvency and business rescue). He acts for corporate entities and unions in litigation matters and inquiries, arising out of or during liquidation and business rescue. click for more information
Kevin Pietersen

Years of Practice: 20 Position: Partner

Kevin Pietersen has diverse corporate, commercial and litigation experience with a focus on mining and natural resources. He has acted for a wide range of leading South African and international organisations with regard to mergers and acquisitions, business structuring, projects and operational ma... click for more information
Candice Pillay

Years of Practice: 20 Position: Partner

Candice Pillay co-ordinates the firm's citizenship and pro bono activities. She ensures that all our ongoing initiatives are running smoothly and also acts as spokesperson in the media on issues affecting the poor and disenfranchised in our community. Candice is also the head of our enterprise deve... click for more information
Gary Pritchard

Years of Practice: 27 Position: Partner

Gary Pritchard focuses on general commercial litigation, insurance and banking litigation, construction and engineering law, and sports law. He is a member of the Fees Assessment Committee and the Assessment Committee for Candidate Attorneys of the Law Society of the Northern Province. Representat... click for more information
Derek Rabin

Years of Practice: 32 Position: Consultant

Derek Rabin focuses on corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, sports, recreation and entertainment, as well as black economic empowerment. He is admitted to practice in the High Courts of South Africa and the Court of Appeal of Lesotho. Derek has acted for numerous South African li... click for more information
Ave Ralarala

Years of Practice: 0 Position: Associate

Ave Ralarala focuses on all aspects of competition law, including cartel investigations, compliance, exemption applications and merger control. His experience includes merger notifications and proceedings, including multi-jurisdictional mergers in Africa, as well as cartel and prohibited practice i... click for more information
Johann Raubenheimer

Years of Practice: 20 Position: Consultant

As risk management consultant in our mining sector Johann Raubenheimer focuses on health and safety. In addition, he offers a unique approach to the mining and heavy industries on their specific operational requirements. Johann's involvement is not only reactive to any risks posed to clients' lice... click for more information
Christine Rodrigues

Years of Practice: 11 Position: Partner

Christine Rodrigues is a partner in our finance practice group and heads the insurance practice in South Africa. A leading financial services lawyer in South Africa, she focuses on regulatory and commercial and corporate transactions affecting the insurance industry. She advises insurance companies... click for more information
Clive Rumsey

Years of Practice: 29 Position: Deputy Chairman

Clive Rumsey heads up our construction sector. He focuses on construction and engineering law. He represents parties to construction contracts in dispute resolution procedures including litigation, mediation, adjudication and arbitration, under ICC, Association of Arbitrators, Arbitration Foundatio... click for more information
Pauline Sannasi-Pillay

Years of Practice: 5 Position: Senior Associate

Pauline Sannasi-Pillay has practised as a real estate professional for over five years. She focuses on commercial and residential transfers, and real estate related matters including notarial documentation. Pauline has assisted with the registration of various sectional title schemes and the regist... click for more information
Hopewell Sathekge

Years of Practice: 6 Position: Senior Associate

Hopewell Sathekge focuses on commercial property law and has assisted in a number of projects., including registration of mortgage and notarial bonds for both local and international banks and private funds. The thesis for his masters in commercial law focused largely on registration of securities ... click for more information
Hedda Schensema

Years of Practice: 15 Position: Partner

Hedda Schensema focuses on employment and labour law. She advises employers on employment related aspects of transactional, litigation and dispute resolution, regulatory and compliance related matters in both the public and private spheres. In addition, Hedda regularly deals with issues affecting e... click for more information
City Serobe

Years of Practice: 35 Position: Partner

City Serobe focuses on commercial law, with emphasis on project finance, public private partnerships and corporate governance. He was one of the first black conveyancers to be admitted in Johannesburg. He has been a member of several presidential commissions and was an acting judge of the Witwaters... click for more information
Julia Sham

Years of Practice: 4 Position: Senior Associate

Julia Sham focuses on all aspects of competition law, including merger notifications and proceedings, exemption applications, leniency applications, complaint proceedings, managing dawn raids and compliance. Her experience includes merger filings, including multi-jurisdictional mergers in Africa, a... click for more information
Arnold Shapiro

Years of Practice: 40 Position: Partner

Arnold Shapiro heads up our wills and deceased estates department. He focuses on wills and the administration of deceased estates. Arnold lectures for the Law Society of South Africa, Legal Education and Development School for Legal Practice, to law students in preparation for their Law Board entra... click for more information
Ziyanda Sibeko

Years of Practice: 1 Position: Associate

Ziyanda Sibeko focuses on mining law with special emphasis on occupational health and safety in the mining sector, environmental law, and employment and public law litigation within the mining industry. Representative experience: Assisted in numerous fatal inquiries in terms of the Mine Healt... click for more information
Kylie Slambert

Years of Practice: 0 Position: Associate

Kylie Slambert focuses on general, commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution with a specific emphasis on commercial disputes. Drawing on her knowledge of court procedures in both the lower and higher courts, she provides both commercial and litigious solutions for international and n... click for more information
Emili Souris

Years of Practice: 33 Position: Partner

Emili Souris has practised as a property law professional for over 25 years. At present, Emili heads up the firm's securities department and represents most of South Africa's major banks. She focuses on the registration of complex commercial bonds, participation bonds, debt and trade securities inc... click for more information
Carl Stein

Years of Practice: 39 Position: Partner

Drawing on over 30 years' experience, Carl Stein is recognised as one of South Africa's leading corporate lawyers. His practice is primarily focused on advising large private and public corporate entities on M&A, securities and stock exchange transactions, as well as corporate and structured finance... click for more information
Mbali Thabane

Years of Practice: 1 Position: Associate

Mbali Thabane focuses on corporate law with emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, group restructurings, black economic empowerment, and corporate governance. Representative experience: Advising a local mining client on its acquisition of a series of mining companies from various multinational se... click for more information
Shaaista Thabit

Years of Practice: 1 Position: Associate

As part of our banking and finance team, Shaaista Thabit focuses on leveraged finance and acquisition finance, including reviewing and negotiating transactional finance documents, deal executions and identifying risks in various finance deals and secured lending transactions. She assists our intern... click for more information
SJ Thema

Years of Practice: 20 Position: Partner

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
Tricia Tsoeu

Years of Practice: 6 Position: Associate

Tricia Tsoeu advises clients on all employment law-related issues, including dismissals, restructuring, changes to terms and conditions of employment, collective bargaining and disciplinary hearings. She also focuses on litigation in respect of unfair dismissals, unfair labour practice, and restrai... click for more information
Charles van Staden

Years of Practice: 15 Position: Head of Exchange Control

Charles van Staden handles all aspects of exchange control. He is a member of the Institute of Bankers in South Africa and an audit committee member of the University of Johannesburg. Representative experience: Assisting Span Property International (Pty) Limited in obtaining the necessary exch... click for more information
Veronica Vurgarellis

Years of Practice: 19 Position: Partner

Veronica Vurgarellis has more than 15 years' litigation experience in the courts and in alternative dispute resolution forums and has right of appearance in the High Court of South Africa. In addition to acting for clients in dispute resolution matters, she provides training to parastatals regardin... click for more information
Marissa Wessels

Years of Practice: 0 Position: Associate

Marissa Wessels provides tax advice to corporates and high-net worth individuals and assists with local and international tax structuring. She has experience in tax dispute resolution up to Constitutional Court level. Representative experience: Assisted in advising various multinationals on the... click for more information
Charles You

Years of Practice: 8 Position: Consultant

Focusing on commercial, corporate and mining law, Charles is the key contact person for the firm's Asia strategy and responsible for liaising and assisting with all the firm's Chinese clients. In the general commercial field, Charles has assisted some major Chinese corporations with corporate gover... click for more information