Attorneys that are currently listed as practicing at Lawtons Africa
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Jeff Buckland
Years of Practice: 33 Position: DirectorJeff 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
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Tony Canny
Years of Practice: 48 Position: CounselDuring 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
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Penny Chenery
Years of Practice: 21 Position: DirectorPenny 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
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Dimitra Kouvelakis
Years of Practice: 22 Position: DirectorDimitra 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
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Melissa Leibowitz
Years of Practice: 18 Position: DirectorMelissa 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
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Bernard McLeod
Years of Practice: 55 Position: ConsultantBernard 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
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Lavery Modise
Years of Practice: 34 Position: ConsultantLavery 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
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SJ Thema
Years of Practice: 26 Position: DirectorSJ 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
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Veronica Vurgarellis
Years of Practice: 25 Position: DirectorVeronica 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
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Bonke Mavuso
Position: AssociateBonke 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
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Stacey Azaria Pardesi
Position: AssociateStacey 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
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Sipho Mtsweni
Position: AssociateSipho 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
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Tebogo Maunye
Position: AssociateTebogo 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
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Nicholas De Decker
Position: AssociateNicholas’ 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 disputes. ... click for more information
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Shannen Etter
Position: AssociateShannen focuses on all aspects of general and commercial litigation, with a particular interest and expertise in administrative and constitutional law, medical schemes law and employment law. Representative Experience: Assisted in advising various state-owned entities and regulatory bodies to... click for more information
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Melanie Murcott
Position: DirectorMelanie is skilled in the areas of environmental law, administrative law, and constitutional law. She is the Chairperson and an Executive Committee Member of the Environmental Law Association of SA, as well as an Associate Professor at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Law where she lecture... click for more information