Attorneys that are currently listed as practicing at Lawtons Africa

Jeff Buckland

Years of Practice: 32 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
Tony Canny

Years of Practice: 48 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
Penny Chenery

Years of Practice: 21 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
Dimitra Kouvelakis

Years of Practice: 22 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
Melissa Leibowitz

Years of Practice: 18 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
Bernard McLeod

Years of Practice: 55 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
Lavery Modise

Years of Practice: 34 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
SJ Thema

Years of Practice: 26 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
Veronica Vurgarellis

Years of Practice: 25 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 disputes. ... click for more information
Shannen Etter

Position: Associate

Shannen 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
Chrizette Roets

Position: Consultant

Chrizette Roets is a banking specialist with multi-faceted experience in legal services and consulting, and a key focus on structuring complex transactions and financial agreements across multiple jurisdictions. With in-depth experience gained on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and in corporate and... click for more information
Melanie Murcott

Position: Director

Melanie 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