Attorneys that are currently listed as practicing at Lawtons Africa

Jeff Buckland

Years of Practice: 31 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: 46 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: 19 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: 20 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: 16 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: 53 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: 32 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: 24 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: 23 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
Tshavhungwe Tshivhase

Position: Director

Tshavhungwe has broad corporate experience assisting clients in various industries including banking, construction, telecoms, mining and property. She has deep knowledge of High Court and Magistrate's Court procedure. She is proficient in legal research, drafting court applications and opinions and... click for more information
Sibongiseni Masina

Position: Associate

Sibongiseni Masina focuses on general, commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution based on breaches of contracts, including civil litigation, arbitrations, and court procedures in the lower and higher courts. She has a broad corporate experience assisting clients in various industries... 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
Kobus De Bee

Position: Director

Kobus de Beer specialises in general and commercial litigation. A substantial part of his practice focuses on real estate disputes, acting for property developers, property management companies and other role players in the construction and real estate sector. ? With his practical construction re... 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
Ndumiso Zwane

Position: Director

Ndumiso Zwane has over 12 years of experience in all aspects of employment and labour law. Experience he acquired at a major South African law firm and in private practice. Focusing on assessing and managing his clients' employment related issues and risks, he provides guidance to companies across ... 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
Sarah Goldman

Position: Head of Pro Bono and Citizenship

Sarah focuses on all aspects of human rights litigation in the High Court, lower courts and alternative dispute resolution forums. She has considerable experience dealing with socio-economic rights disputes and animal law, both in an advisory and representative capacity. She gained valuable exposur... click for more information
Sibongiseni Masina

Position: Associate

Sibongiseni Masina focuses on general, commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution based on breaches of contracts, including civil litigation, arbitrations, and court procedures in the lower and higher courts. She has a broad corporate experience assisting clients in various industries... click for more information