About Us
Panel
RAISA CACHALIA
BA (law), LLB LLM (commercial law) (all cum laude) (WITS); LLD (State Contracting) (SU) (Current)
Constitutional, Administrative, Public, Corporate Commercial Law
Admitted as attorney in 2013
Previously at Bowmans
ALAYNE MEINESZ
BA (Rhodes) LLB (UCT)
Construction & Engineering, Corporate Commercial Law
Admitted as attorney in 2004
Previously a Director at Bowmans
STORMME HOBSON
BA LLB (Rhodes)
Corporate Commercial Law
Admitted as attorney in 2010
Previously at Bowmans
SARAH LAWRENCE
BA (US) BA Hons LLB (cum laude) (UCT)
Corporate Commercial Law, with a focus on transaction work
Admitted as attorney in 2010
Previously at ENSafrica
JOHN TAYLOR
BA (law) LLB (UCT) LLM (NYU)
Corporate Commercial Law, with a focus on transaction work
Admitted as attorney in 2000 (SA) and 2015 (NYC)
Previously at Bowmans, Richards Butler and ENSafrica
Articles:
US Takeover Defenses
SHAYLYN MCDONALD
LLB (cum laude) (WITS)
Corporate Commercial Law
Admitted as attorney in 2008 (SA) and solicitor (New South Wales, Australia) in 2022
Previously at Werksmans and Fasken
KARIN KRISCH
BA LLB (UJ)
Banking & Finance Law
Admitted as attorney in 2009
Previously at ENSafrica
Keith Mukami
LLB (University of Reading) LLM (University of Cambridge)
Commercial , Financial Services, Regulatory Law and Compliance
Admitted as solicitor in 1997 (England and Wales) and attorney in 2015 (Tanzania)
Simone Izzard
BCom (accounting and law) LLB (cum laude) (UCT)
Corporate Commercial, M&A, Healthcare Regulatory
Admitted as attorney in 2014
Previously at Bowmans, Hogan Lovells
NADIA SMITH
BCom LLB (US)
Banking & Finance Law
Admitted as attorney in 2006
Previously at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and ENSafrica
JUSTINE DEL MONTE
BLC LLB (both cum laude) (UP)
Employment Law
Admitted as attorney in 2002
Accredited Commercial Mediator with Conflict Dynamics and the International Mediation Institute
NICK BENT
BBusSci LLB MBA (UCT)
Corporate Commercial, Technology Law, M&A
Admitted as attorney in 2000 (RSA) and solicitor in 2001 (England and Wales)
Previously at Dewey & LeBoeuf (UK)
ASHLEIGH DAWSON
BSocSci LLB (both summa cum laude) (UKZN); HDip Tax (WITS)
Corporate Commercial Law, M&A, Banking & Finance, Property Law
Admitted as attorney in 2009
Previously at Fasken and Glyn Marais
Articles:
Property Practitioners Act
Mmadika Moloi
BA, LLB (WITS)
Corporate Commercial, Competition Law, M&A
Admitted as attorney in 2009
Previously at Werksmans, Norton Rose Fulbright and Webber Wentzel (partner)
LOUELLA TINDALE
BA LLB (UCT)
Data Protection, Competition, Compliance & Contract, Technology Law
Admitted as attorney in 2010
Previously at Werksmans, PPHE Hotel Group and TUI UK
SUSAN BRAYBROOKE
LLB LLM (NWU)
Corporate Commercial Law, M&A
Admitted as attorney in 2015
Previously at Fasken
KIRSTEN KEARSEY
BA LLB (NMU)
Corporate Commercial Law
Admitted as attorney in 2011
Previously at ENSafrica
MATTHEW WILSON
BSocSci LLB HDip (UCT)
Corporate Commercial Law
Admitted as attorney in 2012
ROBYN BANDEY
BA LLB (cum laude) (WITS)
Corporate Commercial, Banking & Finance Law
Admitted as attorney in 2011
Previously at ENSafrica
SIOBHAN LEYDEN
LLB LLM (UKZN)
Employment Law
Admitted as attorney in 2010
Previously at Shepstone & Wylie
JONATHAN PIKE
BA LLB (WITS)
Corporate Commercial, Technology Law
Admitted as attorney in 2012
Previously at Fluxmans
Yonela Ndila
BCom Law, LLB (UWC); LLM (NMU)
Corporate Commercial, Litigation, Cyber Security Law
Admitted as attorney in 2021
Previously at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
Alexis Levor
BA LLB (UCT)
Corporate Commercial Law, M&A, Energy law
Admitted as attorney in 2011 Previously at Bowmans
MEGAN Robertson
BCom LLB (UNISA)
Employment Law
Admitted as attorney in 2013
Previously at Fluxmans
MATTHEW THOMSON
Bcom Law, LLB (SU)
Litigation, Dispute Resolution
Admitted as attorney in 2015
Nokuphila Ndlamlenze
LLB (cum laude) (UNISA)
Immigration Law
KATHRYN DEPPE
LLB, LLM (KZN) Phd (AI and the Law)(Wits)(current)
Corporate Commercial Law, Technology, Artificial Intelligence Law
Admitted as advocate in 2015
Annuscha Pillay
LLB, LLM (UP)
Commercial, M&A, Corporate Finance, Mining
Admitted as attorney in 2006
Previously at Werksmans, Baker McKenzie
ALEX McCall
BA Law, LLB (RU)
Corporate Commercial Law, M&A
Admitted as attorney in 2010 Previously at Webber Wentzel
Mieke Krynauw
BSocSc PPE (UCT), LLB (UCT), LLM (NYU)
Regulatory, Administrative, Corporate Commercial Law and Anti-financial Crime work
Admitted as attorney in 2011
Previously at Bowmans and in President Ramaphosa’s private office
Arabella Bennett
BA LLB, LLM (cum laude) Banking & Finance, Insurance, Financial Services, Retirement Fund Law
Admitted as attorney in 2002 Previously Director at ENSafrica
Metumo Shilongo
BA (law)(UNAM), LLB (UCT)
Banking & Finance, Financial Services Law
Admitted as attorney in 2015
Previously at ENSafrica and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London
Hazel Maenzanise
LLB (UCT), LLM(UNISA)
Energy, Finance Law
Admitted as attorney in 2019
Previously at Circle Capital Commodities Trading, Bowmans and Baker Hughes
Cameron Staude
BA (law)(UNAM), LLB (UCT)
Construction Law, Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Admitted as attorney in 2008
Previously at Eversheds Sutherland, Webber Wentzel, MDA Consulting, HMBC Attorneys and NSDV