Lawyers in South Africa

Anja Hofmeyr

Anja Hofmeyr is a Director of our Dispute Resolution practice.

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Anli Bezuidenhout

Anli Bezuidenhout is a Director in our Employment Law practice. Anli has advised both local and international clients on all aspects of South African employment law. Anli specialises in individual labour law and has vast experience in assisting clients with employment related due diligences for the purpose of potential mergers and acquisitions.

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Annabel Parry

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Anne Bennett

Executive Consultant

Webber Wentzel

Annemari Krugel

Annemari Krugel is a Director in our Dispute Resolution practice and the Corporate & White-Collar Investigations sector. Her leadership in investigations extends to national and provincial treasury departments, including noteworthy assignments from 2018 to the present involving National Treasury, Gauteng Provincial Treasury, and Limpopo Provincial Treasury.

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Anton Barnes-Webb

Partner

Bowmans

Ashford Nyatsumba

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Ashleigh Blair

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Ashleigh Hale

Ashleigh Hale is a partner in Bowmans’ Johannesburg office Corporate Department. She specialises in cross-border M&A, broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE), solvent restructurings, restructuring of state-owned assets, joint ventures and corporate governance. She is renowned for her strong project management and execution skills when handling complex transactions. She has long-standing relationships with many multinationals, financial services organisations and TMT sector clients. They rely on her commercial and client-focused advice to navigate the local legal landscapes and manage and mitigate their risks. She has BA and LLB degrees from the University of Cape Town.

Bowmans

Ashlin Perumall

Ashlin Perumall is a partner in Baker McKenzie's corporate M&A and IPTech practice groups in Johannesburg. Ashlin is experienced in technology-focused matters, including M&A and venture capital transactions, and the commercial aspects of intellectual property (IP), including licensing, commercialisation, technology/IP transfer and development. Ashlin is routinely called to advise on matters involving corporate structuring and transactions in the technology, media and telecommunications sector. He is also experienced in the commercial, consumer protection and regulatory issues encountered by IP clients and service providers as well as venture and start-up companies. His practice extends to advising on emerging technology business models and establishing legal, compliance or diligence assessment frameworks for novel targets in various industries, where a high degree of technical prowess is required. These include acting as key advisor to clients entering the fintech (including paytech, open banking, digital banking and financial APIs), blockchain and distributed ledger tech, AI/Machine Learning as a Service (MLaaS) in the auditing industry and digital asset sector. He has over a decade’s experience is assessing emerging technology and novel IP acquisition targets. Ashlin has also worked in the Firm's London office and served as a Fellow to the World Economic Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in San Francisco as part of Baker McKenzie's partnership with the forum to address global, regional and industry policy issues in respect of 4IR technologies, conducting regulatory and policy research, and paper writing as part of the Digital Currency Governance Consortium (DCGC).

Baker McKenzie Johannesburg

Asmita Thakor

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Astrid Berman

Director at Werksmans Attorneys

Werksmans Attorneys

At van der Merwe

DLA Piper

Aviva Hoekstra

Senior Associate

Webber Wentzel

Ayanda Khumalo

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Ayanda Mhlongo

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Bankey Sono

Director Bankey Sono is a lawyer in the Labour & Employment practice area.

Werksmans Attorneys

Barry Garven

Co-head of Tax

Bowmans

Bavesh Pillay

Partner

Bowmans

Belinda Scriba

Belinda Scriba is a Director in our Dispute Resolution practice. She is a member of our Business Rescue, Restructuring & Insolvency sector. Her extensive experience includes litigation and arbitration (international and local) in the areas of insolvency and business rescue, corporate and commercial contractual disputes, Companies Act disputes, maritime, and international trade. She has more recently trained and qualified as a mediator.

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Bernadette Lötter

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Bernadette Versfeld

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Bernard Hotz

Director Bernard Hotz is Head of the Business Crimes & Investigations practice area.

Werksmans Attorneys

Bilkis Daby

Partner | Trade Mark Attorney

Adams & Adams