Administrative and constitutional law litigation (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
Constitutional interpretation of legislation and regulations
Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA)
Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (PAJA)
Banking and Finance Law
Banking litigation (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
Corporate finance and capital raising
Exchange control
Financing structures, including credit support and taxation
Listings and stock exchange law
National Credit Act
OTC derivatives, including ISDA documents
Private equity and venture capital
Public finance, including under the Public Finance Management Act and the Municipal Finance Management Act
Regulatory advice to all institutions regulated by the FSB and SARB
Scrip lending arrangements, ISLA/GMSLA documents
Securitisation
Sharia law
Structured finance
Tax advice (also refer to Tax Law and Planning)
Commercial and Corporate Law
Acquisitions
Amalgamations and mergers (also refer to Competition Law)
Capitalisation of profit companies (also refer to Banking and Finance Law)
Commercial and corporate litigation (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
Commercial contracts, including partnerships and joint ventures
Commercial property contracts (also refer to Property Law)
Company administration and secretarial advice
Corporate governance
Dividends and taxation (also refer to Tax Law and Planning)
Due diligence investigations
Formation and dissolution of companies (also refer to Insolvency and Business Rescue Proceedings)
Listings and stock exchange law
Memoranda of incorporation and shareholders agreements
Mineral law
Private equity and venture capital
Public offerings of securities
Schemes of arrangement
Competition Law
Competition audits of business practices and procedures
Competition compliance policies
Competition law litigation (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
Education and training
Mergers, acquisitions, and competition law
Merger notifications and representation at merger hearings
Prohibited practices
Structuring of transactions in relation to competition law (also refer to Commercial and Corporate)
Consumer Protection Law
Advice on implications of the Consumer Protection Act in respect of various areas of business, including auctions, franchises, and leases
Advice to consumers and suppliers in disputes related to Consumer Protection Law
Drafting agreements, notices, and terms and conditions compliant with Consumer Protection Law
Due diligence investigations on compliance with Consumer Protection Law
Representation of consumers and suppliers in litigation related to Consumer Protection Law (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
Employment Law
Business transfers
Disciplinary procedures
Drafting and negotiation of employment contracts and other agreements.
Employment law litigation (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
Occupational Health and Safety
Negotiations with employees, employers, and labour unions
Environmental Law
Environmental law advice
Environmental law litigation (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
Land Use Planning Ordinance (also refer to Conveyancing and to Property Law)
Mineral law (also refer to Commercial and Corporate Law)
National Environmental Management Act
Financial Services Law
Collective Investment Schemes
Engaging with the FSB with regard to applications, complaints, licencing, and other matters
FAIS Act and financial service providers
Financial services law litigation (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
Hedge funds
Insurance law (also refer to Insurance law)
Pension fund law
Offshore financial jurisdictions
Private equity
Public finance, including under the Public Finance Management Act, and the Municipal Finance Management Act
Regulatory advice to all institutions regulated by the FSB
Securities exchanges
Taxation of financial institutions (also refer to Tax Law and Planning)
Venture capital
Insolvency Law and Business Rescue Proceedings
Advice during business rescue proceedings, including to creditors
Advice during insolvency proceedings, including insolvency enquiries
Drafting and structuring of agreements and arrangements for maximum protection in the event of an insolvency
Instituting and opposing proceedings to commence business rescue, sequestration, and winding-up (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
National Credit Act, including applications for debt review
Secured interest arrangements (also refer to Commercial and Corporate Law)
Insurance Law
Drafting of long-term and short-term insurance policies
Engaging with the FSB with regard to applications, complaints, licencing, and other matters
Insurance and offshore financial jurisdictions
Long-term insurance litigation (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
Reinsurance (local and foreign)
Regulatory advice to long-term insurers and short-term insurers
Short-term insurance litigation (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
Taxation of long-term insurers and short-term insurers (also refer to Tax Law and Planning)
Tax Law
Capital gains tax
Dividends withholding tax
Donations Tax
Double taxation agreements
Engaging with SARS with regards to disputes, objections, rulings, settlements, and other matters
Estate duty
Estate planning: domestic and international (also refer to Estate Planning)
Income tax
Industry specific tax rules (also refer to Insurance and Financial Services Law)
International tax: inward and outward investment
Property transactions (also refer to Conveyancing and Property Law)
Securities transfer tax
Structuring and financing of acquisition transactions (also refer to Commercial and Corporate Law)
Tax litigation (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
Transfer duty (also refer to Conveyancing and Property Law)
Value-added tax
Conveyancing
Assistance with financing arrangements
Bond cancellation and registration of new bonds
Conveyancing litigation (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
Drafting of and negotiation of deeds of sale and other immovable property related agreements
Foreign ownership of real estate
Personal servitudes – (habitatio, e.g usufruct, and usus) (also refer to Notarial Practice)
Negotiations for and with banks, estate agents, executors of deceased estates, and SARS
Processing of transfers of immovable properties in the Deeds Office.
Servitudes (also refer to Notarial Practice)
Tax advice, including CGT, donations tax, and transfer duty (also refer to Tax Law and Planning)
First time home buyer assistance, including the administration of subsidies such as FLISP
Notarial Practice
Authentication of documents, including Apostile
Cancellation of conditions in deeds of transfer
Creation and registration of all servitudes
Notarial bonds over movable assets
Notarial cessions, deeds of lease, and other agreements
Notarial tie of properties
Habitatio (the right to occupy a building)
Praedial (property-related) servitudes
Usufruct (the rights to the use and enjoyment of an asset, and to the gains from the asset)
Usus (the rights to the use and enjoyment of an asset, but not the gains from the asset)
Rights of way
Sectional title schemes (exclusive use areas and other matters)
Tax advice, including CGT, donations tax, and transfer duty (also refer to Tax Law and Planning)
Drafting and execution of ante-nuptial contracts
Property Law
Conveyancing
Development schemes and site establishment
Drafting, negotiation, and structuring of purchase and sale agreements and ancillary agreements
Drafting, negotiating, and structuring lease agreements and specialist agreements, such as cellphone mast leases, solar farm leases, and ancillary agreements
Due diligence investigations
Group restructuring and rationalisation (also refer to Corporate and Commercial)
Opening sectional title registers (also refer to Notarial Practice)
Property development, project management, and construction agreements
Property finance, including corporate, mortgage and structured and finance (also refer to Corporate and Commercial)
Property joint ventures
Property litigation (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
Property management, asset management, and agency agreements
Servitudes (also refer to Notarial Practice)
Tax advice, including CGT, income tax, and transfer duty (also refer to Tax Law and Planning)
Family and Matrimonial Law
Acting as curators
Advice on matrimonial property regimes
Divorces (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
Domestic partnerships
Drafting of antenuptial contracts (also refer to Notarial Practice)
Guardianship and custody of minor children
Maintenance (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
Parental responsibilities and rights in respect of minor children
Rights of minor children
Rights of the elderly
Variation of matrimonial property regimes
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Alternative dispute resolution, including mediation
Appearances in all courts, special courts, and tribunals
Arbitration proceedings
Construction disputes
Debt collections, including arrear rental
Litigation and other appearances and opinion work involving administrative law, banking and finance law, commercial and corporate law, competition law, constitutional law, consumer protection law, conveyancing, deceased estates, employment, environmental matters, family and matrimonial law, financial services law, insolvency law and business rescue proceedings, insurance law, property, tax, and trusts
Strategic advice on litigation and dispute resolution
Curatorships
Preparing applications for the appointment of curator bonis / ad personam
Submisson of documents to have curator appointed
Administration of all aspects relating to curatorships
Drafting of annual accounts, dealing with Master’s queries and submission of tax returns
Deceased Estate Administration
Acting as agents for executors of deceased estates
Acting as executors of deceased estates
Deceased estate litigation (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution )
Distribution of assets to heirs and legatees, locally and abroad
Interpretation of wills
Liquidation and distribution accounts
Lodging of tax returns
Negotiations for and with banks and other financial institutions (locally and abroad), executors, SARS, and others
Preparation and lodgment of reporting documents to the Master of the High Court
Tax advice, including estate duty and CGT (also refer to Tax Law and Planning)
Transfer of immovable property (also refer to Conveyancing)
Valuations of assets
Estate Planning
Analysis of the suitability of current testamentary and other arrangements
Assessment of the factual matrix of a client’s family and financial priorities and requirements
Asset protection
Coordination of other professionals, such as accountants and investment managers, regarding estate planning
Design of key estate planning proposals to achieve a client’s requirements
Drafting of agreements and other documents for estate plans, including cessions, deeds of donation, deeds of sale, trust deeds, wills, and other documents
Emigration and asset migration
Estate duty
Estate planning: domestic and international
Exchange Control
Implementation of estate plans
Tax advice (also refer to Tax Law and Planning)
Trusts
Analysis of the suitability of current trust and other arrangements
Assessment of the factual matrix of a client’s financial and other priorities and requirements
Asset protection
Comprehensive management of trusts (inter vivos and testamentary), including accounting, all administration, annual financial statements, and tax returns and SARS queries.
Coordination of other professionals, such as accountants and investment managers, regarding trusts
Drafting of trust deeds
Registration of trust deeds and liaising with the Master of the High Court
In depth knowledge of trust law
Structuring of commercial and investment trusts (also refer to Commercial and Corporate Law and to Financial Services Law)
Tax advice (also refer to Tax Law and Planning)
Trust litigation (also refer to Litigation and Dispute Resolution )
Andrea Mendonça
Associate
Andrea was admitted as an Attorney and Conveyancer in 2006 and practised law in Grahamstown, EC. In the same year she moved to a Cape Town firm as a Junior Conveyancer. In 2008, she decided to focus on her family and other business ventures. In June 2021 she returned to law and joined Walkers’ conveyancing team in July 2024 as an Associate.
Expertise:
Property Law, Conveyancing
Qualifications:
BA LLB – Rhodes University
Deaviah Moodley
Candidate Attorney
Deaviah started as a Candidate Attorney at Walkers in 2024
Qualifications:
LLB, University of Cape Town
Sisanga Sogaise
Candidate Attorney
Sisanga started as a Candidate Attorney at Walkers in 2023
Qualifications:
LLB, University of the Western Cape
Aviwe Singama
Candidate Attorney
Aviwe started as a Candidate Attorney at Walkers in 2023
Qualifications:
LLB, University of the Western Cape
Tamanda Dube
Candidate Attorney
Tamanda started as a Candidate Attorney at Walkers in 2022.
Qualifications:
LLB, University of the Western Cape.
Shuaib Navsa
Associate
Shuaib started at Walkers as a Candidate Attorney in 2021. He was admitted as an Attorney and appointed as an Associate in 2023.
Qualifications:
LLB, UNISA
Asisipho Kozana
Associate
Asisipho started at Walkers as a Candidate Attorney in 2020. In 2022, she was admitted as Attorney, Notary and Conveyancer. She was appointed as an Associate in 2022.
Areas of expertise:
Property Law
Conveyancing
Notarial Practice
Qualifications:
LLB, North-West University
Higher Certificate and a National Diploma in Management, Nelson Mandela University
Higher Certificate in project management and a national diploma in management and a semester exchange at Leiden University in 2019
Lerissa Rooplal
Associate
In 2018, Lerissa started her journey at Walkers as a Candidate Attorney. She was admitted as an attorney and notary in 2020 and conveyancer in 2021. She was appointed as an Associate in 2020.
Areas of expertise:
Property Law
Conveyancing
Notarial Practice
Qualifications:
LLB, University of Stellenbosch
Tamlyn Swinny
Associate
Tamlyn practised law in KZN and was appointed Candidate Attorney in 2016. In April 2022, she joined Walkers as an Associate.
Areas of expertise:
General Litigation
Commercial Law
Qualifications:
LLB and LLM (Business Law), University of KwaZulu-Natal
Natasha Louw
Director
Natasha started as an Assistant in the Estate’s Department in 2006. In 2018, she was appointed as a Candidate Attorney and admitted as an Attorney in 2020. Later that year, she was appointed as an Associate - and in 2021, she became a Partner.
Areas of expertise:
Estate Planning and Administration
Estates Litigation
Curatorships
Trusts
Qualifications:
LLB (cum laude), UNISA
Taryn Herbert
Director
Taryn is an admitted Notary Public and has been with Walkers for more than 10 years. In 2011, she began as a Candidate Attorney. In 2012, she was admitted as an Attorney and in the same year, appointed as an Associate. Taryn became a Partner in 2016.
Areas of expertise:
Commercial Law
Trust Law
Curatorships
Qualifications:
B BusSci, University of Cape Town
LLB at the University of Cape Town
Roxanne Ker
Director
Roxanne started as a Candidate Attorney at Walkers in 2006. She was admitted as an Attorney in 2008 and appointed as a Partner in 2010.
Areas of expertise:
Family Law
Matrimonial Law
Competition Law
Qualifications:
BA in Law & Psychology, University of Cape Town
LLB, University of Cape Town
Amien Hoosain
Director
Amien began his career at Walkers in 2004 and was admitted as an Attorney in 2006. He was then appointed as a Partner in 2008.
Areas of expertise:
Commercial Law
Commercial Litigation
Contract Law
Qualifications:
BA LLB, University of Cape Town
Juna Phillips
Director
Juna was admitted as an Attorney in 2002 and has been practising law ever since. A year later, in 2003, she was admitted as a Conveyancer and Notary Public. In 2019, she joined Walkers as a Partner.
Areas of expertise:
Property Law
Conveyancing
Notarial Practice
Qualifications:
B Proc (cum laude), University of South Africa
Jerome Veldsman
Director
Jerome lectured for a year in the Commercial Law Department at the University of Stellenbosch. He was admitted as an attorney in 1991, followed by a two-year stint in Investment Banking. Jerome has practised Law in both Johannesburg and Cape Town, officially joining Walkers as a Partner in April 2012.
Areas of expertise:
Commercial, Financial and Tax law
Insurance and Investment Law
Qualifications:
BComm, University of Stellenbosch
LLB, University of Stellenbosch
Gunnar Dahl
Chairman / Director
Gunnar has been with Walkers for over 30 years. He was appointed as an Article Clerk in 1985, admitted as an Attorney in 1987 and was appointed as a Partner in 1999. Gunnar also speaks German fluently and advises German-speaking clients on South African Law.