To keep costs down for our clients while offering the highest levels of service and expertise, Reynolds Attorneys utilises the services of consultant attorneys who are specialists in their chosen field of law. They are handpicked by the principal attorney, Abigail Reynolds. By using consultants, Reynolds Attorneys does not have to pass on the cost to its clients of employing attorneys on a permanent basis and operating a large office to accommodate them.
You, the client, get efficient, specialist legal services for a far lower cost than at a large law firm. Senior attorneys work directly on your matter for the cost of a mid-level or junior attorney at a large law firm. Let us introduce you to the RA team.
Abigail Reynolds
The Principal Attorney
Corporate & Commercial Law Attorney and Qualified Mediator
Founder of Reynolds Attorneys in 2011, Abigail specialises in Corporate and Commercial Law, and is a qualified Mediator. She has been exposed to a broad variety of corporate matters and been the legal advisor on a wide range of exciting transactions throughout her career. She volunteers to work as a mediator on a monthly basis at the Wynberg Children’s Court and sits on the Company Law Matters Committee of the Law Society of South Africa, as well as the Commercial, Company, Consumer and Tax Law Committee of the Cape Law Society. Get in touch with her here.
Sián Fields
IP & Technology, Data Privacy and Commercial Law Attorney
Sián’s expertise in the information technology and telecoms arena as well as the Protection of Personal Information Act, and offshore data privacy laws, is invaluable. She has a valuable ability to not only utilise her technical ability to apply the law correctly, but also her ability to assess both the commercial and legal risks together in order to obtain a commercial solution that operates as effectively as possible within the legal framework applicable and within the greater corporate strategy. She has been a consultant for Reynolds Attorneys since 2015 and currently advises a number of companies both locally and overseas. Contact her via email here.
Anne Erwin
Labour and Employment Law Attorney
After completing her articles at Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs, Anne opened her own attorney’s practice specializing in labour and employment law. She is a part-time commissioner at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration and a panelist for the South African Local Government Bargaining Council. She is also a regular contributor to Lexis Nexis for its Weekly Comment and Editorial publications in its IR Network, and has been a consultant of Reynolds Attorneys since 2015. Get in touch with Anne here.
Justine del Monte
Labour and Employment Law Attorney
Justine has a BLC and LLB (both cum laude) from the University of Pretoria and was admitted as an attorney in 2002. She spent 6 years at Irish Ashman Attorneys where she rose to the level of partner before leaving to focus on her own employment law practice. Justine is also a long-standing member of the South African Society of Labour Law. Her expertise include running litigation in the CCMA, Bargaining Councils, Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court and facilitating and managing relationships between employers and trade unions, amongst many others. Email her to get in touch here.
Tamasen Maasdorp
Conveyancing, Family Law, and Trusts, Wills & Estates Attorney
Tamasen graduated from the University of Cape Town, where she obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree, and later graduated from Melbourne University with her Master of Laws. In addition to being an admitted attorney, Tamasen is a qualified and practicing Notary Public, as well as a Conveyancer. In 2015, she established her own independent boutique law firm specialising in Wills, Estates, Trusts and Property transactions and has been a consultant for Reynolds Attorneys since 2017. Contact her via email here.
Jenna Rodd
A Candidate Attorney qualifying and specializing under Tamasen Maasdorp in Family Law and Trusts, Wills & Deceased Estates
After university, Jenna joined an international commercial law firm where she gained invaluable experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements for a large European stock exchange. She is now completing her last year of law articles under Tamasen Maasdorp in order to be admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. Contact Jenna here.
PJ Veldhuizen
Commercial Litigation Attorney and Qualified Mediator and Arbitrator
PJ’s experience and solution driven mindset is the formula for his success over a career that spans over 20 years. He is an expert in advisory commercial litigation, company law, insolvency law, business rescue, consumer protection and dispute resolution. PJ has accepted various ministerial appointments including being appointed to the Directorate of Market Abuse being a division of the Financial Services Board; Chairperson of the Tax Board, Department of Trade and Industry; member of the Companies Tribunal; and a member of the BBBEE Commission. He has been a consultant for Reynolds Attorneys since 2011.
Elsa Frylinck
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Law Attorney
Elsa completed her LLB and then her LLM in Advanced company Law where her dissertation was focused on Ownership solutions in Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE). Her passion is to assist companies to implement sustainable B-BBEE solutions and not only to focus on compliance. She assists companies with the full-house transformation services of Strategy Planning through Implementation and Monitoring to Preparation for Verification and the B-BBEE audit itself. She can advise on all Ownership structures available in the B-BBEE Codes, specifically Employee Ownership schemes and Broad-Based Ownership schemes.
Kerry Kopke
Financial Services Regulation, Public Finance Management and Investment Funds Attorney
Kerry has a BBusSci (cum laude), LLB (cum laude) and a MCom (Financial Management) all from the University of Cape Town and has worked in prestigious law firms in New York, South Africa and Dublin with over 12 years of experience. Kerry’s main clients are asset managers and other role players in the financial services industry. She also often works as the legal expert for consulting firms on issues of public financial management and has recently assisted the African Union as a legal financial consultant on the financial and corporate governance rules of its Peace Fund and co-ordinating these rules with various Ministers of Finance across Africa.
Helen Dagut
Environmental, Planning and Heritage Law Attorney
Helen Dagut is a specialist environmental lawyer with close to 20 years’ experience in the field. She has detailed knowledge of the application and enforcement of South African environmental, occupational health and safety and mining legislation, as well as constitutional and administrative aspects of South African environmental law. She has knowledge of the environmental laws of a number of other African countries as well as several non-African jurisdictions. Helen provides a range of specialised legal services in her areas of focus, including due diligence investigations, contractual drafting of environmental clauses in commercial and project finance agreements, mining law as it pertains to the environment and much more.
Clarissa Molteno
Environmental, Planning and Heritage Law Attorney
Clarissa holds the degrees BA LLB from the University of Stellenbosch, as well as certificates in Environmental Law and Environmental Management Systems from North-West University. She is also a CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution, London) accredited mediator. She practices as an environmental law consultant from her own consultancy, providing practical and strategic advice on environmental, heritage and planning law, identification of options and forums for managing risks and resolving disputes, and advice on potential civil and criminal liability in terms of legislation, among other services.
Professor Peter SurteesTax Specialist, in his capacity as a Chartered Accountant (SA)
Professor Peter Surtees practised as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in Bloemfontein for 19 years before joining the staff of Rhodes University, where he rose to be head of the department of accounting. In 1998, he moved to Cape Town and joined Deneys Reitz Attorneys (now Norton Rose Fulbright), where he was a director in the tax division until his retirement in 2015. The professor presented the MCom (Taxation) course from 1998 until the end of 2016 at the University of Cape Town. He is a member of the editorial panel of the Tax Chronicles Monthly, the tax publication of the SA Institute of Tax Professionals and the SA Institute of Professional Accountants, and a member of the tax court.
To get in touch with our consultants or seek advice on a variety of legal matters, please contact us here and we will direct you to the specialist consultant with expertise in your unique circumstance.