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Our network of legal consultants have expertise in a range of fields. Each specialist consultant provides their services to our clients either under Reynolds Attorneys’ umbrella, or under their own firm or consultancy. This allows our clients access to professional legal services from senior attorneys and advisors at the prices of a modern small firm.
If you need a specialist attorney in a field of law not listed here, please contact us and we will put you in touch with one.
Unit B6 Westlake Square
Westlake Drive
Westlake, 7945
Cape Town, South Africa
Corporate & Commercial Law | Qualified Mediator
Abigail graduated with a BA LLB from the University of Cape Town and then completed her articles at Cliffe Dekker (now DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr). She went on to practice as an attorney with Keith Getz at Bernadt Vukic Potash & Getz. She specialised in corporate and commercial law and was exposed to a broad variety of corporate matters.
She then worked at Investec Private Bank in the Growth & Acquisition Division where she oversaw the collation and drafting of the legal documents required to extend loans to private companies in relation to corporate transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, B-BBEE and preference share related transactions. She was exposed to numerous corporate financing structures.
She returned to practicing law in 2010, and in 2011 opened Reynolds Attorneys under which she combines her finance industry and legal experience to service and grow both a dynamic and solid client base.
Abigail is busy completing her Masters in Commercial Law on a part time basis at the University of Cape Town.
She sits on the following committees:
Awards:
“Lawyer Monthly Women in Law 2022 Award” in the practice area of Corporate and Commercial Law, in the Lawyer Monthly Magazine -Women in Law Awards.
“Lawyer Monthly Women in Law 2022 Award” in the practice area of Corporate and Commercial Law, in the Lawyer Monthly Magazine -Women in Law Awards.
Recent Deal Involvement & Achievements:
TECHNOLOGY LAW | DATA PRIVACY LAW | COMMERCIAL LAW
Sián completed BA LLB degrees and an LLM in Commercial Law (with a specialisation in Electronic Law) at the University of Cape Town, and a Finance for Non-Financial Managers course at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business.
She currently advises a number of companies both locally and overseas.
Her expertise in the information technology and telecoms arena as well as the Protection of Personal Information Act and offshore data privacy laws, is invaluable.
In her capacity as in-house legal counsel for various listed corporations, Sián has not only gained extensive commercial legal experience but has also gained insight into the intricate workings of large multinational corporations and the particular business imperatives driving them. This has resulted in her having 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.
Her extensive knowledge of drafting and negotiating contracts and ability to manage legal and operational risk assists businesses in reaching their operational targets whilst ensuring that the nature of the operating environment, a good understanding of the regulatory environment and the interplay between regulation, contract and business strategy are always all properly considered.
She has been a consultant for Reynolds Attorneys since 2015.
Email sian@reynoldsattorneys.co.za to get in contact with Sián.
Labour and Employment Law
Anne graduated with a BMus and TLD from UCT and an LLB from Unisa. After completing her articles at Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs she opened her own attorney’s practice, specializing in labour and employment law.
She is also a part-time commissioner at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration and a panelist for the South African Local Government Bargaining Council.
Since October 2019 Anne has been a regular contributor to Lexis Nexis for its Weekly Comment and Editorial publications in its IR Network.
She has been a consultant of Reynolds Attorneys since 2015.
Tamasen graduated from the University of Cape Town, where she obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree. Later she 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.
Tamasen specialises in Wills, Estates, Trusts and Property transactions, and her client base includes those based locally and internationally.
She has been a consultant for Reynolds Attorneys since 2017.
Email tamasen@reynoldsattorneys.co.za to get in contact with Tamasen.
PJ’s experience and solution driven mindset is the formula for his success over a career that spans some 20+ years. PJ graduated with a BProc from UNISA in 1997. He has achieved an LLM and MBA while embarking on building his own business which he started in 1999. He is an expert in advisory commercial litigation, company law, insolvency law, business rescue, consumer protection and dispute resolution.
PJ is an internationally accredited mediator and arbitrator. He is accredited locally by Conflict Dynamics and internationally by The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR-London) as a commercial mediator and has adjudicated and mediated over 150 matters during his time serving as a presiding member at the Companies Tribunal. He has most recently completed the Harvard Law School’s Advanced Mediation of Complex Disputes Programme, and the London School of Economics and Political Science’s Program on Negotiation.
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; a member of the BBBEE Commission; and a member of the Financial Services Tribunal and the Financial Intelligence Centre Appeal Board.
Ever eager to broaden his knowledge he is currently reading for his LLD in Insolvency and Business Rescue.
He has been a consultant for Reynolds Attorneys since 2011.
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Law
Elsa completed her LLB and her LLM in Advanced Company Law where her dissertation was focused on Ownership solutions in Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE). She has worked in the B-BBEE industry for 12 years. She started her career as a verification analyst for one of the first 11 SANAS accredited Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) agencies in 2007 and was soon promoted to Senior verification analyst responsible for the verifications of complex structures of Generic entities and developing the verification manual and methodologies.
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.
She has been a consultant for Reynolds Attorneys since 2020.
Environmental, Planning and Heritage Law
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 and provides the following services:
She has been a consultant for Reynolds Attorneys since early 2018.
Tax 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 took early retirement and moved to Cape Town. He joined Deneys Reitz Attorneys (now Norton Rose Fulbright), where he was a director in the tax division until his retirement in 2015.
The professor was also on the staff of the department of finance and taxation at the University of Cape Town from 1998 until the end of 2016, where he presented the MCom (Taxation) course. He now lives in Napier, from where he continues to run his taxation practice in all areas of taxation and estate planning. He was, until its demise in 2017, a member of the editorial panel of Integritax, the tax publication of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
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. He is also a member of the tax court.
He has been a consultant for Reynolds Attorneys since 2016.