Patrick Holloway

After qualifying with a B Com LLB from Wits University Craig served articles with MJ Silver Rothbart and Cohen, a commercial and insolvency firm Craig was admitted as an attorney with this varied practice. Gaining invaluable experience practising as a professional legal assistant, Craig was involved in commercial drafting, commercial litigation, restructures, insolvency enquiries and related litigation. Craig was a member of the Legal Counsel team in a commercial environment for six years and...

Roelf is privileged to lead the great team at Roelf Nel Incorporated to ever higher levels. He specializes in both the delivery of infrastructure and energy projects with extensive experience in construction advisory project execution mandates and dispute resolution relating to these types of projects. Roelf has a passion for the construction sector and presents training on standard form construction contracts to the industry and the legal profession. ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION...

Gareth Cremen adds diverse expertise to our Insolvency & Business Rescue practice. He specialises in the fields of debt recovery, business restructuring, business rescue and insolvency. His extensive experience resulting in Gareth having acted for multinational corporations, local and international banks, business rescue practitioners, liquidators, creditors and listed companies. Gareth has advised these entities on expedited debt recovery mechanisms, debt recovery, business rescue, liqui...

Mongezi has over 10 years of experience in the fields of corporate and commercial dispute resolution, insolvency law, credit law (foreclosures, corporate recoveries, business rescue, liquidations and restructuring), insurance law (life assurance, pension fund and disability fund claims), public administration law, procurement and public finance law, general litigation and arbitrations. Additionally, he has vast specialist knowledge in sectors such as mining, alternative energy solutions, proj...

Tina Halstead is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Tina, who practices law in Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Tina is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

After completing a postgraduate LLB at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, Andrew relocated to Cape Town to join a leading corporate practice in their litigation and dispute resolution department. Andrew was active in student politics whilst at Wits having been elected to the Law Students Council and sat as a student representative on the University’s disciplinary board. After completing his articles, Andrew was appointed as a professional assistant before joining Craig...

Roger joined the firm in 1973. He served on the council of the KwaZulu Natal Law Society for many years and has served on provincial and national law society committees, such as the committee on Competition Law. He is a past Chairman of the Standing Committee on Property Law matters of the Law Society of South Africa. He has served on the Property Law Committee of the KZN Law Society for over 25 years. Roger was listed as a recommended South African corporate property lawyer in The Which Lawy...

Anne Venter is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation. Anne, who practices law in Cape Town, South Africa, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Anne is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Aidean Camilla Ross is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law. She is a partner in the Maritime, Insurance, and International Trade Law Practice of Cox Yeats. She specialises in all aspects of maritime, insurance and international trade law, with particular emphasis on marine insurance, shipping litigation and road carriage claims. She joined Cox Yeats in January 2018 as an article clerk and was appointed as an associate in March 2020, having been a...

Michael Jackson has been the Managing Partner at Cox Yeats since 2011. He also heads up the Corporate & Natural Resources Law Team at Cox Yeats. He received his B.Com. LL.B. cum laude from the University of Natal, Durban and his LL.M with first class honours from Cambridge University where he was elected a scholar of St John’s College. His principal areas of practice are Business Law, Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions, Natural Resources & Energy and Empowerment & Transfor...