Ralph van Niekerk

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...

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...

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...

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...

Grant Nirenstein is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Arbitration and Mediation and Litigation. Grant, who practices law in Cape Town, South Africa, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Grant is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

David joined Cox Yeats in 2013 and was appointed partner in 2014. He obtained his LL.B Summa Cum Laude from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban in 2005. David specialises in Commercial Litigation and Construction and Infrastructure Law. His commercial litigation experience comprises fields such as, Contractual Disputes, Administrative (Tender) Law and Commercial Arbitrations. He is experienced in negotiation and drafting of JBCC, NEC3, GCC and FIDIC agreements and their enforcement. David...

Nike is an attorney, notary and conveyancer of the High Court of South Africa with more than 20 years experience in corporate and commercial matters, having worked as in-house counsel and as director at respected regional and national law firms.

Andrew completed his B.Com LL.B summa cum laude degrees at the University of Natal, Durban and was admitted as an attorney in 1997. He has gained extensive experience in maritime law, both in representing cargo interests and their underwriters, and in representing shipowners/charterers and their P&I Clubs. He deals with claims for cargo loss and damage, disputes arising out of contracts of carriage, marine and non-marine insurance, international trade law and the drafting of commercial ag...

Richard is a partner in the construction, engineering and infrastructure practice. He has practiced as an admitted attorney in South Africa for twenty years and has developed a unique speciality in construction and project work and tender disputes. Richard heads up the Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Law Team at Cox Yeats. He also focuses on all aspects of Business Law. Richard is a committee member of the Association of Arbitrators of Southern Africa and conducts adjudications a...

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...