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Laura has been a partner at Cox Yeats since 2019. She has experience in a number of sectors, however, her primary focus is in Energy and Natural Resources, where she has particular expertise with oil and gas, renewables, concession agreements, power purchase agreements, construction and projects and broad regulatory advice within these areas. Laura provides professional support and advice to numerous large organisations, included listed entities, operating within South Africa and abroad. She ...

Gary Pritchard is an established Attorney in practice since 1992. Gary focuses on construction and engineering law as well as general commercial litigation including insurance and banking litigation, construction and sports law. He is a former director of one of Johannesburg’s largest law firms where he practiced for the past 19 years. Gary has achieved the following accolades: 2019 Recommended in Legal 500 Construction2019 Recognised in The Best Lawyers in South Africa for Construction...

Peter joined Cox Yeats in 2010 as a Candidate Attorney, whereafter he was appointed as an associate and in 2015 was appointed a partner. Peter completed his LLB at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2009, after matriculating from Durban High School. He practises in the Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Law Team and also deals extensively with procurement related issues. Peter was appointed as a member of the Joint Building Contracts Committee Drafting Panel in January 2018.

Emili specialises in Property & Real Estate. She was admitted as an Attorney in 1986. Emili is a qualified conveyancer and notary public. During her articles she was exposed to property transactional work and her love for property and property law became her passion. She qualified as a conveyancer in 1991 and has practiced as a property law professional for more than 3 decades in all areas of property law including opening of sectional schemes, commercial, residential transfers including ...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Thys joined the firm as a partner in 2014 and heads up the Insolvency Team. He specialises in the fields of Insolvency, Business Rescue and Debt Recovery. Thys previously practiced as a senior associate and director heading up an Insolvency, Debt Recovery and Business Rescue Department for a number of years, and has extensive experience as both a liquidator and specialist attorney in all matters relating to Insolvency. His expertise includes liquidations, sequestrations, schemes of arrangemen...

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...