(W) 011 290 4153   (M) 082 552 6443
ginsburg@counsel.co.za

Dennis Fine was admitted to the Bar in 1974. Took silk in 1989. His practice includes company law, insolvency law, income tax, insurance, law of contract, telecommunications and unlawful competition.

Guy Hoffman joined the Bar in October 1972 and has been in practice since 1973. He is a senior counsel whose practice is commercial and in particular, company law, insolvency, unlawful competition and intellectual property. He also holds an undergraduate B.Sc degree.

(W) 011 290 4000  (M) 082 412 5309
hofgih@counsel.co.za

Peter van Blerk commenced practice at the Johannesburg Bar in 1975 and took silk in 1992. Peter conducts a wide-ranging commercial practice that includes litigation in the fields of company law, contractual disputes, property matters and insolvency law. Peter has acted as a judge of the High Court and sat as an arbitrator. He is a member of the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa and is on its commercial panel of arbitrators. Peter has played a substantial role in practical legal education. He lectured to pupil advocates on civil trial practice and legal writing for a number of years. He is the author of the published work, Legal Drafting: Civil Proceedings. Peter was also involved, in conjunction with members of the English Bar, in setting up the Johannesburg Bar Advocacy Training Programme.

Chris Loxton was admitted to the Bar in 1978 and took silk in 1992. He has a special interest in the following fields: insurance, mining and pensions, administrative and constitutional law, competitition law, company law and telecommunications.

Tony Rubens was admitted to the bar in April 1980 and took silk in 1992. His practice includes company law, law of contract, insolvency law, income tax, insurance, banking law and unlawful competition.

(W) 011 290 4000  (M) 082 331 1049
aprubens@counsel.co.za

John Suttner was admitted to the Bar in 1979. He took silk in 1994. He is admitted to practise in Australia and in England and Wales. John Suttner specializes in commercial work and in particular arbitrations, company law, banking law, insolvency, international trade, insurance, administrative law reviews, trusts and contractual disputes.

Martin Brassey was admitted to the Johannesburg Bar in 1976 and took silk in 1995.  His areas of expertise include labour law, pension law, competition law and constitutional law.  Since 1998 he has been a visiting professor at both the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Pretoria.  He has served on the Johannesburg Bar Council and currently represents the Johannesburg Bar on the GCB Examinations Committee.  He is a member of the Arbitration and Mediation Service of South Africa as well as the Thekiso Arbitration Service.  Over the years, he has held various appointments as acting judge in the Labour Court and in the High Court.  He has co-authored several books on labour law and competition law and has published widely in labour law.

(W) 011 290 4103  (M) 082 789 3971
brassey@counsel.co.za

Willie Vermeulen has been in practise at the Johannesburg Bar for 21 Years. His practise involves mainly criminal law, insurance law and general commercial litigation.

Antony has a general international commercial practice and appears in the Commercial Court in London, in international commercial arbitrations both in the UK and in Southern Africa and in the Supreme Court in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia and has assisted in litigation in Zambia. He is a member of Group One in Johannesburg and 20 Essex Street Chambers in London. His experience covers General Commercial Litigation and Arbitration, Energy, Insurance, Construction, Mining, and Conflicts of Laws disputes.

(W) 011 290 4000 (M) 083 264 8846
antonythompson@telkomsa.net

Bev Fourie was admitted to the Bar in 1982 and took silk in 2003. Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 1996. Member of Reunite International Child Abduction Centre , London since 1998. Listed lawyer on Cross-border ADR in transnational family proceedings register, London. Family law practice, including commercial litigation arising out of patrimonial disputes on divorce and international child abduction.

(W) 011 290 4000  (M) 082 413 6641
bafourie@law.co.za

Clare Hartford completed her LLB in 1982, and after lecturing in law at the University of the Witwatersrand, obtained her Masters in International Law from Cambridge. Thereafter she practised as an International lawyer in Paris, working largely on cases being heard in the international Court of Justice. She joined the Bar in 1989 and practises mainly in the fields of contract, delict, commercial law, insurance, pensions, family law and medical negligence.

Ross Hutton was admitted to the Bar in 1988 and took silk in 2008. He practises mainly in the fields of banking, insolvency, insurance, employment and company law.

(W) 011 290 4000  (M) 082 453 2590
hutton@counsel.co.za

Andrew Kemack was admitted to the Bar in 1987 and took silk in 2009. His practice includes contractual, company law, insolvency and construction matters.

Denise Fisher was admitted to the Bar in 1989 and took silk in 2009. Her practice includes banking, insurance, insolvency, unfair competition, intellectual property, general commercial High Court litigation, property, family law, arbitration and mediation. She is a CEDR(UK) accredited mediator.

dfisher@counsel.co.za

Ivan Miltz was admitted to the Bar in 1989 and took silk in 2009. He practises mainly in the field of banking, general commercial, competition, insurance, insolvency, intellectual property, and property law.

Sarel Bekker was admitted as an advocate during 1984, and after serving as a State Advocate, joined the Johannesburg Bar during 1988. His practice concerns commercial litigation, mainly in the fields of contracts, aviation, insurance and engineering law. Sarel is further an AFSA qualified mediator and arbitrator.

(W) 011 290 4000 (M) 082 450 8102
bekker@counsel.co.za

Paul McNally was admitted to the Bar in 1991. His practice is in commercial law, and more particularly in the fields of the law of contract, company law, competition law, banking, insurance, pensions, telecommunications, restraint of trade, insolvency, and administrative and constitutional law.

(W) 290 4000  (M) 082 490 4123
mcnally@law.co.za

Admitted in 1996. Special interest in labour law. Formerly editor-in-chief of Employment Law, and Butterworths Labour Law Reports.

(W) 011 290 4000  (M) 083 700 3996
atm@law.co.za

Michael Antonie was admitted to the Bar in 1989. His practice is mainly in the field of commercial litigation, insurance, banking, insolvency, intellectual property, employment and pension law.

(W) 011 290 4000  (M) 083 601 1510
antonie@counsel.co.za