THE TEAM

Director

Anver graduated with a BA(Law) LLB degrees from the University of Durban-Westville (now known as the University of KwaZulu Natal).  He was admitted as an attorney of the Supreme Court of South Africa in 1989 and has Right of Appearance in the High Court of South Africa.  

Anver started his own practice in 1991 and has gained vast experience in the fields of law as set out in the services rendered by the firm.   Over the three decades of practice, Anver has gained experience as a litigator, arbitrator and mediator.  He has extensive experience in all areas of the law and, in particular, commerce, tax disputes, bank recoveries, securities and land tenure matters. 

Aside from providing legal services, Anver has dedicated time and effort over the years to serve the legal fraternity on various committees, which includes the Disciplinary and High Court Committees.  He has also served the judiciary as an Acting Judge in the South Gauteng High Court.  

Anver also serves as a trustee on The Lewis Trust Foundation, which is actively committed to nature conservation and animal protection.

Practice Manager and Consultant

Merle is a BCom UNISA graduate.  She also holds a Licentiate Banking Diploma from the  Institute of Bankers in South Africa.

Merle joined the firm in 2009 as the Practice Manager and is responsible for the day to day operations as well as all statutory compliance.

She is also a consultant to the firm in the area of Banking and Finance Law resulting from years of her past banking, credit and finance experience at First National Bank. She also raised funding for management buyouts and B-BBEE transactions whilst with Brait Private Equity and Capitau Advisory Services (now Add Capital).  This is of immense value to the firm when dealing with issues of this nature.