Cox Yeats adds to annual awards haul with Best Lawyers win for 2024

“We’re thrilled with the solid peer-reviewed recognition received once again for Cox Yeats lawyers across a spectrum of specialisations in the 2024 Best Lawyers in South Africa awards,” says managing partner Andrew Clark. “This news comes on the heels of the practice receiving the Diamond Arrow Award for the Best Medium-sized Law Firm in South Africa for 2023 at the PMR Awards, so it’s been a very good year for us.”
Cox Yeats lawyers on this year’s Best Lawyers® winners list are:
- Peter Barnard: construction law
- Lazelle Paola: real estate law
- Thys Scheepers: insolvency and reorganisation law
- David Vlcek: construction law
- Tina Halstead: real estate law
- Richard Hoal: construction law
- Michael Jackson: mergers and acquisitions law and private equity law
- Robin Westley: real estate law
- Emili Souris: real estate law
- Gareth Cremen: insolvency and reorganisation law
- Gary Pritchard: construction law
- Christine Seger: corporate law, insurance law and litigation
- Andrew Clark received the nod for both insurance law, as well as maritime and shipping law and consultants Roger Green, was recognised in real estate law and Alastair Hay in construction law and corporate law.
“Our diverse and experienced team has expanded over the past year enhancing our ability to seamlessly provide customised legal solutions to clients nationally and internationally, across a wide range of industry sectors and disciplines in both the private and public sector, strengthening our status as a truly global firm,” Clark adds.
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