TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS

  BA LLB MBA (Stellenbosch)

  ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS  
  Conveyancer, Notary  
  FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

 
  • Administrative Law, especially Local Government Law
  • Property Development
  • Wills/Estate Planning
  • Administration of Estates
  • Property transactions
  • Companies & Close
  • Corporations
  • Partnerships


  PERSONAL BACKGROUND

  Grew up in Stellenbosch and Bergvliet. Matriculated at Zwaanswyk High School, and received a BA and LLB at the University of Stellenbosch. In 1975 he was appointed Secretary of the Paarl Divisional Council, a rural local authority. During this time he obtained an MBA. In 1985 he was appointed constitutional planner in the Department of Constitutional Development and Planning as Deputy Director: Constitutional Subsystems. Here he was involved with the abolition of Provincial Councils, Development Boards and Divisional Councils and the establishment of Regional Service Councils. He joined Van der Spuy & Partners in 1987.