Dentons

Dispute Resolution

Partner

Vanessa is a partner in Dentons Johannesburg office. She is a member of the Dispute Resolution practice group.

Prior to joining Dentons, Vanessa started her legal career at Bowmans in 2000 where she gained experience in commercial litigation, commercial law and employment law; the majority of her experience being acquired in the litigation department where she was involved in litigation and alternative dispute resolution of matters in the construction industry and mining sector as well as matters for various commercial and retail clients. She made a decision to leave Bowmans in 2005 to start her own business. She purchased Bouwer Kobeli Morabe (BKM) Attorneys as a going concern in March 2005, and ran the firm successfully as a partner for more than 12 years.

Vanessa advises clients extensively on dispute resolution and matters arising out of mining law, environmental law, water law, company law (legislation and common law) and corporate governance. She has also worked as the company secretary, a trustee of a Social Labour Plan (SLP) trust and attorney for a group of companies operating in the mining sector since 2006 to date. These duties have included attendance and support (in the form of legal advice, opinions, proposals and compliance training) at their management meetings, site inspections, board meetings and shareholders’ meetings. Her mining law work for various clients has included alternative dispute resolution and litigating over mining rights, license applications, water licence applications and appeals and preparing and advising on various commercial, financing and property access and purchase agreements and general contracting for her mining clients.

English and Afrikaans

 Law Society of the Northern Provinces Institute of Directors Southern Africa

University of Johannesburg, 1999, Bachelor of Laws

University of Johannesburg, 1997, Bachelor of Arts