Lawtons Africa
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Lawtons Africa’s commercial litigation and dispute resolution team is adept in corporate and shareholder disputes, contractual and regulatory litigation, competition matters, petroleum claims, and alternative dispute resolution. The practice is led by Veronica Vurgarellis, who handles complex disputes across the corporate, regulatory, and public law arenas. SJ Thema advises major corporates and financial institutions, while Melanie Murcott focuses on environmental, administrative, and constitutional law. Tamsin Tustin, Sipho Nkosi and Nicholas de Decker further strengthen the team.
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Key clients
- University of Johannesburg
- Telkom
Work highlights
Acted for the University of Johannesburg in a landmark and highly-publicised promotion of access to information dispute involving high-profile allegations over intellectual property commercialisation, successfully defeating the application on standing and establishing a national precedent on requester legitimacy.