Mr

Wayne van Niekerk Inc

March 2014 to Actually working here

* 17 years of experience in a wide range of legal fields, including: COMMERCIAL * Litigation and negotiation on behalf of debtors, primarily against banks, and on behalf of parties looking to enforce contracts * Contractual and delictual claims in a contractual context building an extensive, intimate knowledge of defendant litigation strategies CONTRACTUAL * Lease agreement negotiations on behalf of lessors and lessees * Drafting and vetting of a wide variety of commercial, residential and equipment leases * Suretyships and sales of business * Franchise, distribution, licence and non-disclosure agreements CORPORATE * Registration of companies and close corporations together with related regulatory work and shareholders? and members? agreements INSOLVENCY * Sequestration and rehabilitation applications, liquidation applications and interventions in sequestration and liquidation proceedings * One reported judgment ? Naidoo v Matlala 2012 (1) SA 143 (GNP) EMPLOYMENT LAW * Conducted disciplinary hearings as pro-forma prosecutor and chaired disciplinary proceedings * Internal disciplinary processes, including appeal, plus CCMA Arbitrations and appearances at Labour Court * Employment agreements, restraints of trade, protocols and disciplinary documentation CONSTRUCTION * Litigation to enforce builder?s lien * Provisional sentence proceedings on an architect?s payment certificate PROPERTY LAW * Extensive litigation for urban praedial servitudes and estate agent commission claims while also processing rental claims and eviction applications * Capital Gains Tax Amnesty transfers CRIMINAL LAW * Trials and appeal processes in cases including assault, theft, rape, murder, intimidation, fraud and malicious injury to property FAMILY LAW MATRIMONIAL LAW BANK AGREEMENTS

Partner

Raynal & van Niekerk

March 1994 to March 1996

Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

January 1989 to January 1990

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)

January 1984 to January 1987

January 1979 to January 1983

Career Goals

For the length of my twenty-four year legal career I have looked at how problems can be best resolved and agreements reached. My passion for litigation strategy has taken me to numerous legal areas from Commercial and Corporate Law to Family and Matrimonial Law and I have always kept the same objectives in mind throughout my time in private practice. I?ve a 360 degree perspective on various strands of business and corporate matters ? with experience as a pro-forma prosecutor on the behalf of employers in employment tribunals as well as chairing disciplinary proceedings as well as an extensive experience of litigation in various contractual and commercial matters. I?ve led proceedings to recover monies owed to landlords, builders and suppliers while also pursuing action on behalf of debtors against banks. I?ve negotiated into and out of leases on behalf of both lessors and lessees and have an expert eye when it comes to vetting and drafting contractual agreements of numerous kinds. I am now looking for an opportunity to put my impressive expertise at the disposal of another organisation, adding value to their operations and giving me the chance to develop my own skills and experience further. While I enjoy the frenetic pace of private practice, I believe my perspectives, strategic skills and sizeable experience would be well employed in realising long term macro objectives in a corporate environment.

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Availability to travel and work outside the city

No

Interests and hobbies

I enjoy woodworking, I am a competent journeyman. I?m also an Assistant Pack Scouter of 1st Greenside Cub Pack, having been a Cub and Boy Scout for 10 years as a child.