Gerhard Human Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, Gp, Za

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Handling and resolving of the same or similar disputes as per the previous position, including disputes arising from differences in variations in or interpretations of agreements, employment issues involving listed and state-owned companies, contractual restraints, warranties in business sales.Guiding and advising clients on the same or similar laws and transactions as per the previous position, including through company law, commercial transactions, corporate governance, wealth planning, and trust law.Significant commercial transactions include successfully assisting with a restructuring of a group of companies and the multimillion rand sale of a business of out the group.Significant commercial advice include identifying and mitigating substantial and contingent risks associated with non-equity securities and taking steps to remove or limit any unwanted consequences.Significant disputes include successfully assisting with a multi-faceted and complex corporate, commercial, and trust dispute.Significant managerial contributions include improving and streamlining compliance with FICA, implementing a strategic program to reduce paper usage, emphasizing a shift towards technology-enhanced operations.

Sandton, Johannesburg

Handled and resolved the same or similar disputes as per the previous position, including disputes related to the termination of service level agreements, employee tax incentives, business development loans, partnership disputes, homeowner and building disputes, and issues raised in commissions. Guided and advised on the same or similar laws and transactions as per the previous position, including service level agreements, privacy laws, labour/employment laws, company laws, contract law, VAT, tax laws and in particular intra-group and unbundling transactions, corporate governance, COVID-related legal issues, force majeure, bilateral changes to employment agreements, and workplace safety.Examples of disputes include successfully assisting a client in an arbitration, an appeal tribunal, and high court review in challenging levies, penalties, and interest charged by a homeowner’s association. In addition, obtaining an award to recoup monies from a service provider due to a questionable employee tax incentive scheme.Significant commercial and transactional advice include successfully assisting a client with the negotiating of import and distribution agreements relating to alternative energy products and the financing thereof with a multimillion rand commercial value.Significant managerial contributions include working with teams to substantially exceed targets.

South Africa

Dealt the same or similar disputes and provided the same or similar advice as per previous position but did so either independently or in collaboration with senior attorneys or counsel.Handled disputes by way of alternative dispute resolution (mediations, adjudications, and arbitrations) and courts, including disputes which related to complex and commingled aspects of corporate law and family law, the importing of food products and CBD products.Advised and guided clients on technology, data security, privacy laws, incoterms, corporate compliance, internal governance, interpretation of IFRS 15 in early contract termination scenarios, and updating NPO documents for legislative compliance.

Sandton

Handled the same or similar disputes as per the previous position including disputes relating to family law, corporate law, employment law, constitutional law, administrative law, and construction law, in various legal forums such as the CCMA, Magistrate Courts, High Courts, and the Labour Court.Initiated, prosecuted, defended, opposed, drafted, and settled summonses, particulars of claim, notices of motion, founding affidavits, answering/opposing affidavits, replying affidavits, discovery affidavits, and other legal processes.Assisted and guided clients on the same or similar aspects of the law per the previous position, including on agreements on bookmaking, memorandums of incorporation, trust deeds, shareholder agreements, and partnerships (including en commandite partnerships).

Sandton

Continued with practical vocational training.Drafted various legal processes, including applications (mostly foreclosures), summonses, affidavits, and particulars of claim; and appeared in magistrates courts in opposed and unopposed matters.Drafted various non-litigious documents, including shareholder agreements, memorandums of incorporation, and share purchase agreements.

Roodepoort

Commenced with practical vocational training, undertaking basic candidate attorney tasks like serving, filing at the various courts and tribunals, delivering and attending to administrative tasks at the Master’s office, copying, indexing, and paginating documents. Researched legal topics and issues to support principal and counsel.Drafted legal documents such as summonses, affidavits, and various notices. Consulted with clients and counsel.Appeared in the magistrate court in unopposed matters.

Provided individual academic instruction to students outside the traditional classroom setting, tailored for both initiative-taking and remedial purposes.Duties included reviewing class materials with students through discussions of texts, solving problems together, guiding students on effective drafting and studying techniques, and reviewing or marking worksheets and other assignments.Successfully trained students for moot court, which encompassed legal research, interpreting case law, drafting heads of argument, and understanding litigation processes.

Communicated and interacted positively and effectively with staff and students. Utilised sound judgment, strong organisational skills and the ability to function autonomously. Maintained good disciplinary standing in line with the University’s regulations. Facilitated with overall administrative functions, performing varied clerical duties, as well as other tasks and projects as assigned inclusive of processing and distribution of assignment letters. Responded appropriately to questions, requests, and concerns of residents and visitors.

Accompanied judges to court sessions to call matters, observe oral arguments, to document essential case details such as recording orders on files, and to administer oaths.Communicated with counsel to manage cases and discuss procedural requirements.Assisted with the personal law libraries of judges.

Hdip Tax, Law

Llb

Obtained 17 distinctions during my studies.

Bcom Law Degree

Represented the university at the first year moot court competition and won best heads of argument.

Marketing Management

Senior Certificate / Matric

Subjects: English [second language] | Afrikaans [first language] | Business Economics | Computer Studies | Economics | Mathematics