1973
- Admitted as an attorney - Supreme Court of South Africa
1978
- Admitted as an attorney to the Federal Court of the United States and the
1978
- Supreme Court of the State of California
EXPERIENCE:
February
to June 1973: Employed with Standard Elektrik Lorenz AG, Munich (Telecommunications
Company) - translating contracts from German into English. August 1973 -
1977: Solicitor with Brecher & Co, 78 Brook Street, London W1. Engaged
in international commercial and property transactions between the U.K., Germany,
South Africa and Portugal. 1977 - 1979: Solicitor with Adams, Duque
& Hazeltine, Los Angeles, California. Civil litigation & international
commercial transactions between the USA, the UK, the Caribbean and South Africa. 1979
to the present: Sole practice with offices in Los Angeles and Johannesburg.
SUMMARY
OF ACTIVITIES:
1.
CORPORATE: Share sale agreements, joint venture agreements, liquidations,
partnership agreements, trusts, barter agreements and related corporate and banking
agreements
2. COMMODITY TRANSACTIONS: Acting for trading companies
in the UK, Switzerland, Germany, South Africa and the USA relating to financing,
letters of credit, clearing and forwarding, chartering agreements and disputes
arising from sales of commodities.
3.
LITIGATION: Civil litigation, (US Federal and Supreme Court, RSA Supreme
and Magistrates Court) relating to general commercial transactions, company law
& environmental law, in the RSA, the UK and the USA. Civil attachment procedures
in numerous African and Middle Eastern countries for purposes of debt recovery.
4.
INTERNATIONAL: Tracking funds in money laundering cases in Europe the US
and Africa with the aid of Interpol, Scotland Yard and other governmental organizations
Setting
up corporate and banking structures for legitimate corporate organizations in
Europe, the USA, Mauritius and African countries. Dealing with international banking
formalities including "kyc" procedure
Resolving
commodity trading problems arising from normal sale and barter agreements including
presentation of documents for payment including Bills of Landing, Letters of Credit
and Certificates or Origin, certificates of quality, quantity and Phytosanitary
Certificates.
Applications
for arrest or release of vessels at various harbors including Suez, Durban, Reunion
and Dar es Salaam. Mareva injunctions and attachments of persons and assets in
the USA and several African countries (including RSA, Ghana, Tanzania and Morocco)
and the UK Since 1996 : Debt collection activities for major export credit
insurance companies ( Atradius /Coface/CGIC) recovering export credit payments
in numerous African States and in the USA, UK , S.E. Asia and Europe.
5.
LANGUAGES: English - read and write fluently Zulu - speak fluently Afrikaans/Dutch
- read and write fluently German - speak fluently and read and write French
- speak fluently and read
6.
OTHER INTERESTS: Farming - 10, 000sq meters carnations for export and
local consumption currently in production, Polo - playing since 1984 Flying
: PPL obtained in 2003 Climbing - Kilimanjaro 2001 Reading and tennis.
7.
ARTICLES Editorial in London Times 1973 ( re SA Politics) Editorial
in 4 South African Newspapers in 2001 re the lax status and implementation of
anti-dissipation orders
8.
REFERENCES: References from solicitors, prominent export credit insurance
companies and aid organizations in the RSA, Germany, Switzerland, the US and the
UK will be provided upon request.
