Experience

ENS

• South Africa
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  I specialise in natural resources, mining and environmental law. I have experience in a variety of areas of natural resources law including mining, environmental, rehabilitation, mine closure, waste, coastal, water, climate change, energy, renewables, heritage, air, land, expropriation, land restitution, land-use planning, sustainable development, health and safety, conservation, precious metals, property, delict, contract, constitutional and administrative law. I have also advised on matters involving disputes between communities and mining companies (both litigious and non-litigous). My skills include legal due diligence assessments, legal opinions and memoranda to a wide range of clients on various regulatory and compliance issues, appeals to mining, water and environmental governmental tribunals and authorities, drafting agreements, working with environmental consultants on various projects and assessing environmental impact assessments and environmental reports from a legal perspective, drafting litigious documents and engaging with regulators in all spheres of government.I have acted for both international and local clients on local and cross-continent deals, including clients in the following industries: mining, energy, electricity, petroleum, dairy, banking, precious metals, agriculture and industrial.

• Candidate Attorney

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2020

  As a candidate attorney at Africa’s largest law firm in the Natural Resources and Environment Department, my responsibilities are to assist clients with the following:· exposure to corporate clients & involvement in transactions | exposure to cutting edge natural resource work in Africa & globally | assisting clients with compliance at all stages of their mining and environmental projects· drafting legal opinions on mining & environmental legal compliance issues | drafting internal administrative appeals to mining, water & environmental governmental authorities | drafting legal due diligence reports | drafting articles on topical mining & environmental legal issues | drafting contracts· Completed Practical Legal Training course in 2018 and passed Attorney’s Board Examinations (2018)



Gender Health and Justice Research Unit

• Intern

  • Nov 2014 - Feb 2015

  Involved with legal research and particularly working with the lawyer on organising a civil society-led summit regarding the deficient implementation of sexual offences legislation in South Africa. Involved with legal research and particularly working with the lawyer on organising a civil society-led summit regarding the deficient implementation of sexual offences legislation in South Africa.



Tzedek

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jan 2012 - May 2012

  Intern at a Jewish sustainable development NGO striving for poverty alleviation, partnering with developing countries. My responsibilities included:· carrying out impact assessment report on school twinning programme that links schools in Ghana and the United Kingdom· facilitating sessions at various schools in the UK on sustainable development Intern at a Jewish sustainable development NGO striving for poverty alleviation, partnering with developing countries. My responsibilities included:· carrying out impact assessment report on school twinning programme that links schools in Ghana and the United Kingdom· facilitating sessions at various schools in the UK on sustainable development