Walkers Attorneys

Denis Lloyd (Chairman)

Denis completed his BA Law at the University of Orange Free State and LLB at the University of Cape Town in 1969. He was admitted as an attorney in 1973, became a partner in Walkers a year later and also completed a postgraduate Tax Law programme. Denis acts on behalf of several major quoted and public companies and is a Trustee of some fifty Trusts. He is a member of the Law Society Sub-Committee on Companies and specialises in corporate law, trusts and estate planning.

Charl Theron

Charl obtained BA Law and LLB degrees at the University of Stellenbosch and thereafter lectured in the Commercial Law Department of the University of Stellenbosch and in February 1980 joined Walkers. He is in charge of the Property Law Department of the firm. He has negotiated and registered the opening of a substantial number of sectional title schemes in urban as well as rural areas. Charl has been the conveyancing convenor of the Committee of the Cape Town Attorneys’ Association for twenty years and is a past president of the Association. He also serves on the Property Law Committee of the Cape Law Society.

John Lee

John completed the BA Law and LLB degrees at Stellenbosch University, was admitted as an attorney in 1981 and joined Walkers in 1984. John’s practice includes township establishment, commercial, industrial and retail centric property developments. He played a key role in the revitalisation of the Cape Town CBD through sectional title schemes. He acts for various listed and unlisted Property Development Companies, major Banks and private individuals.

Gunnar obtained the BA Law and LLB degrees at the University of Cape Town in 1983. He spent some time overseas and on his return to South Africa joined Walkers. Gunnar continues to be involved in a major class action lawsuit involving some 8 000 claimants and specialises in commercial and insurance litigation. He has now also taken charge of the Administration of Estates Department. He acts for a number of German speaking clients, for whom he does international commercial work.

Belinda studied at Stellenbosch University where she obtained her BA Law degree and her LLB (cum laude).
Thereafter she went to the United States of America on a Fulbright Scholarship, studied at Temple University
in Philadelphia and was awarded an LLM degree (cum laude). Belinda was admitted as an advocate in
1989 and practised as a member of the Cape Bar, regularly being briefed by Walkers. She was admitted as
an attorney in May 1998 and became a director of Walkers in November 1999. She focuses on civil litigation,
opinion work and negotiating complex commercial transactions.

John obtained the degrees BA (Hons) and MA at UCT, and B.Proc and LLB through UNISA and specialises in dispute resolution through litigation or mediation. He has a special interest in mediation, particularly in commercial, family and labour disputes. He has recently been accredited as a mediator by CEDR (UK), and is a panellist for TOKISO and the Africa Centre for Dispute Settlement. Currently co-chair of the Family Mediators’ Association of the Cape (FAMAC) he is also on the AFSA Western Cape committee and the Law Society standing committees on ADR. He frequently conducts training for mediators from a variety of professional backgrounds.

Kamlesh obtained degrees in Social Science and Law through UNISA. She was articled to Dullah Omar where she engaged primarily in civil rights work. She was admitted as an attorney in 1982, and as a conveyancer in 1985 and commenced practice for her own account specialising in township registrations and labour law. She is a Senior CCMA Commissioner and trainer, a panelist on the TOKISO dispute resolution panel and on numerous Bargaining Council panels. She joined Walkers Inc as a director in September 2004 and continues her involvement in Labour Law and ADR whilst simultaneously focussing on Property Law. Together with John Lee she assisted in the various sectional title schemes set up within the Cape Town CBD. Kamlesh is also a commercial mediator and has been accredited by CEDR (UK) and the ADR Group (UK).

Andrew completed his BA LLB at Wits and a later Higher Diploma in Tax Law and was admitted as an Attorney in 1972. He spent 2½ years overseas working with Standard Chartered Bank in London and a German firm of attorneys in Lunéberg. On returning he was employed by Webber Wentzel until 1977 when he joined Bowman Gilfillan Inc, remaining with them until the end of 1996 when he moved to Cape Town and opened his own practice. He joined Walkers in September 2006 and specialises in Estate Fiscal and Tax Planning. He has spoken at seminars and written numerous articles on these topics. Andrew is a member of the Law Society Sub-Committee on Wills, Estates and Trusts and has been appointed a Chairman of the Cape Town Tax Appeal Board.

Amien Hoosain

Amien obtained his BA and LLB degrees at the University of Cape Town, thereafter completed his articles with Walkers, upon completion of which he was appointed as an associate and became a Director in April 2008. Amien practices in the area of general corporate/commercial law and litigation.

Roxanne studied at the University of Cape Town where she obtained her BA (Law and Psychology) and LLB degrees. She completed her articles at Walkers and was admitted as an attorney in the beginning of 2008. Roxanne also qualified as a Mediator in 2007 and is a member of the Family Mediator’s Association of the Cape (FAMAC). Her practice involves matrimonial, divorce and family law, mediation and general litigation.