Dynamic, highly professional, committed – wessels + van zyl inc is a law firm setting high standards at the cutting edge of the legal services industry.
To every client, big or small, we offer service of outstanding excellence, putting your needs at the centre of our endeavours.
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Johan van Zyl
Director
Capable of handling all legal aspects of property development, from inception to conclusion, Johan offers pivotal assistance to property developers and is often integral to successfully negotiating various large commercial transactions.
Johan’s position as legal representative of the Public Investments Corporation, one of the largest investment managers on the African continent managing in excess of R1,4-trillion, is a testament to the extent of his experience, expertise and knowledge in the property and commercial fields.
The broad expanse of Johan’s network promises any company wishing to excel in the residential and commercial property market the opportunity to unlock opportunity.
Johan started the practice in 1998 under the now defunct JL van Zyl Attorneys and Associates and in March 2008 sold his practice to wessels + van zyl inc. Johan is the managing director of wessels + van zyl inc.
He is also an admitted solicitor in the UK and Wales (non-practicing) and has settled various international commercial agreements in the IT, mobile, mining, clothing and franchise industries.
Expertise and experience
- Commercial contracts
- Company Law
- Conveyancing
- Tax law
- Estate planning
- Trust law
Qualifications
- B-Proc degree – University of Pretoria – 1995
- Admitted as Attorney to the High Court in 1997, with right of appearance in the High Courts of South Africa
- Admitted as Conveyancer to the High Court in 1997, with right of appearance in the High Courts of South Africa
- Admitted as a Solicitor to the Senior Courts of England and Wales (2009)
- Post-graduate certificate in Advance Taxation – University of South Africa – 2000
Tershia Ramjee née Calien
Consultant
Tershia’s professionalism also makes her a valuable legal representative of various large corporations, including but not limited to:
> The Public Investment Corporations litigation panel – the duly authorized agents of the Government Employees Pension Fund which administers more than R1,4-trillion on behalf of its members.
Services rendered to the Public Investment Corporation range from collections on arrear commercial property rentals (and residential rentals), drafting of lease agreements, legal training, arbitrations, negotiations and litigation, legal opinion on legislation and general advice on the complexities of the property industry.
> Isolve Business Solutions, an accredited Microsoft partner.
Tershia acts as legal advisor in various litigious matters as well as on matters relating to employment and labour disputes, and Property Transactions.
> The Community Property Company
Tershia advises on matters ranging from collections on arrear commercial property rentals, drafting of lease agreements, legal training, arbitrations, negotiations and litigation, legal opinions on legislation and general advice on the complexities of the property industry.
Expertise and experience
- Commercial property law
- Debt collection
- Evictions in respect of commercial and residential properties,
- Company law
- Property law
- Criminal law
- Family law
- Foreclosures
- Deceased Estates
- Credit lending
- Liquidations
- Sequestrations
- Negotiations
- Litigation in the High and Magistrates court
Qualifications
- LLB degree – University of Pretoria – 2005
- Admitted to the High Court as an Attorney in 2006, with right of appearance in the High Courts of South Africa
- Admitted as a Notary – 2010
Carika Curlewis
Associate
Carika has experience in property-related work in both commercial and residential developments and township management (ordinance and DFA) as well as extension of township boundaries and notarial-related work such as Notarial Tie Agreements, Notarial Servitudes, Notarial Cessions and Antenuptial Contracts.
Carika is ideally situated to assist you with your property needs from the very inception of your project.
The tranquility of nature is mostly appreciated by Carika. She is also quite an athlete who enjoys a good run and is a sportswoman at heart.
Expertise and experience
- Conveyancing
- Property Law
- Notarial Agreements
- Notarial Tie Agreements
- Notarial Servitudes
- Notarial Cessions
- Antenuptial Contracts
Qualifications
- B Proc (University of South Africa)
- 1999 Admitted as an attorney
- 1999 Admitted as a conveyancer
- 2001 Admitted as a notary public
Suré Fischer
Attorney
Suré obtained her Bachelors of Law degree (LLB) at the University of Pretoria in 2016. She joined Wessels + Van Zyl Inc. in 2017 as a candidate attorney, was admitted as an attorney of the High Court in 2019 and currently serves in our firm’s Commercial Department.
During her time at University, Suré was on the Dean’s List of Merits for Exceptional Academic Achievement as well as a Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society for Academic Achievement. She also dedicated her free time as tutor in the University’s Department of Private Law where she presented tutorials and lectures in Law of Contracts and Law of Succession.
She further completed an Advanced Diploma in Trust and Estate Administration from the University of the Free State in 2020.
Suré is currently part of the commercial department, where she attends to amongst other things, drafting commercial agreements and attending to all secretarial services in relation to registering and amending company documents, directors and shareholders.
She is also a member of the Fiduciary Institute of South Africa and specializes in providing clients with advice regarding trust and estate planning, structuring personal estates in a tax efficient way, attending to the registration of new trusts, amending trustees or trust deeds, ensuring that trust deeds are in accordance with current trust legislation, estate planning, drafting of wills and the administration of deceased estates.
Expertise and experience
- Commercial Litigation
- Estate Planning
- Trust Law
- Administration of Deceased Estates
- Commercial Agreements
Qualifications
- 2016 – LLB degree – University of Pretoria
- 2019 – Admitted as an Attorney of the High Court
- 2020 – Advanced Diploma in Trust and Estate Administration – University of the Free State
Marlette du Preez
Senior Associate
Marlette is employed in the firm’s conveyancing department as senior attorney, conveyancer and notary. Marlette has an extensive knowledge of all facets of the property industry, developments, conveyancing and notarial practice. Marlette was admitted as an attorney and coveyancer in 1998 and as a notary in 2007 and is an execeptional legal property practitioner with many years’ experience in this field of the law.
Expertise and Experience:
- Conveyancing
- Property Law
- Township Establishments
- Developments
- Opening of Sectional Title Schemes
- Notarial Agreements
- Notarial Servitudes
- Antenuptial Contracts
Qualifications
- B Iur LLB (UFS)
- 1998 – Attorney
- 1998 – Conveyancer
- 2007 – Notary Public
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