Corporate and commercial legal services with results

Bespoke strategic corporate and commercial legal services that blend expertise and results. We aim to disrupt the traditional delivery model by really understanding our clients’ strategic goals and then tailor-making unique yet simple solutions to meet them.

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Our expertise

The Alchemy team

We are a niche team of internationally recognised and globally ranked lawyers that is well-known and regarded for providing tailor-made strategic legal advice and solutions that actually work.

Our significant depth of capability enables us to advise on complex, high-profile transactions to deliver pertinent, productive outcomes. We apply exceptional intellect and experience to the provision of business-like counsel.

Morné van der Merwe

Morné van der Merwe

Partner
Wildu du Plessis

Wildu du Plessis

Partner
Fani Dingiswayo

Fani Dingiswayo

Partner
Natashua Coetzer

Natashua Coetzer

Partner
Leana Engelbrecht

Leana Engelbrecht

Partner
Bruce Schubach

Bruce Schubach

Chief Operating Officer
Pierre Burger

Pierre Burger

Partner

Our
expertise

We bring together over 100 years of collective legal experience in the specialist areas of mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, corporate finance and structuring, black economic empowerment, competition law, capital markets, regulatory, and dispute resolution.
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Who we are

We are an agile, niche team of experienced lawyers who believe strongly in simplifying and clarifying legal issues for our clients and working with them to achieve their vision and strategic goals.
As a team, we have managed some of the largest and most complex deals in Africa, with many of them being first-of-kind in the market. Our client-centric and value-additive delivery model assures results.

Our progressive slant to technology and resourcing offers clients competitive and unique pricing options and a variety of fee arrangements, preferably not linked to the billable hour.

We have a sound track record when it comes to:
  • Delivering pertinent, productive outcomes
  • Understanding our clients' organisational behaviours and strategic requirements
  • Providing exceptional advice, service, care and commitment.
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