Maisels Group Members

Barend van der Merwe has a general commercial and corporate practice with a focus on financial and property related mattes which involve aspects of banking law, insolvency, crypto currencies and the National Credit Act.
He regularly appears in various divisions of the High Court of South Africa and also attends to private arbitrations within the Gauteng Region. Prior to becoming an advocate Barend was a litigation attorney and attended to criminal trials, disciplinary hearings and CCMA matters. He was admitted as an attorney in 2007 after obtaining his LLB degree from the University of Pretoria in 2006.

Cases of Interest:
1. Heavy Duty Industrial (HDI) v Commissioner for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration and Others (JR2443/12) [2015] ZALCJHB 360 (20 October 2015)
2. Fidan Property Developers CC v Central Lake Trading 110 (Pty) Ltd (18276/2017) [2019] ZAGPJHC (20 February 2019)
3. Guardrisk Insurance Company Limited v GD Irons Construction (Pty) Ltd and Others (24054/2022) [2022] ZAGPHC 352 (17 May 2022)
4. H.W and Another v R.S (18246/2019) [2023] ZAGPJHC 1354 (24 November 2023)
5. SP Impact Fund (Pty) Ltd v ENM Trading CC (2459/2024) [2024] ZAFSHC 260 (29 August 2024)