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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Litigation (including ADR: Mediation and Arbitration)
Corporate and Commercial Law
Property law
Insolvency Law and Business Rescue
Family Law (Divorce / Children / Maintenance)
Municipal Law
Labour Law
Mining Law
Telecoms Law
Exchange Control
Andre Pienaar, our founder and Chief Executive Officer, is a renowned litigator and seasoned practitioner with extensive experience and a deep understanding and comprehension in several areas of law, most notably; empowerment transactions, commercial litigation, commercial and corporate law, criminal law, exchange control, family law (Divorce and Children), labour, insolvency law (including business rescue and business turnaround), property law, tax and compliance.
Andre has been responsible for advising on, negotiating, structuring and implementing numerous high level commercial transactions for both listed and unlisted entities and has advised on numerous notable and reported litigation matters. Andre acts for various high profile clients, some of which include the likes of listed entities, large private companies, family conglomerates and individuals.
Andre adopts a direct, intelligible and strategic approach on all client matters and believes in providing legal services which ensure that clients’ needs are fully understood and met with solutions which are practical, effective and delivered with integrity, professionalism and highest degree of ethics.
Andre Pienaar (Bcom) (LLB) (HDip Tax)
Andre Pienaar is the Chief Executive Officer of APA Africa.
Andre’s practice focuses on litigation and corporate commercial work.
He is a leading corporate lawyer in South Africa with over 22 years of experience acting for well-known local and international corporate, mining, commercial and industrial companies.
Andre has acted in many large and complex commercial transactions in South Africa during the course of his legal career, with his expertise having been recognized by various national research organizations.
He is also a specialist in contract law, domestic (and cross-border) mergers and acquisitions, banking and financial services, insolvency / business turnaround and property law.
Andre has provided advice to scores of domestic and international clients (companies and individuals) and heads up an experienced and diversely skilled firm of lawyers who handle all spheres of legal work.