Richard Maddern

Firm:

Areas Of Practice:

Administrative Law, Arbitration, Business Rescue, Commercial, Company Registrations, Contracts, Corporate, Employment Law, Industrial Relations, Labour Law, Litigation (Civil), Litigation (Commercial), Litigation (General), Litigation (High Court), Litigation (Magistrates Court), Local Government Law, Mediation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Property Law, Trusts, Wills

Phone Number:

+27 (0)11 646-9991

Docex:

203 Johannesburg

Email address:

richardm@wri.co.za

Position:

Director - Corporate, Commercial and Labour

Years of Practice:

Address:

96 Jan Smuts Avenue, Saxonwold, Johannesburg.

Region:

Gauteng / Johannesburg

Area:

Johannesburg Central

Postal Address:

P O Box 1548, Parklands, 2121

Qualifications:

BA LLB (Wits)
Dip. Labour Law (RAU).
Advanced Company Law I Advanced Company Law II
Certificate Course in Arbitration
Fellowship Admission Course: The Association of Arbitrators, Southern Africa (FA Arb (SA))

History:

Richard was admitted as an attorney in 1990 and a conveyancer the following year after earning a BA LL.B from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1985 and completing an article with Wright Rose-Innes at its then Kempton Park and Germiston offices. For more than 30 years, Richard has represented clients in a variety of civil and labor issues in the Magistrates' Courts, High Courts, and Labor and Labour Appeal Courts.

Richard offers corporate and commercial guidance in addition to arbitration and litigation, including company formation, structuring, restructuring, business rescue, mergers and acquisitions (non-listed), and the creation of commercial agreements to address a variety of commercial imperatives. Richard is available for appointment or to be hired as an arbitrator or mediator in disputes. Richard has been accepted as a Fellow at the Association of Arbitrators and has established a particular interest in local and international arbitration.

Richard is a former president of the South African Society for Labour Law (SASLAW) and a former director of SASLAW Pro Bono NPC. He has frequently acted as an acting judge in the Labour Court.

Languages:

Afrikaans, English