Attorneys that are currently listed as practicing at Tabacks Attorneys Incorporated (Illovo)


  1. James Cross
    Years of Practice: 27    Position: Managing Director

    James practices in the fields of Environmental, Health and Safety Law. He regularly advises clients on environmental-legal administrative enforcement proceedings, litigation, administrative appeals, and environmental, mining, health and safety legal opinions. James also provides environmental-legal... click for more information

  2. Catharine Keene
    Years of Practice: 27    Position: Director

    Catharine is a senior Corporate and Commercial practitioner with a particular focus on merger and acquisition transactions in the mining industry, working closely with Tabacks' Environmental Law team. She has over the past 18 years acted extensively for listed, unlisted and private equity clients... click for more information

  3. Brett Tate
    Years of Practice: 19    Position: Director

    Brett is Head of the Commercial Litigation department at Tabacks. He specialises in high level Commercial Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Business Restructuring and Insolvency. Brett focuses on a wide range of commercial litigation disputes and represents a range of local and multinational liste... click for more information

  4. Melissa Grobbelaar
    Years of Practice: 21    Position: Director

    Melissa practised Environmental Law at Cameron Cross Incorporated and was appointed as a Director of Cameron Cross in January 2012. Melissa joined Tabacks in 2013, where she was appointed as a Director. Melissa's practice focuses on all aspects of Environmental Health and Safety Law, and she conti... click for more information

  5. Liezl Sterne
    Years of Practice: 13    Position: Director

    Liezl was admitted as an attorney in 2011 and has since practised exclusively in the field of Safety, Health and Environmental (“SHE”) law. Her expertise includes SHE System Development, SHE Legal Compliance Audits, SHE Legal Opinions and Advice, Administrative Processes and Litigation ... click for more information

  6. John Mankoe
    Years of Practice: 9    Position: Director

    John advises on all aspects relating to Mergers and Acquisitions in the private and listed space. John has acted for and advised various companies in the financial, hospitality and gaming, and the mining and energy industry in relation to acquisition and disposal transactions, including restructure... click for more information

  7. Doctor Cithi
    Position: Director

    Doctor specialises in Employment Litigation, including: Alternative dispute resolution, discrimination litigation relating to race and victimisation Dismissal litigation including individual, mass and derivative misconduct dismissals Constructive dismissal litigation Review of arbitration awar... click for more information