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Meet the Team

FRANCOIS GUSTAV ERASMUS

BA LLB UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH

 

Professional Qualifications:

1990:    Admitted Legal practitioner of the High Court of Namibia

Qualified auctioneer of real estate

 

Areas of specialisation:

  • Supreme Court, High Court and Lower Court litigation in contract and delict

  • Drafting of legal opinions

  • Drafting of commercial, corporate and other contracts

  • Wills, trusts and property brokerage

  • Company law matters in general

  • Short term insurance matters

  • Life insurance matters

  • Banking law

  • MVA claims

  • Administration of deceased and insolvent estates

  • Arbitration matters

  • Negotiations in respect of disputes on contracts and commercial issues

  • Labour issues

  • Business law in general

  • Auctioneering

 

Career: 

1988-1989:    Candidate Attorney at Bezuidenhout and Co

1990-2008:    Partner and Director at Van der Merwe-Greeff Inc

2008-Current:    Proprietor  Francois Erasmus and Partners


 

Professional involvement:

  • Served as panel member of PAMAN

  • Served as examiner  and moderator UNAM

  • Served as council member of Law Society of Namibia for 4 years

  • Served as President of Law Society of Namibia for 2 years

  • Represented Law Society of Namibia at several International Bar Association Conferences

  • Board member of International Cricket Council

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Marlé Wessels

N4, N5 and N6 Diplomas in Legal Secretarial, Communication and Office Practice and Administration (Stellenbosch College) (1992-1993)

B.LLB University of South Africa (UNISA) (part-time 1997-2001)

 

Professional Qualifications:

2003:    Admitted Legal Practitioner of the High Court of Namibia

2004:    Admitted Conveyancer

2015:    Admitted Notary Public

 

Areas of specialisation:

  • Transfers of property, members interest and shares

  • Bond registration and cancellation

  • Registration of close corporations, companies and trusts

  • Registration of sectional title development schemes

  • Registration of servitudes, property finance and security transactions

  • Sale agreements

  • Contracts

  • Township development

  • Property sales and leases, property development, sub-divisions, consolidations

  • Notarial Registrations and Collations

 

Professional Career:

  • 2002-2003:    Legal training under attachment with Roets, Theron & Partners

  • 2004-2005:    Conveyancer:  Roets, Theron & Partners

  • 2006-2008:    Conveyancer:  Van der Merwe-Greeff Inc.

  • 2008-Current:    Senior Associate/Consultant:  Conveyancer/Notary Public 

  • Francois Erasmus and Partners

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Francois Pretorius

LLB UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH

 

Professional Qualifications:

  • 2018:  Admitted Legal Practitioner of the High Court of Namibia

 

Professional Career:

  • 2017 - 2018:   Legal training under attachment with Francois Erasmus and Partners

  • 2018–Current: Senior Associate at Francois Erasmus and Partners

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Dean-Marlo Titus

LLB UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA

 

Professional Qualifications:

  • 2022: Admitted Legal Practitioner of the High Court of Namibia

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Professional Career:

  • 2020–2022: Legal training under attachment with Henry Shimutwikeni & Co Inc.

  • April–Dec 2022: Associate at Francois Erasmus and Partners

  • 2023–February 2025:

    • Senior Legal officer at the Office of Judiciary

    • Assistant Registrar of the High and Supreme Courts of Namibia

    • Research Assistant to the Honourable Judge Schimming Chase

  • 2023-Current:

    • Member of the standing committee for the Investigating and Legal Ethics Committee of the Law Society of Namibia

    • Member of the standing committee for the Civil Litigation Committee of the Law Society of Namibia

  • 1 March 2025: Appointed as Legal Practitioner at Francois Erasmus and Partners

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Viaan Jacobus Saayman

BCom Law NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY

LLB (Cum Laude) NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY

LLM NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY

 

Professional Qualifications:

  • 2023:  Admitted Legal Practitioner of the Bloemfontein Division of the High Court in South Africa

  • 2026:  Admitted Legal Practitioner of the High Court of Namibia

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Professional Career:

  • 2024-2026:  Legal training under attachment with Francois Erasmus and Partners

  • 1 March 2026:  Appointed as Legal Practitioner at Francois Erasmus and Partners

Paralegal and Personal Assistants

Marihette Fourie

Chrisna Horn (Conveyancing secretary)

Amy Abrahams (Conveyancing secretary)

Audrey Klazen

Anemony Eickmayer

Breneelda Drotsky

Admin department

Accountant – André Smith

Office Manager – Rista Erasmus

Assistant Accountant – Cheyenne Van Wyk

Driver – Moses Garoeb

Receptionist – Daphne Sam

Logistics Assistant  – JW Prinsloo

First National Bank of Namibia Ltd   |   First Capital Treasury Solutions (Pty) Ltd  |   Development Bank of Namibia Ltd  |   Hollard Insurance Company Ltd  |   Hollard Life  |   Chamberlain & Associates Architects  |   Bruni & McClare  |   Scania Namibia (Pty) Ltd  |   Namboer Auctioneers CC  |   Orano Mining (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd  |   Naankuse Foundation  |   Heavy Mining Equipment and Plant Hire  |   Valco Pumps & Valves (Pty) Ltd  |   Namibian Engineering Corporation (Pty) Ltd  |   Nexus Building Contractors (Pty) Ltd  |   Namagri CC  |   Plastic Packaging (Pty) Ltd  |   Global Earth Moving Equipment CC  |   Sure Start Properties CC  |   Quality Spare Parts CC  |   Auto Repairs Etzold  |   Bartsch Architection Architects  |   Beefcor Meat Suppliers (Pty) Ltd  |   Floor World Wholesale CC  |   Bob Mould Architects  |   Buildwise Manufacturing & Distribution  |   Canocopy (Pty) Ltd  |   Fedex Express  |   Caterplus Namibia (Pty) Ltd  |   Trip Travel (Pty) Ltd  |   Rubicon Security Services  |   ACE Real Estate  |   Hendrik Herselman QS  |   NEC Group of Companies  |   Namibia Agricultural Union  |   Medical Association of Namibia  |   Heritage Health Medical Aid Fund  |   Standard Bank of Namibia

OUR JOURNEY

Mr Francois Erasmus has 31 years experience and has worked, inter alia, with the following companies:

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