Our ASSOCIATES

Gerda van Schalkwyk obtained her LLB degree in 2006 and LLM degree in 2008 from the University of Stellenbosch. She completed her articles at the firm in 2010 and was admitted as an attorney in 2010 and conveyancer and notary in 2013. She practices in High Court and Magistrate’s Court litigation, as well as the administration of estates.

Shano Macris completed his BA (Law) degree and LLB degree at the University of Stellenbosch in 2013 and 2015, respectively. He was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2017 and as a Notary Public and Conveyancer in 2018. He joined VanderSpuy Cape Town in 2019 as an associate and assists Charles van Breda in the Commercial Litigation Department. Their department specializes in commercial litigation in both the High Court and Magistrates’ Court. Shano also specializes in credit and consumer law as well as general litigation.

Andrew joined VanderSpuy as a Candidate Attorney in 2017 and after his 2019 admission, was retained as an Associate.
Specialising in litigation and dispute resolution, he provides legal advice to and acts for a number of clients in litigious and non-litigious matters relating to commercial, personal injury and third party claims.

Marike Krause completed both her BComm (Law) and LLB degrees at the University of Stellenbosch. In 2019, she started working at VanderSpuy as a Candidate Attorney. She was admitted as an Attorney, Notary and Conveyancer in 2021, whereafter she joined the firm’s property law department as a Junior Associate.