Sean van der Merwe
BLC (UP); LLB (UP); LLM (UP)

Professional Profile and Experience

• BLC (UP); LLB (UP); LLM (UP)
  
• Admitted as attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 1999
  
• Pension Fund Certificate, WITS
  
• Professional Assistant at Weavind & Weavind 1999 – October 2002
  
• Senior Associate at Routledge Modise Attorneys, Johannesburg
• November 2002 – February 2005
  
• Director at Routledge Modise Attorneys, Johannesburg March 2005 – September 2006
  
• Practised for own account as Sean van der Merwe Attorneys October 2006 – September 2007
  
• Director at Weavind & Weavind October 2007 - present

Areas of Specialisation

• Insurance law and insurance related litigation
  
• Criminal law
  
• Labour law related agreements and litigation in the various bargaining councils, CCMA and labour courts
  
• Drafting of various commercial agreements
  
• General and commercial litigation