Our Team

The Partners

Raphael de La Harpe
Raphael de La Harpe Director

Raphael is a non-practising attorney of the High Court of South Africa and non-practising solicitor of the Superior Courts of England and Wales and has in excess of 10 years’ post qualification experience.He worked as both external counsel for various large and prominent corporate law firms and as an in-house lawyer for large international corporates.
In addition to advising small and large listed corporates on various corporate law, tax and mergers and acquisitions transactions, he has also been extensively involved in advising financiers, sponsors, EPC and O&M Contractors and major subcontractors on energy projects on a global scale.

Rushdie Lagardien
Rushdie LagardienDirector

Rushdie Lagardien has both a Commerce and Legal Degree from the University of Port Elizabeth. He worked as both external counsel for various large and prominent corporate law firms and as an in-house lawyer for large national corporates and has in excess of 20 years’ experience in Corporate Governance, Legal and Risk evaluation, BBBEE, Employment, contract negotiation and dispute resolution. He has advised high-net worth individuals, small, medium and large corporates (both national and international) across these areas of expertise.