CAPE TOWN | PAARL ATTORNEY

Mrs Nicolene Schoeman–Louw

LLB cum laude LLM (UFS) PG Dip FP (US)

Attorney, Conveyancer, Notary Public and Mediator

Areas of expertise:

• Commercial law
• Contract Drafting
• B-BBEE Advice and Planning
• Construction law
• Mining law
• Technology law
• Insurance law
• Property law and conveyancing
• Notarial work
• Business continuity planning and corporate governance
• Drafting Wills, Trusts and Estate planning
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Civil Litigation

Mrs Nicolene Schoeman – Louw founded the firm in 2007, aged 24, and is now the Managing Director of the firm.

She is an admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, Conveyancer, Notary Public and Mediator; with a passion for entrepreneurs and helping them reach their most ambitious goals.

She obtained her LLB degree cum laude and successfully completed her LLM degree (dissertation) in commercial law and B-BBEE, both at the University of the Free State. In addition, she obtained her postgraduate diploma in financial planning (CFP) at the University of Stellenbosch.

An abstract of her LLM dissertation was published in the Journal for Estate Planning in 2006. Now, she regularly writes for academic publications such as De Rebus (the SA attorneys’ journal) as well as Without Prejudice and Polity.org (legal briefs). She also regularly contributes to various online publications such as Spice4Life and other mainstream publications such as The Entrepreneur Magazine, Business Briefs and Personal Finance Magazine (to name a few).

For over 7 years she presented The Law Report with Karen Key on SAFM, until the show was cancelled. She currently shares her knowledge regularly on radio 786, RSG and other radio stations.

Mrs Schoeman – Louw lectured at the University of the Free State during her studies, presently guest lectures at Stellenbosch Business School and currently presents seminars and workshops on a wide range of legal topics for various organizations such as Bandwidth Barn, UnitedSucces, Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Business, Retail and Marketing Indabas – to name a few.

Mrs Schoeman – Louw has won a number of prestigious awards for her academic achievements. Among others, they include the:

• Hofmeyr Herbstein Gihwala Inc. Prize
• Gildenhuys van der Merwe Prize
• Juta Prize
• The Bobbert Medal (for obtaining her LLB degree cum laude)

Other Awards and Achievements:

• 2012: Finalist in the Professional Category of the Regional Business Achievers’ Awards (RBAA) – Western Cape
• 2013: Finalist as CEO magazine’s Most Influential Women in Government and Business Africa
• 2019: Second Runner-up WOZA Women in Law Awards Corporate Attorney (Practicing)
• 2019: Finalist Standard Bank Topwomen Awards Top Young Achiever Under 40
• 2020: Finalist Accenture Rising Star Awards Entrepreneur Category
• 2022: First Runner-up WOZA Women in Law Awards Best in Corporate Law (Practicing)
• 2023: Winner Legal Personality of the Year 2023 FFI-MEA 3rd Anniversary Award
• 2023: Winner Female Founder Star of the Year 2023 FFI-MEA 3rd Anniversary Awards

Her professional and other affiliations include:

• Legal Practice Council (Western Cape – member number: 13546)
• Member Cape Town Attorneys’ Association
• Mediator Arbitration Foundation of South Africa (AFSA)
• Mediator ADR Network
• Mediator and Arbitrator ADR Access
• International Institute of Legal Project Management – Legal Project Practitioner and Accredited Trainer (member number: 859)
• Accredited Extended DISC Consultant
• Accredited Growthwheel Business Advisor
• Member UnitedSucces
• Alumna Member Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO)

Mrs Schoeman-Louw has enjoyed the confidence of many successful entrepreneurs (both locally and abroad) over the years and continues to do so. As a trusted advisor, she has actively contributed to the successes of many businesses and helped and continues to help many entrepreneurs build lasting legacies.

We believe that it is important that our solutions are practical, lawful and make good business sense. For this reason we also offer various training, content management and implementation options, regardless of the industry or size of the business involved.

We work on behalf of a wide range of clients – from entrepreneurs who run SMMEs to national and multinational corporates as well as community-based organisations. Our enduring client relationships testify to the excellence of our personal service and our business acumen. We offer every client the same level of dedicated attention in a working environment that inspires creative thinking, practical solutions – and positive results. Our attention to personal detail is meticulous.

To ensure financial transparency, we discuss and agree on all our rates upfront. We deliver fully itemised monthly accounts to all our clients. We base our rates for all matters on the guidelines set down by the Legal Practice Council and offer a range of fee arrangements to suit our clients’ needs.

Certifications:

• BBBEE Level 4 contributor
• South African Legal Partner Centuro Global

Awards:

• Finalist Legal Services Company of the Year FFI-MEA 3rd Anniversary Awards (2023)
• Finalist INT-X Awards 2022: Law Firm of the Year
• Winner WOZA Women in Law Awards 2022: 6+  Women Lawyers
• HiiL Innovating Justice Challenge Class of 2020
• Winner WOZA Women in Law Awards 2019: 6+  Women Lawyers
• Finalist Standard Bank Top Woman Awards Top 2019: Gender Empowered Company: Diversity & Inclusion Award
• Finalist African Legal Awards 2019: Best use of Technology
• Winner Gender Mainstreaming Awards 2018: Unlisted Companies – Women Empowerment in the Workplace
• Finalist 702 Cape Talk Nedbank Business Accelerator 2018