Durban-founded commercial firm of more than 60 lawyers, with offices in Umhlanga, Sandton and Cape Town and strong construction, shipping and insolvency teams.
Durban and Sandton, Gauteng
010 015 5800 Docex: Dx 33Graham Cox opened the practice in Durban in 1964, and Jeremy Yeats joined him as a partner soon after. The firm took the name Cox Yeats in 1989, the same year Thabani Jali became its first Black partner. Head office has been in purpose-built premises at 45 Vuna Close, Umhlanga Ridge since 2019. A Sandton office at 4 Sandown Valley Crescent opened in March 2020, and there is also a Cape Town office in Touchstone House on Bree Street. Andrew Clark is managing partner of a team of 28 partners, more than 20 associates and 16 candidate legal practitioners.
The work is mainly for business. Large teams handle construction and engineering disputes, maritime and shipping matters, insurance, and business rescue and insolvency, and these are the areas where the firm is ranked by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500. It also covers corporate deals and mergers, competition law, employment law, banking and finance, energy and mining, property and conveyancing, notarial work, environmental law, healthcare, and trusts and estates. In the 2026 PMR.africa survey it came first among medium-sized law firms in South Africa.
The firm says it is a Level 3 B-BBEE contributor with 110% procurement recognition. It belongs to TAG Alliances, which links it to professional firms in more than 100 countries, and it runs pro bono work through its own non-profit company.
Local and international companies, insurers, shipping and construction businesses, plus private clients needing property or estate work.
If you are contacting Cox Yeats about a business & commercial matter, having these ready will make the first consultation quicker and more useful:
Cox Yeats works from Umhlanga Ridge (45 Vuna Close), Sandton (4 Sandown Valley Crescent), Cape Town (Touchstone House, 7 Bree Street).
Its main areas are construction and engineering, maritime and shipping, insurance, restructuring and insolvency and corporate and commercial. It lists 12 practice areas in total on our directory.
Yes. Business & Commercial is one of the practice areas Cox Yeats lists. Call the firm to check that it can take on your specific matter and to ask how it charges.
Yes. Road Accident Fund is one of the practice areas Cox Yeats lists. Call the firm to check that it can take on your specific matter and to ask how it charges.
You can call 010 015 5800 Docex: Dx 33 or email coxyeatsmarketing@coxyeats.co.za.
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