Large Durban-headquartered firm with more than 70 lawyers in five offices, known for shipping, environmental, employment and property work.
Cape Town and Durban and Pietermaritzburg and Richards Bay and Sandton, Gauteng
+27 (0)11 290 2540 Docex: 12 RosebankShepstone & Wylie is a large national firm whose head office is at 24 Richefond Circle, Ridgeside Office Park, Umhlanga Rocks. It also has offices in Sandton (The Lodge, 38 Wierda Road West, Wierda Valley), Cape Town (6th Floor, 33 Bree Street), Pietermaritzburg (ABSA House, 15 Chatterton Road) and Richards Bay (Calypso Centre). Sifiso Msomi chairs the board and Samantha Davidson and Anton Lockem are joint managing partners. Its website lists 72 lawyers, 41 of them partners.
The work covers most areas of business law: litigation and arbitration, corporate and commercial deals, competition, tax, customs and excise, employment and pensions, insolvency and business rescue, insurance, and property and conveyancing. Shipping and logistics is a long-standing strength, and its shipping team is ranked in the Chambers Global guide. Its environmental and clean energy practice and its labour team have also drawn international recognition. In 2026 it took first place among large law firms in the PMR.africa Diamond Arrow awards.
Each office has its own role. The Pietermaritzburg branch sits close to the Deeds Registry, the KwaZulu-Natal High Court and the Master's Office, and does property and litigation work for the Durban office and for correspondent firms around the province. The Cape Town office concentrates on shipping and property and Richards Bay serves the harbour town's industry.
Local and international companies, shipping and logistics businesses, insurers and banks, along with private clients needing property or family law help.
Shepstone & Wylie appears at, or handles correspondent work for, the following:
If you are contacting Shepstone & Wylie about a labour law matter, having these ready will make the first consultation quicker and more useful:
Shepstone & Wylie works from Umhlanga Rocks (head office), Sandton, Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg, Richards Bay.
Its main areas are shipping and logistics, environmental and clean energy, employment law, corporate, tax and competition and property and conveyancing. It lists 17 practice areas in total on our directory.
Yes. Labour Law is one of the practice areas Shepstone & Wylie lists. Call the firm to check that it can take on your specific matter and to ask how it charges.
Yes. Business & Commercial is one of the practice areas Shepstone & Wylie lists. Call the firm to check that it can take on your specific matter and to ask how it charges.
Yes. It covers KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Pietermaritzburg, Master of the High Court, Pietermaritzburg, Pietermaritzburg Deeds Registry.
You can call +27 (0)11 290 2540 Docex: 12 Rosebank or email lkotze@wylie.co.za.
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