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About
Provided by Gerhard Rudolph
Practice Areas
Gerhard represents and advises clients on a wide range of contentious and risk management issues. He is typically mandated in civil litigation, arbitration proceedings and investigations in South Africa, across the African continent and beyond, representing clients in complex transactional, public law and regulatory disputes and enforcement proceedings.
Gerhard has established a truly international practice over more than 25 years. His sector expertise covers mining, energy, and infrastructure, financial services as well as restructuring and insolvency.
Gerhard has been ranked as a leading dispute resolution lawyer in legal directories for almost two decades. He is also regarded as one of the leading construction law specialists in South Africa and is consistently recognised for his work in insolvency and restructuring.
Professional Memberships
Law Society of the Northern Provinces; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Society for Construction Law (UK).
Career
Baker & McKenzie, Johannesburg, Joint-managing Partner, 2012 - current; Rudolph Bernstein & Associates, Director, 2008 -2012; Roodt Inc, Director, 2006-2008.
Publications
Contributing Author, South African Chapter, The International Arbitration Review (2009, 2010; 2011; 2012); The international Arbitration Review Law Business Research (2010, 2011, 2012), UK.
Personal
University of Pretoria (LLB BLC).
Chambers Review
Global
Gerhard Rudolph is a highly experienced litigator with notable proficiency in complex, cross-border disputes, including arbitration. Representing clients from a range of industries including construction and mining, he currently sits as the Johannesburg office's managing partner and heads its litigation and investigations group.
Gerhard Rudolph has a wealth of contentious experience in both litigation and arbitration, acting for a range of blue-chip banks, mining houses, construction companies and investment funds. He heads the firm's disputes practice.
Prominent litigator Gerhard Rudolph is renowned for his breadth of expertise, with a notable track record in restructuring-related issues, insolvency litigation and debt recovery. His impressive client roster features major names in the construction and financial services sectors.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Gerhard Rudolph is very commercially minded, intelligent and easy to get on with."
"He is a solid and very experienced lawyer."
"Gerhard Rudolph operates at a really high level; he is dedicated and experienced."
"Gerhard Rudolph is very commercially minded, intelligent and easy to get on with."
"He is a solid and very experienced lawyer."
"Gerhard Rudolph operates at a really high level; he is dedicated and experienced."