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SHAPING LEGAL EXCELLENCE AND THE

NEXT GENERATION OF LAWYERS

t Cox Yeats, we believe Our approach is holistic. We
that delivering exceptional consider personal circumstances,
Alegal counsel starts with language challenges, and life
truly understanding our clients’ experiences alongside academic
business realities, not just their achievements. Our goal is not just
legal needs. Founded in 1964, to select top-performing students,
we’ve grown into a full-service, but to identify individuals who
independently run law firm are driven, grounded, and capable
with offices in Durban, Sandton, of delivering legal advice with
and Cape Town, known for both rigour and empathy.
providing strategic legal insight Once on board, our graduates
and cultivating long-term benefit from deep mentorship,
partnerships with some of South exposure to high-level matters,
Africa’s most dynamic businesses. and the opportunity to build their
Putting Clients First: Strategy, profiles. Many of our partners
Simplicity and Partnership today began their careers as
candidate attorneys at Cox Yeats.
Legal expertise may be our
product, but what sets us A Law Firm Built for What’s
apart is the way we deliver Next
it. At Cox Yeats, our client As the business and legal
relationships are built on but also on the environments in environment grows more
accessibility, responsiveness, As South Africa’s legal which our clients operate. Investing in the Future: A complex, our firm continues
and strategic alignment. Each landscape evolves, with shifting Graduate Programme That to evolve, expanding into new
client engagement is led by a regulations, transformation From guiding multinational Reflects Our Values practice areas, embracing
imperatives, and global
partner who is deeply invested in competition, Cox Yeats is construction projects and As a firm committed to long- technology, and strengthening
the client’s business objectives, trusted for offering more than resolving cross-border maritime term excellence, we know our our impact in key sectors. But at
supported by a cross-functional disputes to advising on greatest asset is our people. That’s our core, the philosophy remains
team with deep sectoral just technical precision. We complex B-BBEE strategies or why our graduate recruitment unchanged: clear thinking, expert
offer perspective, rooted in a
knowledge, from construction legacy of excellence, a culture of defending against cyber threats, programme is designed not only insight, and client service that
and infrastructure to maritime, service, and a commitment to we offer legal solutions that to find the best legal minds but to builds trust and delivers results.
commercial, environmental, and delivering value. are commercially sound and develop them into future leaders
Whether we’re helping a client
corporate law. globally relevant. of the profession. navigate regulatory change,
Our structure allows our Built on Expertise: Sector- We are especially proud to be We seek out candidates with defend a market position, close a
professionals to operate with both Aligned, Future-Focused a Level 1 B-BBEE Contributor, high-stakes deal, or build a career,
independence and integration, Our legal services span which not only reflects our strong academic performance, our work is guided by the same
encouraging entrepreneurial more than 20 specialist areas, transformation commitments but we also value real-world principle: we invest in people, and
thinking within a supportive including business rescue and but also allows clients to claim experience, emotional we solve for the long term. 
network. This means clients restructuring, energy and natural 135% of their legal spend with intelligence, and resilience.
benefit from hands-on legal resources, insurance, competition us as B-BBEE procurement. Whether a student has worked Learn more about our expertise:
leadership without sacrificing law, intellectual property, mergers This is part of a broader part-time in retail or led a www.coxyeats.co.za
depth or scale. We don’t just & acquisitions, employment effort to help our clients meet student committee, we see
advise on legal risk; we help law, and real estate. What compliance requirements while these as signs of initiative and
businesses unlock opportunities distinguishes our offering is our building more inclusive, future- adaptability as key qualities in
and future-proof their strategies. ability to advise not only on law fit businesses. the legal profession.

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