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resolution; healthcare and pharmaceutical law; natural
resources and energy; tax law; and trust and estate
planning.
Highly Specialised
Both evolving and experienced professionals make
up its specialised teams, ensuring that the firm is a
true-life partner to their clients. Each team has its own
structure and unique approach; however, all teams have
quality service, quick response, and client confidence
in common. This ethos allows them to leverage each
other’s different insights, allowing for ‘vibrant cross-
pollination’ and attention to detail.
Cox Yeats is well respected for its capacity to achieve
results. Its successes can be attributed to all the
professionals’ real commitment to their clients, an ability
to be forward thinking and a genuine desire to achieve
their clients’ commercial and strategic objectives. The
firm also works with clients to assist them in responding
to opportunities and to anticipate legal and commercial
issues that might affect their businesses.
Employee Welfare
The belief that the firm’s greatest asset is its people
has enabled Cox Yeats to rise above the prevailing
circumstances of recent years. Accordingly, the firm
recognises that employee welfare is central to its success
and as such significant strides are taken by management
to ensure that employees can achieve a work-life
balance and are ultimately cared for and supported both
in and outside of work. Being part of a firm where every
individual is encouraged to reach their potential is one of
its most appealing offerings.
This proactive and positive culture enables Cox Yeats
to continue to attract and retain the top talents as they
enter the profession. The firm is backed by a very strong
professional team and staff turnover is extremely low.
Awards, Recognitions and Accolades
Cox Yeats has consistently been rated among the top law
firms in the country with many of its professionals listed
in top legal publications as well as various industry-
specific guides.
The firm and several of its professionals have been
recognised in national, continental, and international
legal directories and awards such as the Best Lawyers,
Legal 500, Chambers Global, the African Legal Awards
and PMR Africa, amongst others.
Cox Yeats has been rated First Overall and achieved
Diamond status among Medium-Sized Law Firms in
South Africa at the PMR Africa 2024 Diamond Arrow
Award.
The firm was named the 2023 Property and Insurance
Law Firm of the Year by Best Lawyers.
In 2022, Cox Yeats received an award as a winner in the
Employee wellbeing category, in the sixteenth edition of
the Standard Bank KZN Top Business Awards.

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