Koos Benadie
Director
How Zanie approaches her work
Zanie works in an organised, diligent, and hands-on way. She is comfortable both collaborating in a team and working independently, and she brings a strong work ethic to matters that require steady administration, careful drafting, and procedural discipline.
Strong drafting. Steady process. Practical support.
A grounded and hard-working approach to disputes that need structure, accuracy, and follow-through.
How Zanie supports clients
- Supports clients in litigation-driven matters with a particular grounding in insolvency law, family law, and some commercial law.
- Drafts liquidation applications, sequestration applications, rehabilitation applications, combined summonses, pleas, and a range of other applications and notices.
- Assists with client consultations, matter preparation, and the day-to-day progression of contentious matters.
- Works on High Court and Magistrates’ Court matters, including urgent, opposed, and unopposed proceedings.
- Supports insolvency-related processes, including creditor meetings, proof of claims, subpoenas, and insolvency enquiries.
- Coordinates with advocates, sheriffs, liquidators, and other parties to help keep matters moving properly through formal channels.
Insights from Zanie
Credentials
- LLB, University of the Free State
- LLB, University of Pretoria
- Previously served as a Candidate Attorney at MED Attorneys
- Previously served as a Candidate Attorney at Van der Merwe and Associates Inc.
- Experience includes High Court, Constitutional Court, and Magistrates’ Court exposure
- Practical experience in insolvency enquiries, subpoenas, creditor processes, and court administration systems
