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Samantha Reyneke
Director

 Construction & Dispute Resolution

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Samantha Reyneke completed her LLB degree at the University of Pretoria in 2009 and commenced her legal career at the Competition Commission of South Africa as a Graduate Trainee in 2010 before joining Fasken (then Bell Dewar) in 2011 where she completed her articles in 2013. She worked at Fasken for nine years, initially in the Antitrust/Competition and Marketing team and subsequently joined the Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Construction team in 2014 where her passion for construction law ignited. Currently, Samantha is a Director at NSDV, where she has been working for the past four years, in the construction and dispute resolution department.

 

She is experienced in the bespoke construction contracts as well as on all the standard form contracts, including the FIDIC Suite of Contracts, NEC, JBCC, GCC and the MBSA Domestic Sub-Contract Agreements, with a particular interest in the use of the JBCC and GCC. She has arbitrated in terms of both AFSA and the Association of Arbitrators Rules as well as the ICC and UNCITRAL Rules for Arbitration.

 

Her experience includes acting for various clients in the construction industry on the various construction contracts including acting for the Main Contractor against Subcontractors in adjudications on luxury game farm disputes, for the Contractor against the Subcontractor on construction guarantee disputes, multinational escalator and elevator company in multiple disputes, the Main Contractor against suppliers on disputes relating to latent defects, Contractors and Subcontractors on various disputes on the Medupi and Kusile Power Stations, assisting a leading local construction company in various construction disputes and assisting various clients in the commercial management of their projects on a day-to-day basis.

 

Although a large part of Samantha’s practice as a construction law specialist consists of dispute resolution and so-called "back-end" litigation, she has a hands-on approach when it comes to her clients. She is intimately involved in the commercial management of her client's projects on a day-to-day basis to ensure the smooth operation of contracts in order to avoid costly litigation down the road.

 

Added to all of this, Samantha has an Advanced Certificate in Construction Contract Law and a Certificate in Competition Law from her alma mater, the University of Pretoria. She has successfully completed the Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa) NPC Fellowship Admission Course and is a Fellow member of the Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa) NPC and is available for appointments as an Adjudicator and an Arbitrator. Samantha also serves on the Management Committee of the Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa) NPC.

 

In addition, and as a result of her extensive experience and her interest in dispute resolution, coupled with her current client requirements, Samantha is an Alusani® Course Leader and provides training to construction professionals in the industry on the JBCC and GCC contracts. She is also a lecturer for Enterprises University of Pretoria’s FIDIC Contract Management course.

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