Lester Timothy

Managing Director (Head of Corporate Commercial)

Lester completed his LLB degree at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (previously University of Port Elizabeth) in 2003. He also completed his LLM degree at the same university in 2005.

Lester is the Managing Director of Timothy and Timothy Attorneys and is also co-owner, alongside Carlo Timothy. Lester heads up the firm’s Corporate Commercial Department and practices in the area of Commercial Litigation.

Since the inception of his legal career, Lester worked at top tier, local and global, law firms such as Smith Tabata Buchanan Boyes and Norton Rose Fulbright (previously Deneys Reitz Attorneys).

During his 8 years at Norton Rose Fulbright, Lester independently ran a commercial litigation practice and was also fortunate to have subsequently joined the firm’s Corporate Commercial Department, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions; commercial property transactions; consumer law; company law; energy; oil and gas; retail; construction and mining, amongst others. Lester was also part of the team that ran the corporate restructuring of the numerous Solar PV and Wind renewable energy projects under the Department of Energy’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme.

After his stint at Norton Rose Fulbright, he joined the dynamic legal team of the internationally renowned retail giant, Woolworths. At Woolworths, Lester was involved in the acquisition of David Jones (Australia). He was also in charge of the related legal and tax corporate-restructuring of Woolworths (globally) and ran the legal work relating to the company’s Clothing; Beauty; Tax; and liquor licensing departments. Lester was also responsible for transfer pricing compliance in respect of cross-border sales for Woolworths globally.

Contact Details
Office: 021 204 0591
Mobile: 079 879 0879
Email: lester@timothyandtimothy.com

Areas of expertise
• Corporate & Commercial Law
• Entertainment Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Intellectual Property
• Consumer Law

Carlo Timothy

Director (Head of Employment and Litigation)

Carlo completed his LLB degree at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in 2009.

Carlo is a Director of Timothy and Timothy Attorneys and is also co-owner, alongside Lester Timothy. He heads up our Employment and Litigation Departments.

He is a certified CCMA Commissioner, who is appointed to the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC).

Carlo’s clients include medium to large corporates, local and national government departments, parastatals and the like, whom he represents in internal disciplinary hearings, at the CCMA or appropriate bargaining councils, the Labour Court and the Labour Appeal Court.

Carlo has gained his experience in Employment Law in both the private and public sectors having previously been employed by top tier law firm Smith Tabata Buchanan Boyes; the Provincial Government of the Western Cape under the auspices of the Department of the Premier and also by a large multinational retail company, Massmart (Massdiscounters).

Carlo’s Employment law experience includes running litigation for employers and employees in the CCMA as well as the General Public Service Sector Bargaining Council, Motor Industry Bargaining Council, South African Local Government Bargaining Council and the National Bargaining Council for Road and Freight.

Carlo also has a niche practice in Family Law and specialized Litigation under Timothy and Timothy Attorneys.

Contact Details:
Office: 021 204 0591
Mobile: 082 444 0110
Email: carlo@timothyandtimothy.com

Areas of expertise
• Employment Law
• Sports Law
• Family Law
• Litigation
• Regulatory

Kshethra Naidoo

Director (Head of Litigation)

Kshethra holds a BA Honours from Queen’s University in Ontario and completed his LLB degree at the University of Cape Town in 2014. He is presently pursuing his LLM in Commercial Law from the University of London.

Kshethra is a recently appointed Director of Timothy and Timothy Attorneys and heads up our Litigation Department.

He also an EXCO member of the South African Municipal Law Forum, an NPO established for legal professionals and local government officials to remain up to date with developments in municipal law.

Kshethra’s clients local, provincial and national government departments, parastatals and the like, whom he represents in High Court Litigation and Private Arbitrations.

Kshethra has experience in administrative review, land claims, interdictory applications, public law litigation, fruitless and wasteful expenditure recovery, commercial and residential evictions, and construction litigation, to name a few.

He has also prepared advisory opinions to local and national government entities on policy, By-Laws, Legislation and Treasury Regulations.

Notwithstanding Kshethra’s vast public and administrative law experience above, he further represents clients in corporate and commercial High Court litigation, including contractual disputes, insolvency law, director liability, as well as professional negligence claims.

Contact Details:

Office: 021 204 0591
Mobile: 076 465 0054
Email: kesh@timothyandtimothy.com