Description
Smith Tabata Incorporated was formed in 1996 through the merger of two long-established Eastern Cape law firms, Smith, Tabata, Van Heerden & Siwisa, human rights litigation practitioners and Barnes & Ross, commercial and property law specialists. Three of the firms equity directors are from historically previously disadvantaged background and the firm currently holds a B-BEE status level 2. The firm has grown into one of the largest law firms in the Eastern Cape, with offices in East London, King William’s Town, Port Elizabeth, Komani [Queenstown] and Mthatha. With four equity directors (three of whom being from historically disadvantaged backgrounds and holding a majority share in the ownership and management control of the firm), eight directors, ten associates, five candidate attorneys and over seventy support staff the firm is well equipped to assist clients in the fields of Conveyancing, High Court and Magistrate’s Court Litigation, Debt Recovery, Commercial Practice, Labour Law and Public Law.