John Lizamore – Senior Associate
John joined Goldberg & De Villiers Incorporated in 2024 as a senior associate with a focus on dispute resolution.
Education and Qualifications
- Bcom Law: Economics & International Trade (Cum Laude), North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) – 6 March 2015
- LLB (Cum Laude), North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) – 3 March 2017
- LLM: Drafting and Interpretation of Contracts, University of Johannesburg – 13 May 2020
Experience
- General commercial litigation
- Banking litigation
- Contractual disputes
- Insurance disputes
- Construction disputes
- Forensic investigations
- Business crimes
- Delictual claims
Professional Awards / Accolades / Positions Held
- Candidate Attorney – Werksmans Attorneys (Johannesburg) [2017 to 2018]
- Admission as attorney of the High Court [27 June 2019]
- Associate Attorney – Werksmans Attorneys (Johannesburg) [2019 to 2020]
- Associate Attorney – Pagdens Attorneys (Gqeberha) [2021 to 2022]
- State Prosecutor – National Prosecuting Authority (Gqeberha) [2023]
- Senior Associate Attorneys – Goldberg and de Villiers [January 2024 to present]
Notable matters
- Successfully settled a claim representing a day-care school (and later its commercial insurer – an Insurance Company listed on the JSE), in trial proceedings for damages instituted by parents of students at the school, based on allegations of abuse by teachers, founded in delict and breach of contract.
- Advised a property developer in a construction arbitration with contractors regarding a commercial development in Gqeberha.
- Part of the team that represented an international tyre manufacturer in an investigation by the Competition Commission into price fixing in the tyre industry.
- Part of the investigation team that investigated liquidity problems and the ultimate failure of VBS Mutual Bank, instructed by the Prudential Authority of the South African Reserve Bank, eventually uncovering a fraud estimated to be around R2-billion.
- Part of the team defending a Multinational Engineering firm in arbitration proceedings against a claim (with a quantum of R350-million) relating to the stability of a toxic waste facility constructed for mining waste.
- Part of the team that represented an investment company listed on the JSE in arbitration proceedings pertaining to financing transactions (debt and equity financing) extended to the National Lottery Operator of R325-million.
- Advised an agricultural enterprise and financier on several high value agricultural loan disputes, acting for the financier and seeking to recover outstanding debts and recover assets in liquidation proceedings.
- Advised, together with a director of Werksmans, a major international technology manufacturing company on its South African operation’s internal audit function and their compliance with current and impending legislative provisions regarding corruption and its duty to report (and duty to implement safeguards to detect) corrupt activities.
- Part of the team that represented PRASA in court proceedings to review and set aside an irregular tender contract concluded with Swifambo Rail Leasing with a total contract value of R3,5-billion.
- Part of the team that represented the PRASA in court proceedings to review and set aside an irregular tender contract concluded with Siyangena Technologies with a contract value of approximately R5,5-billion.
Contact Details
Direct Telephone : +27 (0)41 501 9813
Email: john@goldlaw.co.za
Cell Number: +27 (0)82 698 5829
Tracey Mouton – Managing Director
Direct telephone: +27 (0)41 501 9818
Fax to email: 0866 3424 57
E-mail: traceym@goldlaw.co.za
Fax to email: 0866 3424 57
E-mail: traceym@goldlaw.co.za
Herman Bekker – Director
Direct telephone: +27 (0)41 501 9805
E-mail: herman@goldlaw.co.za
Cell: 082 469 3714
E-mail: herman@goldlaw.co.za
Cell: 082 469 3714
Tracey Watson-Gill – Director
Direct telephone: +27 (0)41 501 9807/53
Fax-to-mail: 086 636 2443
E-mail: twg@goldlaw.co.za
Cell: 084 812 3234
Fax-to-mail: 086 636 2443
E-mail: twg@goldlaw.co.za
Cell: 084 812 3234
Kugen Pillay – Director
Direct telephone: +27 (0)41 501 9800
E-mail: kugen@goldlaw.co.za
Fax: +27 (0)41 585 3316
E-mail: kugen@goldlaw.co.za
Fax: +27 (0)41 585 3316
Bardine Hall – Senior Associate
Direct telephone: +27 (0)41 501 9809
E-mail: bardine@goldlaw.co.za
E-mail: bardine@goldlaw.co.za
Sarah Fisher-Hill – Senior Associate
Direct telephone: +27 (0)41 501 9850
E-mail: sarah@goldlaw.co.za
E-mail: sarah@goldlaw.co.za
Nicole Scholtz – Senior Associate
Direct telephone: +27 (0)41 501 9855
E-mail: nicole@goldlaw.co.za
Fax: +27 (0)41 585 7796
E-mail: nicole@goldlaw.co.za
Fax: +27 (0)41 585 7796
John Lizamore – Senior Associate
Direct telephone: +27 (0)41 501 9813
E-mail: john@goldlaw.co.za
Cell: +27 (0)82 698 5829
E-mail: john@goldlaw.co.za
Cell: +27 (0)82 698 5829
Nobulumko Diko – Junior Associate
Direct telephone: +27 (0)41 501 9861
E-mail: ndiko@goldlaw.co.za
Fax: +27 (0)41 585 1076
E-mail: ndiko@goldlaw.co.za
Fax: +27 (0)41 585 1076
