Kiasha Pillay

Legal professional with over two years of experience in commercial law, intellectual property law, regulatory compliance and civil litigation. Admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa on 7 August 2026. Special interest in and exposure to intellectual property externalisation, Exchange Control compliance and legal research into many areas of the law.

Candidate Attorney at Truter Jones Inc (2024-04 – 2026-07)

• Commercial: drafting and reviewing agreements, obtaining necessary approvals from the South African Reserve Bank Exchange Control, preparing company resolutions
• Intellectual Property: externalisation of intellectual property, including obtaining the necessary approvals from the South African Reserve Bank, working knowledge of the Currency and Exchanges Manual for Authorised Dealers
• Civil Litigation: filing of notices and pleadings, drafting various court documents and affidavits, case management, preparation for matters to be heard in court, drafting letters of demand
• Community Schemes: advising clients on compliance with CSOS Practice Directives and laws related to Sectional Title Schemes, preparing resolutions, drafting/amending conduct and management rules
• General: opening client files, taking instructions from and corresponding with clients, attending client consultations, preparing legal advice, legal research, preparing briefs to counsel

General Assistant at IOD and Medical Centre: Occupational Health Department (2023-11 – 2024-03)

• Managing the booking of client companies participating in medical surveillance tests, filing the results of tests and recording patient details
• Advising clients on the health and safety standards required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Identifying potential health and safety risks within business premises
• Creating information leaflets of common injuries and illnesses within the different employment sectors

Legal Skills 114 Tutor at Stellenbosch University Law Faculty (2023-02 – 2023-07)

• Tutored a group of 20 first year LLB, BAccLLB, BA Law and Bcom Law students
• Built and implemented lesson plans around explaining new legal concepts and skills to students
• Facilitated group discussions between a diverse group of students

Vacation Work at Joubert Galpin Searle (2023-01 – 2023-01)

• Shadowed candidate attorneys in the labour and commercial law departments
• Indexing and paginating court documents
• Researching and summarising case law and legislation to assist in answering legal queries made by clients

LLB – Stellenbosch University (2024)

AI & the Law – University of Stellenbosch (2024)

Matric NSC – Pearson High School (2018)