Ben Coetzee Bester

Advocate at Pretoria Society of Advocates

City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

About

I am an admitted advocate of the High Court of South Africa (having joined the Pretoria Society of Advocates in 2020). From 2016 to 2018, I was an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa. I have completed and obtained the following degrees, namely a Bachelors of Law (LLB) (University of Pretoria) (cum laude), a Masters of Law (LLM) (Private Law) (University of Pretoria) (cum laude) and Masters of Law (LLM) (International and European Law) (University of Tilburg, Kingdom of the Netherlands) (cum laude). I have also obtained a post graduate diploma in tax law at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2019.

Experience

  • Pretoria Society of Advocates (Full-time · 7 yrs 5 mos)
    • Advocate
      Nov 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 8 mos

    • Pupil Advocate
      Feb 2019 - Nov 2019 · 10 mos

  • Glyn Marais (City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa)
    • Associate
      Jan 2017 - Jan 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Corporate and Commercial Law Department Duties include: Drafting legal opinions on a variety of corporate and commercial issues; reviewing, drafting and negotiating transaction agreements; drafting and assisting in the drafting of legal due diligence reports; drafting exchange control applications; drafting submissions to the Take-Over Regulation Panel and the JSE.

    • Candidate Attorney
      Jan 2016 - Dec 2017 · 2 yrs

  • Lecturer at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
    Jul 2015 - Dec 2015 · 6 mos

    Lecturing criminal law to final year students. Duties included: preparing and presenting formal lectures for both Afrikaans and English classes, adhering to consultation hours and marking of tests and examinations.

  • University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria (Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa)
    • Academic Associate
      Jan 2013 - Jun 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Assisting senior staff with research, preparing and presenting tutor classes, adhering to consultation hours and marking of tests and examinations of both English and Afrikaans students. Included presentations to private and public institutions on various topics of public law.

    • Tutor
      Jan 2012 - Dec 2013 · 2 yrs

      Position: Family Law Tutor Duties included: Preparing and presenting tutor classes for both English and Afrikaans students, marking of tests, adhering to consultation hours and attending to general research in private law.