Caring

Our value of caring extends to our communities. Our staff and clients are connected and part of our communities and our communities are part of us. As a firm we support various community and charitable initiatives and encourage our professionals and staff to in their own right get involved and contribute where they can.


Access to Justice Unit
At PH Attorneys, we believe that the law should serve everyone, not only those who can afford it. Our Access to Justice Unit was established to provide meaningful legal support to communities where access is limited or out of reach.

The launch of our first Justice Centre in Kathu, as a first-of-its-kind virtual legal community support initiative in partnership with Training Portal, marks the beginning of our response to this need as we also heed the call of the legal fraternity to step up and be part of the solution.


New Breed Art
Supporting the arts, PH Attorneys established the New Breed Art Competition in 2016, an annual Free State visual arts competition that ran until 2023. The competition aimed to discover new and emerging Free State artists while showcasing contemporary art from the province. With more than R100,000 in prize money and annual art development projects, it became a nationally recognised feature on the South African arts calendar. Although the competition is no longer running from 2025, its impact on the arts community remains significant.


PH Foundation
Our PH Foundation, a non-profit trust and registered PBA and NPO, organizes our socio-economic development initiatives and the obtaining of funding to support key initiatives such as our PH Group bursary programme through which more than R2.3 million in bursaries have been paid to black male and female candidate practitioners serving their articles at PH Group member firms.

 

Our Executive Team

 

Stacey Bartlett

Head, Bonds

Stacey is the Head of the Bonds Centre in the Property Practice Group, where she leads with expertise, efficiency, and... a client-focused approach.
+27 51 400 4144
+27 51 400 4123
+27 82 811 8110
 

Jan Berry

Director

Jan is a Director and the Chair of the Board of Directors. As former Chief Executive Officer, he has more... than 30 years’ experience in the legal profession and has practised and specialised in all major areas of law, including property and conveyancing, litigation and dispute resolution and commercial and employment law. Jan is currently involved in the management of the firm and in new project development.
+27 51 400 4168
+27 51 400 4161
+27 82 444 4760
 

Lesley Mokgoro

CEO and National Head, Dispute Resolution Practice Group

Lesley is the Chief Executive Officer and National Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice Group, specialising in all aspects of... individual and collective employment law. He further built a niche practice of servicing various institutions of Higher Learning in the Higher Education Sector. 
+27 51 400 4179
+27 51 400 4120
+27 82 828 7347
 

Lucian Companie

Free State Head, Dispute Resolution Practice Group

Lucian is the Free State Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice Group. He specialises in commercial litigation, public law and... construction law where he represents clients from the public and private sector in various forums. He prides himself on client satisfaction, rendering excellent service to clients and always striving towards setting the standard.   
+27 51 400 4175
+27 51 400 4161
+27 72 113 7813
 

Philo Nel

Director

Philo is a Director in the Commercial Practice Group of the firm and has more than 20 years of commercial... and business experience. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of PH Attorneys and involved in the operation and management of the firm as well as new project developments.
+27 51 400 4170
+27 51 400 4199
+27 82 444 4360

Phatshoane Henney Group Transformation Report 2022/23

Leading transformation in the legal industry!
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Founding member of the Phatshoane Henney Group

SOUTH AFRICA'S LARGEST LEGAL NETWORK

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Our 2022 New Breed Art winners

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The 2022 competition judging

We are a proud Level 1 BEE Contributor

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Phatshoane Henney Group Transformation Report 2022/23

Leading transformation in the legal industry!
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Best Free State Law Firm

Rated highest for a decade running

As awarded by PMR.Africa
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R2.3 MILLION

paid in bursaries to black candidate legal practitioners since 2014

How We Give Back

Meet our Legal Advice Officer

 

Nigel Masalla

Legal Advice Officer

Nigel is a Legal Advice Officer in our Access to Justice Unit providing legal advice and support to the community... of Kathu in collaboration with strategic partners of the firm. 
+27 51 400 4016
+27 76 015 9277

Introducing the Justice Centre

in partnership with Training Portal

We are proud to announce the opening of the first Justice Centre on 1 August 2025 in Kathu, where members of the local community will have access to free legal advice through our Access to Justice Unit.
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