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Top 25 Commercial law firms based in South Africa

Name: Commercial law firms based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Aug 31, 2026 1,472 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,472 commercial law firms headquartered in South Africa as of August 2026 and tracks 14,927 professional contacts across them, including 5,429 with verified work emails and 457 with mobile numbers. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers commercial law firms headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed August 31, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Aug 31, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

1,472Companies

14,927Contacts tracked

5,429Verified emails

457Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest commercial law firms based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,472 commercial law firms based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Aug 31, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to commercial law firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Webber Wentzel	Partial evidence	Sandton, South Africa	501-1,000	1,067 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Webber Wentzel is a leading South African law firm that aims to work alongside its clients as a trusted adviser, delivering world-class legal expertise and innovative thinking.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
2	Adams & Adams	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South Africa	501-1,000	841 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Realise African Enterprise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
3	Werksmans Attorneys	Strong evidence	Sandton, South Africa	201-500	531 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Established in the early 1900s, Werksmans Attorneys is a leading South African corporate and commercial law firm serving multinationals, listed companies, financial institutions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
4	STBB	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South Africa	501-1,000	523 contacts →
	Partial evidence “STBB is one of the largest law firms in South Africa and offers a wide range of legal services from its 13 offices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
5	Hammond Pole Attorneys	Partial evidence	Boksburg, South Africa	201-500	189 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Hammond Pole Attorneys has been in existence for over 30 years and has always been an integral component of commercial activity in the East Gauteng region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
6	Symington DE KOK Attorneys	Indirect evidence	Bloemfontein, South Africa	201-500	177 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Symington De Kok has built a national reputation as a distinguished legal firm since 1957.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
7	Shepstone & Wylie Attorneys	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South Africa	51-200	173 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Shepstone & Wylie is a highly respected corporate law firm, with a hallmark of excellence and renowned standards of integrity and confidentiality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
8	Fasken Incorporated In South Africa AS Bell Dewar INC	Partial evidence	Sandton, South Africa	1,001-5,000	147 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Fasken is a leading international law firm with more than 950 lawyers and ten offices on three continents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
9	Gildenhuys Malatji INC	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South Africa	51-200	143 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Gildenhuys Malatji Incorporated ("GMI") is a firm of attorneys based in Groenkloof, Pretoria.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
10	Bham And Dahya Attorneys	Partial evidence	Benoni, South Africa	201-500	136 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bham and Dahya Attorneys is a law practice company based in South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
11	VZLR	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South Africa	51-200	125 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Whether you’re an individual, a small business or a multinational corporation, at some point or another you’re going to have to navigate the often complicated legal system.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
12	PH Attorneys	Partial evidence	Sandton, South Africa	51-200	103 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PH Attorneys is a New Breed law firm and founder member of the PH Group of Associated Law Firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
13	Schindlers Attorneys	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South Africa	51-200	94 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Schindlers Attorneys is a dynamic commercial law firm offering a full range of legal services to both corporate and individual clients in South Africa and around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
14	COX Yeats	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South Africa	51-200	90 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Cox Yeats is a top-rated South African law-firm offering a range of commercial and personal legal solutions to clients around the country and across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
15	Dkvg Attorneys	Indirect evidence	Claremont, South Africa	51-200	89 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “De Klerk & Van Gend was founded in 1921 by the late DP de Klerk.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
16	Venns Attorneys	Indirect evidence	Pietermaritzburg, South Africa	51-200	85 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Venns Attorneys is an established legal practice, in operation since 1952.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
17	Fluxmans Attorneys	Partial evidence	Sandton, South Africa	201-500	83 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Fluxmans Attorneys is one of South Africa’s top law firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
18	Garlicke & Bousfield INC	Partial evidence	Kwazulunatal, South Africa	51-200	81 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Garlicke & Bousfield Incorporated is one of South Africa’s leading law firms offering a full range of specialised legal and related services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
19	Baker Mckenzie South Africa	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South Africa	51-200	80 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For more than 30 years, Baker McKenzie has been helping clients seize opportunities in South Africa and across the continent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
20	Pather & Pather	Indirect evidence	Pietermaritzburg, South Africa	51-200	74 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Pather & Pather Attorneys, we don’t just offer legal services - we offer security, strategy, and results.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
21	TIM DU Toit & CO Incorporated	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South Africa	51-200	71 contacts →
	Partial evidence “One of South Africa’s oldest and most respected law firms, Tim du Toit & Co Incorporated has provided over 90 years of expert legal service to corporate and individual clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
22	Hbgschindlers Attorneys	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South Africa	51-200	69 contacts →
	Partial evidence “HBGSchindlers at Melrose Arch is a dynamic multi-disciplinary law firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
23	Weavind And Weavind Attorneys	Indirect evidence	City Of Tshwane, South Africa	51-200	67 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Weavind & Weavind is a niche firm of attorneys whose directors are all specialists in their different fields of practice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
24	Ismail And Dahya Attorneys	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South Africa	51-200	62 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We specialize in credit solutions and more specifically debt collection, as well as commercial, civil and labour law.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
25	Marais Muller Hendricks INC	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South Africa	51-200	60 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “First established in 1945, Marais Muller Hendricks Inc.(“MMH”), started as Marais Müller Attorneys and has since developed a national reputation for providing superior…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: commercial law firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names commercial law firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of commercial law firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name commercial law firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Commercial law firms based in South Africa at a glance

As of Aug 31, 2026

36.4%Verified-email coverage

3.1%Mobile-number coverage

10.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

19.6%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Aug 31, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

909

11-50

475

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among commercial law firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “commercial law firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names commercial law firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among commercial law firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 5,429 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on August 31, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Commercial law firms by metro

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names commercial law firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many commercial law firms are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 1,472 commercial law firms headquartered in South Africa as of August 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Webber Wentzel, headquartered in Sandton, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most commercial law firms?

Johannesburg leads with 288 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (193) and Pretoria (134).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 5,429 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,472 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on August 31, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.