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Top 25 Law firms based in Johannesburg, South Africa

This directory lists 302 law firms based in Johannesburg, South Africa, with 2,273 professional contacts and 797 email addresses. Across South Africa, Johannesburg is the largest hub for this category.

Law firms are professional service organizations that provide legal advice, representation, and related services through licensed attorneys. This list covers companies that provide legal advice, legal representation, or related legal services through licensed attorneys. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of 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
302Companies
2,273Contacts tracked
797Verified emails
68Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest law firms based in Johannesburg, South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 302 law firms based in Johannesburg, South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Aug 31, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa201-500370 contacts →

Strong evidence

“MacRobert Attorneys is a national law practice with offices in Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, and is therefore in a position to provide legal services throughout…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
2Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa51-20094 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
3Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa51-20090 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
4Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa51-20082 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We have the knowledge and experience to meet and exceed our client’s expectations and offer a variety of legal services customised to fit every client’s specific needs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
5Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa51-20072 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Eversheds Sutherland SA is one of the leading full-service law firms in South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
6Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa51-20069 contacts →

Strong evidence

“HBGSchindlers at Melrose Arch is a dynamic multi-disciplinary law firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
7Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa11-5043 contacts →

Strong evidence

“BEE Law Firm and Advisory Service based in Gallo Manor”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
8Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa11-5036 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Malatji & Co Attorneys has a well-suited team which is passionate about offering you multidisciplinary legal services which are focused on your requirements.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
9Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa51-20034 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our exceptional reputation and impressive track record only tell half our story.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
10Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa11-5034 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a committed and dynamic team of experienced attorneys who believe in the value of offering high quality service and legal advice at an affordable rate.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
11Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa11-5032 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bespoke Legal Solutions: Backed by an Exemplary Track Record.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
12Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa11-5030 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
13Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa11-5021 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Phukubje Pierce Masithela Attorneys (PPM ATTORNEYS) is a black commercial law firm based in Johannesburg.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
14Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa11-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At JMS Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
15Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa11-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We specialise in Road Accident Fund (RAF) claims, Medical negligence, Professional negligence, Labour matters, Contractual Disputes, Unlawful Arrests, Detention, Police brutality…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
16Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa11-5016 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Since the firm formed in 2012, Witz Inc has grown year-on-year, to the full service law firm it is today.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
17Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa11-5014 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The law firm that understands how to utilise strategy and negotiation tactics within a legal framework to advance our clients' position.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
18Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa51-20013 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We are a dynamic law firm offering a specialised array of legal solutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
19Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa11-5013 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Telfer Inc is a contemporary & dynamic full-service law firm, based in Bryanston, Johannesburg, South Africa, offering a diverse range of legal services in South Africa to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
20Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa11-5012 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Bouwers is an Intellectual Property Law Firm specialing in trade mark prosecution, maintenance and enforcement, patent prosecution, maintenance and enforcement, designs…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
21Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa51-20012 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Established at the dawn of the new democracy, Pule Incorporated is a dynamic, black-owned law firm with offices in Johannesburg, Tshwane, Polokwane, Mahikeng and Thohoyandou.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
22Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa11-5012 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Attorneys | Correspondents | Trials | Costs Consultants, specialists in Insurance and Motor Law.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
23Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa11-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
24Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa11-5010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Firm has five departments – corporate commercial, litigation, insolvency,property/conveyancing and construction and engineering – with specialist teams within each department.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
25Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South Africa11-5010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A leading boutique firm based in Johannesburg, grounded in a client first philosophy, approaching our clients and mandates with wholistic, creative, and cutting-edge approaches…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026

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Law firms based in Johannesburg, South Africa at a glance

As of Aug 31, 2026
35.1%Verified-email coverage
3.0%Mobile-number coverage
7.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
Aug 31, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
195
11-50
90
51-200
15
201-500
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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 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 Johannesburg, South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “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 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 law firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Johannesburg 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, 797 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
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Frequently asked

How many law firms are listed based in Johannesburg, South Africa?

The directory includes 302 law firms based in Johannesburg, South Africa as of August 2026.

Which city in South Africa has the most law firms?

Johannesburg leads South Africa with 306 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (219) and Pretoria (169).

How many contacts and email addresses are available for these law firms?

The list includes 2,273 professional contacts and 797 email addresses for the listed law firms.

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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.