Jonathan Ripley Evans is the Disputes Director of Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) Johannesburg office. His practice is focused on alternative dispute resolution, particularly, arbitration and mediation. He has acted as mediator and as advisor in both mediations and arbitrations, domestic and international. He specialises in the resolution of commercial disputes in a wide range of sectors including energy, mining, tourism, hospitality, property and engineering. He has been ranked as a Future Leader in Who’s Who Legal and recently recognised in Chambers and Partners Global as an “Up and Coming” Lawyer. He has co-authored articles on arbitration within Africa on the Kluwer Arbitration blog, and a contributor on the Herbert Smith Freehills podcasts. He is an accredited Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA) mediator and arbitrator; a member of the Africa Group of the China-Africa Joint Arbitration Centre (CAJAC) Johannesburg and the Law Society of the Northern Provinces. Prior to HSF, he was a Director of the Dispute Resolution Team at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc.
