Dean | Faculty of Law | University of the Free State
1998 - present

Chair (Board of Control) | Centre of Financial Planning Law | University of the Free State
1998 - present

Chair: Board of Governors | School for Legal Practice | University of the Free State
1998 - present

Distinguished Professor | University of the Free State
1994 - present

Head of Department | Roman Law, Legal History and Comparative Law | University of the Free State
1991 - present

Chair | Research Committee for Legal Science
1991 - present

Director | Centre for Business Law | University of the Free State
1983 - present

Professor | University of the Free State
1980 - present

Associate Professor | University of the Free State
1978 - present

Senior Lecturer | University of the Free State
1976 - present

Attorney |
1975 - present

Part-time Lecturer | University of the Free State
1974 - present

Director | Centre for Comparative Company and Partnership Law | University of London
London | 2000 - 2007

Academia, Education and Training

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study

Director | Free State Development Corporation
1995 - 2007

Director | Co-ordinating Research Institute for Corporate Law
1992 - 2001

Chair | Standing Sub-committee on Close Corporations Law
1987 - 2001

Senior Technical Adviser | United Nations Development Programme in China
1999 - 2000

Head of Department | Mercantile Law | University of the Free State
1988 - 1998

Director | Economic Development Company of the Free State
1995 - 1997

Chair | Business Law | University of the Free State
1987 - 1997

Old Mutual Chair

Commissioner | Small Claims Court
1986 - 1992

State Attorney |
1975 - 1975

Candidate Attorney/Magistrate |
1973 - 1974

Regional Prosecutor |
1971 - 1972

Supreme Court of South Africa

Attorney's Admission Examination

Baccalaureus Iuris

Order of the Coif

Honorary Member

Supreme Court of South Africa

Registered Attorney

Doctor Legum

Baccalaureus Legum

Society for Advanced Legal Studies

Honorary Fellow

Kovsie Alumni National Management Award | University of Orange Free State

Moritz Bobbert Publication Prize | Journal for Juridical Science

Distinguished Professor | University of Orange Free State

Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust: University Travelling Fellowship

Moritz Bobbert Publication Prize | Journal for Juridical Science

Gencor Meritorious Award

Chief Justice Trophy (Best LL.B. dissertation) | University of Orange Free State

Moritz Bobbert Medal (Academic Achievement Final Year LL.B.)

Orange Free State Law Society Prize | University of Orange Free State

Orange Free State Bar Council Award (Best Final Year LL.B. Student) | University of Orange Free State

Council of the University of the Free State

Member, 2003 - 2004

Evaluation Panel for Legal Science - National Research Foundation (NRF)

Member, 2002 - 2004

Executive of the Executive Council

Member, 2001 - 2003

Standing Advisory Committee on Company Law and its Executive Committee

Member, 1987 - 2001

Board of Control of the Small Business Regulatory Review of South Africa

Member, 1998 - 2001

Tax Committee of the Law Society of the Free State

Member, 1994 - 1996

NEDLAC Task Team on Corporate Law Reform

Member, 2006 - present

Selection Committee of the Toon van der Heever Award for Legal Science of the South African Academy for Arts and Science

Member, 1996 - present

World Jurist Association

Member

Company and Close Corporations Committee of the Law Society of the Free State

Member, 1994 - present

Advisory Committee on Banking Regulation of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London

Member, 1996 - present

Economic Crime Combating and Research Institute of Southern Africa

Founding Member, 1994 - present

Executive Committee of Senate/Executive Council

Member, 1998 - present

Institute of Directors

Member

Society of Legal Historians of South Africa

Member

Society of Public Teachers of Law (United Kingdom)

Member

International Bar Association

Member

Association for Tertiary Research

Member

Society of University Law Teachers

Member

International Association of Insolvency Practitioners

Member

Center for International Legal Studies

Fellow

Law Society of the Free State

Member

AHI and NEDLAC Task Team on Insolvency and Business Rescue Reform

Member, 2006 - present

AHI and the BUSA Task Group on Corporate Law Reform

Member, 2006 - present

International Panel of Experts, International Integrity Services, Beachcroft Wansbroughs, London

Member, 2005 - present

Research and Advisory Committee of the South African Company Law Review of the DTI

Member, 2004 - present