About Us

Our Firm

 

HJW Attorneys is a boutique law firm, that is agile, and adept at meeting the most complex needs of our clients. In this ever-changing world and increasingly burdensome regulatory and commercial environment, you need the right legal partner by your side. HJW is a client dedicated, solution driven and business minded multi-disciplinary law firm. 

HJW represents the coming together of former “Big Law Firm” lawyers with shared experience and the vision of making law and legal advice accessible, tailored and personal to you, the client.

Clients First

 

Personal service and teamwork are at the heart of our endeavour. We aim to work with our clients, shoulder to shoulder, to meet their specific legal challenges and achieve their business and personal objectives. 

We take an interest in understanding our client’s specific businesses, operating contexts and personal needs. Your success is our success.

 

Value Proposition

 

We believe in offering only the best quality advice and legal insight. Our approach to advice is solution based, strategic and pragmatic. 

As our client, you can rest assured that your matter will be dealt with professionally, promptly and with the highest level of integrity, at rates which are fair, reasonable and transparent. 

 

Our Reach

 

We are honoured to service a wide range of clients, corporates and individuals, across the African continent and beyond. We are committed to our client’s privacy, confidentiality and best interests – business and personal. 

Recognition

 

We punch above our weight. In recognition of our excellence, in 2023 we were named as Boutique Commercial Law Firm of the Year by Corporate Livewire; in 2022 we were named as the Best Boutique Commercial Law Firm of the Year by MEA Markets at the African Excellence Awards; in 2021 we were named as The Boutique Law Firm of the Year by Acquisition International and in 2019, we were named as The Boutique Law Firm of the Year in the African Legal Awards. 

Our Founding Partner, Megan Harrington Johnson, has previously been listed in the Top 200 Young South Africans by the Mail and Guardian and has also been shortlisted as a finalist in the Category of Partner of the Year in the African Legal Awards 2022, 2023 and 2024.