Aliyah Ince

Aliyah Ince is a Senior Associate in the firm's Dispute Resolution practice, based in the Johannesburg office. She has wide-ranging expertise in public law and regulatory landscapes, including administrative and constitutional law, energy, public procurement, infrastructure, environmental law, and gaming and lotteries.

Ms. Ince has extensive experience in high-profile litigations, investigations, government contracting, and regulatory opinion work. She has advised state-owned entities on challenges to public procurement processes, including bringing and defending judicial review proceedings, and has advised on public-private partnerships and the application of the Public Finance Management Act. She was a member of the Eskom State Capture Task Team, advising on governance, procurement, consequence management, and recovery of losses, and has advised Eskom on its response to the Zondo Commission and its anti-corruption strategy, including representing Eskom in recovery proceedings against McKinsey and SAP involving claims of over ZAR 1 billion. She has also advised Eskom in proceedings against PwC South Africa, which resulted in a settlement of ZAR 43 million.

She has acted for International Container Terminal Services Inc. in successfully defending review proceedings against Transnet, advised the Gauteng Provincial Government and Gautrain Management Agency on the procurement of a delivery partner for the Gautrain, and advised the Department of Home Affairs on PPPs for new border posts. She has also conducted environmental and regulatory due diligence across various sectors and advised the Minerals Council of South Africa in constitutional challenges relating to electricity reticulation.

She holds an LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand (2019) and a BA Law from the same institution (2017), and is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa.