Cecil Gelbart

Cecil Gelbart is an Executive Consultant at ENS in the Dispute Resolution, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation practice, and is admitted as a notary public. His practice focuses on Arbitration and Mediation, specialising in contractual disputes, company law, shareholder issues, international trade and administrative law.

He is an accredited mediator with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), as well as with Conflict Dynamics and the Africa Centre for Dispute Settlement. He has encouraged the appropriate use of mediation in the resolution of all disputes.

Cecil has acted for various international and cross-border trade, transport and construction companies, as well as clients in the healthcare and medical schemes industry. He has also acted for major banks, financial institutions, leading retailers, property groups, as well as high net worth entrepreneurs and individuals. He has actively been involved in a number of major planning and environmental disputes in the Western Cape, including Oudekraal and the Sea Point Pavilion, and has a wealth of experience in review applications, including tender disputes and all areas of administrative law.

He serves as a trustee of a number of trusts and has written articles on the rights of beneficiaries and obligations of trustees in connection with trusts. He also serves on the Department of Environmental Affairs' Panel of Environmental Mediators and Arbitrators in terms of Chapter 4 of NEMA, is a member of the International Bar Association and the Institute of Directors Southern Africa (IoDSA), and serves as chairman of the Cape Law Society Panel for Taxation of Legal Fees.

He holds a BCom, an LLB and an LLM (Company Law and Maritime Law) (cum laude) from the University of Cape Town, and completed the Leading Professional Service Firms course at Harvard Business School. He is admitted as an attorney and notary public of the High Court of South Africa, and is recognised by Best Lawyers for Litigation in South Africa.