Julia Ferraz-Cardoso

Julia Ferraz-Cardoso is the Head of Dispute Resolution at ENS and a leading disputes lawyer, with almost three decades of experience in complex, high-stakes litigation. Her practice focuses on Dispute Resolution.

Julia's practice spans high-end general commercial litigation, administrative law, mining law litigation, tax litigation, gaming-related disputes, insurance disputes and matters involving technology and telecommunications. She acts nationally for an extensive list of corporate clients, including international retailers, cellular and electronic goods suppliers, IT and services providers, private security firms, private equity institutions, transnational logistics companies, healthcare institutions and medical schemes, pension funds, reinsurers, engineering businesses, mining entities, developers, FMCG providers, food sector organizations, bookmakers and casinos.

She is regularly instructed on reputation-sensitive matters where discretion and strategic acumen are paramount. In addition to her practice leadership at ENS, Julia is an Officer of the International Bar Association's Litigation Committee, where she is the Vice Chair of the Africa and Middle East working group. She works frequently with international clients from Australia, Brazil, China, Mozambique, the Republic of Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States, bringing a pragmatic, globally informed perspective to multi-jurisdictional disputes.

She holds a BA and an LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand and is admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa. She is fluent in English, Afrikaans and Portuguese, and is recognised by Best Lawyers for Insurance Law and Litigation, and by The Legal 500 EMEA for Dispute Resolution in South Africa.