Stephan Haynes
Stephan was born in Johannesburg and, after a brief stint in Namibia, matriculated at Helpmekaar Kollege in Johannesburg in 2010. He obtained BCom, LLB and LLM degrees from Stellenbosch University and joined DKVG in 2021 as an Associate, becoming a Director in 2026.Stephan is based in DKVG’s Cape Town dispute resolution department. He focuses on corporate and commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on insolvency and restructuring matters. He regularly advises and acts for commercial and private banks, institutional investors, corporate financiers, retailers, commercial farming operations and mining groups. Stephan also has extensive experience in matters relating to financial services and exchange control regulation.
Outside the office, Stephan enjoys spending time with family and friends and is passionate about the outdoors. His adventures include completing several ultramarathons, mountain gorilla trekking in Uganda and summitting Mount Kilimanjaro.
Areas of practice:
Insolvency
Law
Law
Dispute
Resolution
Resolution
Finance
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