Byron Swanton (BCom, LLB, PGDip, MBA)

Experience

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  Strydom & Bredenkamp Inc

  Jan 2010 - Jun 2013

  The firm specializes in litigation in insolvency and debt collections as well as litigation in general commercial areas of the law. In the majority if have been exposed to working in the High Courts of South Africa with some exposure to matters related to Magistrates courts. Specific areas in which I have been involved:• Administration of cases involving:o Sequestrations;o Liquidations;o Debt collection;o Rights to land ownership;• Administration of insolvent estates;• Administration of companies placed under business rescue. Show less

  • Professional Assistant

    Aug 2012 - Jun 2013

  • Law Clerk

    Jan 2010 - Aug 2012
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  Rheeders Attorneys

  Jun 2013 - Feb 2014

  Junior Professional Associate

  The firm is a general litigation practice and has specific interests in debt collections, trust management, drafting of contracts as well as litigation in general commercial areas of the law. In the majority if have been exposed to working in both the Magistrate Court as well as the High Court.Specific areas in which I have been involved:• Administration of cases involving:o Debt collection;o Establishment and drafting of trusts;o Drafting of commercial contracts;o Advising clients on financial planning to prevent insolvency and/or business rescue;• Administration of insolvent estates;• Administration of companies placed under business rescue;I currently assist the following commercial clients: Lombard Insurance; Agrinet Limited;Under my current employment I have gained experience in practice management with a specific drive to write fees whilst streamlining overheads. Show less

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  Van Breda & Herbst Inc

  Jul 2014 - Mar 2017

  Undefended Litigation and Collections Attorney

  The firm is a highly specialized fast paced firm contracted out by OUTsurance to do all its legal debt collections from third party claims. It is divided into three departments dealing with specific dimensions of the debt collection and insurance law process.I am currently employed in the Un-defended collections department which department initiates and commences the legal proceedings against liable third parties and or defaulting parties to agreements.In my current position I have been exposed to not only the legal dimensions of collection but systems management incorporating business flow relating to efficiency and effectiveness Show less

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  OUTsurance

  Aug 2016 - Feb 2019

  I am responsible for overseeing and administrating quality audits on the entire legal department, which consists of the internal, recovery and liability claims departments as well as our external legal firm to which the predominant portion of our legal work is outsourced to.I perform the quality audits by utilizing past risk identification policies, as well as predict and develop audits to curb any future risks to which the company can be exposed should one of the advisers make a mistake. This is predominantly done through several different audits done on personal as well as ensuring that the policy documents distributed to the departments are updated and followed by the relevant departments. Show less

  • Legal Quality Assurance Auditor

    Apr 2017 - Feb 2019

  • Liabilities

    Aug 2016 - Mar 2017
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  BrightRockZA

  Mar 2019 - Jun 2023

  * Actively keep abreast of legislation and regulation * Draft contracts * Review contracts* Engage with regulators * Engage with clients on complaints and legal queries* Draft reports to management * Taking of steering committee, quarterly management, quarterly regulator and board meeting minutes* CIPC engagement - ensuring updating of directors, submitting of annual returns* Managing the complaints handling department * Development of processes and tools within the complaints department* General legal advice to business area management Show less * Actively keep abrest of new regulations and laws* Assit with the design and implementation of compliant policies and procedures in FAIS distribution channel* Draft reports for management * Do quality audits to ensure compliance* Team work on multi layer monitoring for all business areas* Continuous development of procedures in QA to ensure that trends and faults are identified* Engage with managment on how to implement recommendations for compliance* Training of tied agents on compliance at onboarding stage * Reviewing of policy and procedure documents Show less

  • Legal Advisor

    Apr 2021 - Jun 2023

  • Compliance Officer

    Mar 2019 - Apr 2021
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  TMF Group

  Jul 2023 - now

  Legal Officer - Global Entity Management