At Sián Evans and Associates our aim is to provide intelligent, commercially driven solutions for your business. Our method is to debunk all of the mystery surrounding your legal requirements and provide you with a solution that you actually understand and that works for your business and the particular drivers of your business when seeking a solution.
In her capacity as in-house legal counsel for various listed corporations, Sián has not only gained extensive commercial legal experience but has also gained insight into the intricate workings of large multinational corporations and the particular business imperatives driving them. This has resulted in her having a valuable ability to not only utilise her technical ability to apply the law correctly, but also her ability to assess both the commercial and legal risks together in order to obtain a commercial solution that operates as effectively as possible within the legal framework applicable and within the greater corporate strategy.
Sián has a Masters in Commercial Law specialising in Electronic Law.
Sián was admitted as an attorney in 2000.
After completing her LLM in Commercial Law (with a specialisation in Electronic Law) Sián took up a position overseas as corporate counsel at the European Headquarters of a Silicon Valley based multinational that specialises in the global supply of custom, high-performance semiconductors and associated software where she supported their channel markets in Europe and the United States gaining extensive experience in drafting multijurisdictional commercial agreements.
On her return to South Africa she set up a legal consultancy and consulted to a range of corporate clients including Woolworths (Pty) Ltd with whom she went on to accept full time employment as a legal adviser managing their IT, franchise and supplier portfolios, gaining extensive experience in the retail sector.
She was head hunted to go and work with MWEB in their Business Development Department managing their operational legal requirements and assisting with work throughout South Africa and Africa as Senior Legal Adviser.
Sián set up her own business in 2009. Currently Sián does work for a variety of local and multinational companies including a global company specialising in unified communications solutions with head offices in the UK and USA, a local digital identity verification service provider, one of the largest retailers in South Africa and Africa, several software development companies, a wireless application service provider, an internet service provider and an investment house based in South Africa and the Isle of Man.
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