Established 1 October 2019, FDP Law is a full-service law firm under the directorship of Francois Pienaar, a highly
accomplished and experienced commercial and litigation attorney (previously of Ward, Ward & Pienaar Attorneys). We pride
ourselves in our high-quality service and quick turn-around times to ensure that your matters are resolved efficiently
and successfully. We also boast a dedicated Collections department to handle all of your debt-collection needs at
competitive rates, as well as being a Level 4 B-BBEE contributor.
Francois Pienaar is the director and shareholder of FDP Law.
Having graduated with his B.Comm, LLB from the University of Stellenbosch, he commenced his articles
in 1991 with Tinus
Slabber and Associates. He became a salaried partner in the firm and then in 1996, together with
Tinus Slabber, he
joined Webber Wentzel Bowens Attorneys. In 2001 he joined Delport & Ward Attorneys as a partner and
shortly thereafter
the firm Ward, Ward & Pienaar was established.
After nearly 30 years in the game, Francois decided to start his own firm and hence FDP Law came
into being in October
2019.
Practice Areas: Civil law, with specific expertise in commercial work (including contractual
drafting), trusts,
commercial litigation, insolvency, property, wills and estates, intellectual property and family law
(particularly
divorce).
Outside of the office, Francois enjoys reading fiction and rock and surf angling (sometimes
simultaneously).
Shayni graduated with her LLB from the University of Cape Town in 2015 and went on to do
her LLM in Commercial Law at UCT in 2016, with a semester exchange at Queens
University in Canada.
Following completion of her articles at Shepstone & Wylie Attorneys in 2018, Shayni started at Ward Ward & Pienaar
Attorneys as an Associate, then joined Francois Pienaar at FDP Law since its inception in October 2019 and became a
director in March 2023.
Practice Areas: Commercial litigation, general High Court and Magistrates Court litigation,
Customs and International Trade, Company law, Insolvency and Labour law.
In her spare time, Shayni enjoys running and musical theatre and can often be seen acting,
singing and dancing in community theatre productions around Cape Town.
Larah graduated from Stellenbosch University with her BComm Law degree in 2021, she
then obtained her LLB degree in 2023 after which she started her Candidate Attorney
journey at FDP Law at the beginning of 2024.
Larah-Lané is her full name, but at the office we all call her Larah.
She has a particular passion for Family Law and aims to gain experience in High Court and
Magistrates Court litigation, as well as all the other practice areas that FDP Law has to offer.
When Larah is not at the office, you will find her playing some sort of sport or cuddled up
with her cat watching reality television.
Sara started working in debt collection in 2007 with Delport, Ward & Pienaar. With over 15 years of experience,
Sara now heads up the Collections Department at FDP Law.
When she is not hard at work collecting outstanding debts on behalf of our clients, she enjoys home improvement projects and being a mom to her two boys.
