Tony Chappel

Tony is a design, construction and professional liability attorney based in Johannesburg. He is a director of Norton Rose Fullbright Inc. He has held this position since 1987. He is one of the best lawyers in South Africa in areas such as litigation, insurance and business malpractice litigation.

Tony is a Construction, Engineering and Professional Liability Attorney based in Johannesburg. He leads construction sites in South Africa. In the field of construction and engineering, Tony handles disputes and advises on professional compensation, insurance coverage issues, public-private partnership (PPP) contracts, legal, regulatory requirements and compliance. Tony has extensive experience with all popular standard contract forms. He represents contractors, developers, insurance companies, parastatals and mining companies in South Africa.

Tony has represented large and small auditing firms throughout his career, particularly in relation to medical malpractice claims, regulatory matters, complaints and prosecutions by professional bodies in South Africa and other South African jurisdictions.

Tony has participated in a good deal of prominent litigation and arbitration in South Africa over the past 20 years. They have required planning (including negotiation of arbitration agreements and choice of arbitrators) and managing large teams of people. He has worked with many of the leading counsel at the Bar in South Africa. In view of the technical nature of the disputes work he undertakes, experts are invariably required to be briefed to give expert testimony. He has identified, briefed and worked extensively with prominent South African and international experts, mostly in construction, engineering and audit disciplines, but also in fields as various as beer brewing and theology.

Tony has undertaken disputes work in many other African jurisdictions, including Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Tony was named Chambers Global 2019 for Construction and Dispute Resolution, rated for 'extensive experience' and is known for his practice in litigation and professional liability cases." Tony is also listed as a recommended construction attorney by the Legal 500 2019.

Tony has a BA in Law from Wits University, began writing for the company in 1983 and has been a Partner/Director since 1987.

Office: City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa