Viren Raja

Viren mainly assists in matters relating to insolvency, business rescue, and general commercial and contractual disputes. He has worked on arbitration proceedings in the construction sphere and high court litigation in various commercial sectors. Viren has represented clients in the banking, construction, hotel, mining, security, risk management and logistics sectors.

• Assisted in advising a leading banking institution in South Africa on its duties as a trustee of a collective investment scheme.
• Assisted in representing and advising the Reserve Bank of South Africa in relation to various insolvency related matters.
• Assisted in acting for a large JSE-listed construction company in arbitration proceedings and various insolvency-related matters.
• Assisted in representing a large management and business process outsourcing company in a litigation involving complex contractual issues.
• Assisted in acting for one of the largest multinational technology and on-line platform companies providing internet and related service products in various litigious matters involving their services.
• Assisted in representing a multinational food processing and packaging solutions company in insolvency and business rescue proceedings in its capacity as a major creditor.
• Assisted in advising and representing an international services, trading and distribution company, listed on the JSE, South Africa in various litigious commercial disputes.
• Assisted in advising and representing a large international mining company listed on the JSE, South Africa in various litigious commercial disputes.

• The Law Society of the Northern Provinces of South Africa - Member
• South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners Association - Member
• INSOL International - Member