Graeme Palmer

Director / Attorney, Garlicke & Bousfield Incorporated

Graeme graduated from the University of KwaZulu Natal with a BSocSci and LLB, thereafter completing a Certificate in Advanced Taxation and an LLM with the University of South Africa. After being admitted as an attorney in 2000 Graeme worked for a Durban firm before moving to London. During his five years in London he worked at the Official Receiver’s Insolvency Services and at the Companies Investigation Branch of the Department of Trade and Industry. He returned to South Africa in 2007 and practised at a local law firm before joining Garlicke & Bousfield as a Senior Associate in 2012. Graeme was appointed a Director in 2014 and practices in the Commercial Department specialising in tax law. He is a registered tax practitioner and the current author of three volumes of the Law of South Africa (LAWSA) on Revenue and Tax Administration. Graeme is also the Chairman of the Kloof and Highway SPCA.

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Doing business in: South Africa

Doing business in: South Africa

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Practice Area

Commercial

Panel

International Panel

Qualified Year

2000

Experience

Austen Smith Attorneys (1998 - 2000)
Francois Medalie & Company (2000 - 2002)
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) (London, United Kingdom) (2002 - 2006)
Lester Hall, Fletcher (2007 - 2012)
Garlicke & Bousfield (2012 - Present)

Membership

Legal Practice Council, Kwazulu-Natal
Legal Practice Council, Western Cape
Registered Tax Practitioner – South African Revenue Service
Chairman – Kloof & Highway Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)

Qualifications

Bachelor of Social Science (B.Soc.Sci.) (1993 - 1995)
Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB) (1996 - 1997)
Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Taxation (PG. Cert. Tax) (2000 - 2002)
Master of Laws (LLM) (2007 - 2010)

Education

University of Kwazulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg (1993 - 1995), (1996 - 1997)
University of South Africa (2000 - 2002), (2007 - 2010)

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