About Gaby Gess
Gabriele von Hasseln Gess is a Cape Town-based attorney who specialises in the day-to-day commercial-legal aspects connected with the international trade in agricultural products from farms in South Africa to customers overseas. She is up to date with the complex and evolving legal web of supply chain due diligence laws, supermarket private standards and certifications set for the maintenance of food safety standards, human rights and environmental protection.
She has been practicing law since 1988, and as Gaby Gess Attorneys, from 1997. Her firm offers expert advice in matters in the fruit industry, including supplier contracts, consulting in South African and cross-border jurisdiction commercial and litigation matters, land reform projects in South Africa, climate change legislation and renewable energy tenders. Also, arising out of her experience as a former State Advocate and more recently consulting to a public entity, she is knowledgeable on public procurement, tenders and being part of a multi-disciplinary team undertaking both corporate compliance checks and forensic investigations.
Legal Services and Expertise
Gaby Gess Attorneys provides the following legal services and expertise: commercial law, litigation consultancy in South Africa and internationally, international trade law with special contractual agri-food frameworks, legislative and regulatory compliance in the agricultural sector, climate change legislation, broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) in the agricultural sector, and public procurement and tenders.
Gaby Gess has a unique skills set and has been at the forefront of change in the South African agricultural sector since 1995 and continues to play a role in influencing innovations in this sector. It is noteworthy that her practice maintains a healthy balance between corporate clients, entrepreneurs, previously disadvantaged black farmers and clients in the public sector.
Commercial law
- Contracts and business structuring
- International trade
- Plant Breeders’ Rights
- Tenders and procurement
- Negotiation and mediation
- Forensic investigations
Supply Chain Management and Agricultural Perishable Products
Human rights
- Food standards and safety
- Supply chain due diligence
- Private standards and certifications
- Land reform projects and broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE)
Environmental protection
- Phytosanitary compliance
- Climate change legislation
- Trade in carbon credits
Contact Us For More Information
If you need help with your supply contracts or ensuring supply chain due diligence compliance, please give us a call.