Representative experience

Work comparable to what clients instruct.

Each matter below is comparable to the work clients bring to the firm. All are anonymised, and each states its source: a JW van Zyl Inc mandate, prior professional experience, or a separate current advisory engagement.

No client is identified and no confidential information is disclosed. Outcomes are stated only where they are accurate and capable of disclosure.

Experience source: Firm mandate

African clinical-research network

Situation: A multi-country clinical-research network required a governance and contracting structure spanning a foundation, an operating company, country partners and research sites.
Work: Governance, delegations, membership, shared services, financing, onboarding and related-party arrangements.

Experience source: Firm mandate

Responsible Pharmacist deployment

Situation: A pharmaceutical services business required a structure for deploying a Responsible Pharmacist to a multinational client.
Work: Employment, secondment, services, insurance, professional obligations, replacement and termination.

Experience source: Firm mandate

Institutional research governance

Situation: Private and university-linked research structures created uncertainty regarding authority, ethics governance, contracting, IP and commercial rights.
Work: Legal structure, institutional authority, ethics interface, data, IP, governance and contracting.

Experience source: Prior professional experience

Clinical-research contracting

Situation: Clinical-research programmes required review or negotiation of sponsor, CRO, site, vendor, laboratory and data agreements.
Work: Risk allocation, indemnity, insurance, payment, data, publication and termination.

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