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About MV Inc. — South Africa's ADR-Only Law Firm

South Africa's first attorneys to practise dispute resolution — and nothing else.

Malan Vermeulen Incorporated (MV Inc.) is a South African law firm that practises alternative dispute resolution exclusively. It was founded on a single conviction: that the most consequential disputes deserve a firm whose only interest is resolving them. Five admitted attorneys, all accredited mediators, working from offices in Constantia Kloof, Roodepoort and nationwide.

Bound law reports and seating at MV Inc's offices in Floracliffe, Johannesburg
Why ADR only

A firm with no litigation department has no reason to prolong a dispute.

Conventional firms mediate as a sideline to litigation. The incentives are what they are. We chose the opposite structure: admitted attorneys, accredited mediators and parenting coordinators, practising exclusively in alternative dispute resolution.

The consequence is simple. When an attorney refers a matter to us, the client remains theirs — we have no department to refer them on to. When a family or a board comes to us directly, they meet people whose professional success depends entirely on the dispute ending well.

“Dispute resolution through innovation” is not a slogan. It is the business model.

The MV Inc standard

Accountable. Confidential. Human.

Three commitments, carried in the three marks of our name. Every engagement is measured against them.

I

Accountable

Court-aligned protocols, documented processes and settlements drafted to be made orders of court. Professional accountability is what separates mediation from a conversation.

II

Confidential

Privileged and without prejudice from the first enquiry. No public record, no press, no precedent. What is said in the room stays there, and the settlement is the only thing that leaves.

III

Human

A dispute is a moment in a family's or a company's life, not the whole of it. We are attentive to the people who will still be sitting across a table from one another when it is over.

Boardroom at MV Inc set for an in person mediation
The mediators

Attorney-led. Accredited. Available nationwide.

Every mediator at MV Inc. is an admitted attorney, accredited by a recognised mediation organisation and registered for Court-Annexed Mediation in the Gauteng High Court.

  • Mervyn Vermeulen, director, attorney, mediator and parenting coordinator at MV Inc.

    Mervyn Vermeulen

    Director · Attorney · Mediator · Parenting Coordinator

    NABFAM accredited mediator and parenting coordinator · SAAM Chair (2026) · Fellow, International Academy of Family Lawyers · Attorney (RSA) & Solicitor (Scotland)

    Mervyn Vermeulen is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and an admitted solicitor of the Court of Session in Scotland, and a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers. He has led Vermeulen Attorneys since 2014, specialising in family and commercial law, and has mediated since 2021 as a NABFAM-accredited mediator. He chairs the South African Association of Mediators in 2026, having served on its Executive Committee from 2025, and delivers CPD-accredited training in collaboration with SAAM and the Social Justice Association of Mediators. He is registered for Court-Annexed Mediation in the Gauteng High Court.

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  • Karen Malan, director, attorney, mediator and practice manager at MV Inc.

    Karen Malan

    Director · Attorney · Mediator · Practice Manager

    NABFAM accredited (2024) · DiSAC accredited (2025) · RMO: SJA & SAAM · B.Proc LLB

    Karen Malan practised as an attorney from 1997 to 2015 before turning exclusively to mediation. She has since mediated more than 400 matters across family and divorce, civil and commercial, and personal injury and Road Accident Fund disputes. She is a director and co-founder of ACR Community NPC, whose ADR Court Project brings mediation into the Children's Courts of Protea Soweto and Johannesburg Central, and leads a NABFAM-accredited supervision and mentorship programme for new mediators. ProBono.Org honoured her with its Best Mediation Contribution award in 2024.

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  • Marissa Galloway-Bailey, mediator, consultant and attorney at MV Inc.

    Marissa Galloway-Bailey

    Mediator · Consultant · Attorney

    NABFAM accredited (2012) · DiSAC (2026) · Conflict Dynamics (CD/ACDS) · CEDR (UK) · RMO: SAAM & Conflict Dynamics · BA LLB

    Marissa Galloway-Bailey was admitted as an attorney in 2002 and practised for twelve years as an associate, partner and sole practitioner, with right of appearance in the High Court. She has mediated since 2011 and holds an unusually broad set of accreditations — NABFAM for family and divorce work, DiSAC and Conflict Dynamics for civil and commercial matters, and CEDR in the United Kingdom — alongside specialist training in workplace mediation and the mediation of parenting plans. She speaks and trains regularly on conflict management and ADR.

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  • Therèsa Luyt, accredited mediator, conflict consultant and candidate attorney at MV Inc.

    Therèsa Luyt

    Accredited Mediator · Conflict Consultant · Candidate Attorney

    NABFAM accredited (2020) · NABFAM Accreditation Assessor · RMO: SJA · B.Proc CFP

    Therèsa Luyt has run a mediation-only practice since 2016. She has mediated more than 800 matters spanning family and divorce, civil, commercial and workplace, Road Accident Fund and restorative justice disputes. A Certified Financial Planner and trained coach before she was a mediator, she leads the firm's mediation preparation work and the MVInc Preparation Protocol. She co-founded the ADR Court Project, where she contributes as a mediator and NABFAM-recognised Accreditation Supervisor, is a NABFAM-recognised accreditation assessor and mentorship facilitator, was Vice Chair of the Social Justice Association of Mediators from 2022 to 2025, and received ProBono.Org's Best Mediation Contribution award in 2024.

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  • Chelsea Le Roux, junior mediator and attorney at MV Inc.

    Chelsea Le Roux

    Junior Mediator · Attorney

    NABFAM accredited (2026) · SAAM · Admitted attorney (2025) · LL.B, North-West University

    Chelsea Le Roux graduated LL.B from North-West University in 2022 and was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2025. She was accredited as a family and divorce mediator with the South African Association of Mediators in 2026, and holds NABFAM accreditation through that membership. She practises in family and divorce mediation and civil matters, and volunteers on the ADR Court Project. She is the newest member of the firm.

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Accredited & affiliated

Offices
Quadrum Office Park
Ground Floor, Quadrum 3
50 Constantia Boulevard
Floracliffe, Johannesburg, 1709

Mediations are conducted at our offices, at a venue of the parties' choosing, or virtually — for parties and their legal teams anywhere in South Africa and abroad.

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Also worth reading

If you are an attorney, advocate or advisor considering a referral, the terms on which we take matters — including our position on fee-sharing — are set out in full.

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Begin discreetly

A private conversation before anything else.

Tell us, in confidence, what you are facing. We will tell you plainly whether mediation is the right route — and if it is not, who to speak to instead.

Malan Vermeulen Incorporated (MV Inc.)
Ground Floor, Quadrum 3, 50 Constantia Boulevard,
Floracliffe, Johannesburg, 1709, South Africa
010 980 5160 · [email protected]

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