Grace is a graduate of Rhodes University, where she gained both a BA, Law and Classical Civilization, and an LLB. After completing her articles training with a Johannesburg law firm focusing on financial services and general commercial litigation, Grace was admitted as an attorney in 2017.

After a period of traditional legal practice Grace began consulting to smaller start ups with commercial agreements and compliance support, then in 2019 joined Nedbank Insurance as a Legal Advisor. Grace’s role covered all contract and vendor management support, and reinforced her belief that lawyers need to exercise empathy and understand how the client's business operates in order to come up with the best, often creative, provisions in a contract.

At Radiant Law Grace is working on a full-time secondment to a global financial institution headquartered in London, delivering legal advice and support for their high volume commercial agreements and streamlining the contracting process.

Email: grace.vanheeswijk@radiantlaw.com