Introduction Ettiene was admitted as an Advocate of the High Court in June 1995 and practised law full time in Pretoria until 2008. His field of expertise included Commercial and Corporate/Business contracts, Wills and the Administration of Estates, Company Law, Trusts, Occupational Health & Safety and the specialized field of Legislative Drafting on National, Provincial and Local Government level. In 2009, Ettiene moved into the private sector to specialise mainly in Commercial contracts, Company Law (and in specific performing Company Secretary and all related CIPC (Companies and Intellectual Property Commission)) work as well as focusing more fully on Occupational Health & Safety in the Telecommunications Construction Industry.