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Frank Köpplinger

Senior Partner

Biography: Mr.  Köpplinger has over three decades of experience as a legal practitioner, specialising in labour and employment law. Formerly a partner at Lorentz & Bone, he established GF Köpplinger Legal Practitioners in 2006, which subsequently became Köpplinger Boltman in 2010 and Köpplinger Boltman van Greunen in 2021.

His practice encompasses the full spectrum of labour and employment law, including employment relations, workplace discipline, dismissals, retrenchments and organisational restructuring, collective bargaining, industrial relations, employment contracts and policies, regulatory compliance and strategic employment advisory services. He advises and represents employers, corporate clients and institutions on complex employment disputes, workplace investigations, disciplinary and grievance proceedings, collective labour matters and the management of employment-related risks. He has extensive experience in conciliation and arbitration proceedings before the Office of the Labour Commissioner, as well as labour litigation, appeals and reviews before Namibia's Labour Court and Supreme Court.

He previously served on the Board of the Namibia Employers' Federation (NEF) and as Chairperson of its Labour Law Committee. He is an accredited High Court mediator and was a member of the Labour Court Rules Committee.

He currently serves as an independent non-executive member of the Board of Lady Pohamba Private Hospital and chairs the Board's Human Resources Subcommittee. He is also an independent trustee of the Ninety One Asset Management Namibia Staff Share Scheme Trust.

He holds BA (Law), LLB and LLM degrees from Stellenbosch University.

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Jaco Boltman

Biography: Mr. Boltman joined GF Köpplinger Legal Practitioners in 2007 and became a named partner of Köpplinger Boltman in 2010, and a senior partner of Köpplinger Boltman van Greunen in 2021. He specialises in labour law and its related fields and has more than two decades of experience with workplace investigations, discipline, grievances and representation at the Office of the Labour Commissioner, High Court, Labour Court and Supreme Court of Namibia. His speciality is industrial labour relations.

Mr. Boltman provides training on employment relations, practices civil litigation, administers estates and advises on commercial matters. He chaired the Labour Law Committee of the Law Society of Namibia for two consecutive terms and he serves on the People Committee of Gondwana Holdings Limited. He also serves on the Board of Corporate Guarantee & Insurance Company of Namibia Limited as an independent non-executive.

Mr. Boltman completed his LLB at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa.

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Willem Van Greunen

Biography: Mr. van Greunen joined Köpplinger Boltman in 2015 and became a partner at Köpplinger Boltman van Greunen in 2021. He has specialised in labour law, civil litigation and debt collection for more than a decade. He is a strong litigator in the High Court with a specialty in delictual and commercial litigation. Mr. van Greunen also has vast experience in workplace investigations, discipline and grievance s and representation at the Office of the Labour Commissioner. He served as the President of the Law Society, now a council member (2026 - 207) and former member of the Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund. 

Mr. van Greunen holds an LLB degree from the North-West University of South Africa.

He also has a Global MBA from Albstadt-Sigmaringen University through the IBR Institute of International Business Relations.  His thesis was in Strategic Management for SMEs and Professional Service Firms. Mr. van Greunen is further knowledgeable in Human Capital Management, Operations Management and Project Management with appreciation of Digital Transformation in the workplace.

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Rauha Shipindo

Biography: An admitted Legal Practitioner of both the High Court and the Supreme Court of Namibia. Holds 8 years’ experience in general law. Registered member of the Law Society of Namibia after admittance as a legal practitioner of the High Court on the 1st July 2016. Was conferred the degree of Baccularus Juris (B Juris) and Baccaureus Legum (LLB) from the University of the Namibia in 2013 and 2015 respectively. Currently the Director and practicing Legal Practitioner at Shipindo & Associates Inc. Aspiring Conveyancer and LLM candidate at the University of Cape Town.

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