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Eric Levenstein

Director, Head of Insolvency, Business Rescue & Restructuring Practice · Werksmans Attorneys

South AfricaInsolvency, Business Rescue

About

Director at Werksmans Attorneys and head of the firm's Insolvency, Business Rescue & Restructuring practice; appointed a director in 1993. He has held leadership roles in industry bodies (Chairman of SARIPA from January 2019; Board Member of INSOL International November 2018–November 2020; Chairman of the INSOL Small Practice Members Issues Committee June 2017–June 2019) and is the author of the South African Business Rescue Procedure (published October 2017).

Practice areas

InsolvencyBusiness RescueRestructuringIntellectual Property

Office

Expertise

Insolvency PracticeBusiness RescueRestructuringInsolvency Law and Procedure

Education

  • BCom, University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • LLB, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Higher diplomas in Company Law and Tax, University of the Witwatersrand
  • LLD (Doctor of Laws) in Business Rescue, University of Pretoria (2016)
  • Diploma in Insolvency Law, University of Johannesburg

Admissions

  • Member, South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners Association (SARIPA)
  • Member, INSOL International
  • Member, Law Society of the Northern Provinces