Werksmans Attorneys — South Africa

Aarthi Ramdhin

Aarthi is a Director in the Banking & Finance and Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions practice areas. · Banking & Finance

Adam Pyzikowski

Director at Werksmans Attorneys · Corporate / M&A

Ahmore Burger-Smidt

Director, Head of Data Privacy Practice, Werksmans Advisory Services · Data Privacy

Aidan Kenny

Director · Real Estate

Akhona Bilatyi

Associate · Dispute Resolution

Anastasia Vatalidis

Appointed Director of Werksmans in 2004 and is currently Head of the Labour & Employment practice area. · Labour & Employment

Andre Van Heerden

Senior Associate · Business Crimes & Investigations

Anine van der Merwe

Director at Werksmans Attorneys · Litigation

Astrid Berman

Director at Werksmans Attorneys · Banking & Finance

Bankey Sono

Director Bankey Sono is a lawyer in the Labour & Employment practice area. · Labour & Employment

Bernard Hotz

Director Bernard Hotz is Head of the Business Crimes & Investigations practice area. · Business Crime & Investigations

Boitumelo Moti

Associate · Dispute Resolution

Boitumelo Rammala

Senior Associate · Dispute Resolution

Bradley Workman-Davies

Director at Werksmans · Labour & Employment

Brendan Olivier

Director · Business Crimes & Investigations

Bulelwa Mabasa

Bulelwa Mabasa has been a Director at Werksmans since 2008 and is currently the Head of Land Reform Restitution & Tenure practice. · Dispute Resolution

Cari Cole-Morgan

Director, Head of the Knowledge Management at Werksmans Attorneys · Knowledge Management

Chris Moraitis

Director, Head of Infrastructure, Energy & Projects Practice · Infrastructure

Chris Stevens

Chris Stevens is a Director at Werksmans Attorneys and is Head of the Mining practice area. · Mining

Clarisa Laltha

Director · Banking & Finance

Corlett Manaka

Corlett Manaka is a director at Werksmans and a member of the Werksmans Inc. Executive Committee. He is Head of the Litigation Department and also heads up the Dispute Resolution practice group. · Litigation

Daniela Pisanti

Daniela Pisanti has been a Director at Werksmans Attorneys since 2016. · Dispute Resolution

Danielle Magidson

Director at Werksmans Attorneys · Corporate / M&A

Danny Andropoulos

Director at Werksmans Attorneys · Banking & Finance

Darren Willans

Darren Willans has been a director of Werksmans Attorneys since 2009 and is part of the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice areas. · Litigation

David Gewer

Director at Werksmans Attorneys · Corporate / M&A

David Hertz

David Hertz is the Chairman of Werksmans Attorneys. · Dispute Resolution

Deon Griessel

Director at Werksmans Attorneys · Dispute Resolution

Des Williams

Des Williams is a director of Werksmans. He is experienced in all fields of commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution, including international litigation, arbitration and mediation. Des has extensive experience in major review proceedings, including reviews of decisions of regulatory boards and awards in arbitration proceedings. Other fields of expertise include constitutional law, telecommunications law and gambling and gaming law. Des has been involved in many of the largest and most complex litigation and arbitration matters in South Africa. · Litigation

Dewald Van Den Berg

Dewald Van Den Berg has been a Director at Werksmans, working in the firm’s Dispute Resolution practice since 2012. · Litigation

Doelie Lessing

Director at Werksmans Attorneys · Tax

Dominique Arteiro

Director at Werksmans Attorneys · Competition

Donvay Wegierski

Director · Intellectual Property

Dylan Cunard

Director · Banking & Finance

Elliott Wood

Elliott Wood is a Director and Head of Private Equity and Sports & Entertainment Practice. He advises across the Banking & Finance and Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions practice areas and specialises in banking and finance matters (including acquisition and leveraged finance; aviation finance; and corporate finance); mergers & acquisitions; private equity; structured finance; syndicated and bilateral financing structures; international transactions; acquisitions and management/leveraged buy-outs; and restructuring of corporate entities. · Banking & Finance

Eric Levenstein

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

Erich Bell

Director, Werksmans Tax (Pty) Ltd · Tax

Ernest Mazansky

Ernest Mazansky is a director of Werksmans (Pty) Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Werksmans Inc, and heads the firm’s Tax practice group. He specialises in corporate tax planning; restructuring of corporate entities; share incentive schemes;dispute resolution/tax controversy; offshore structures & financing; exchange control; VAT; estate planning; and wills & trusts (local and international). · Tax

Frikkie van Tonder

Frikkie was appointed a director of Werksmans in 2008. · Dispute Resolution

Gerhard Cloete

Director at Werksmans Attorneys · Arbitration

Gerhard Johannes

Director Gerhard Johannes is Head of Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions · Corporate / M&A

Graeme Wickins

Graeme Wickins has been a Director at Werksmans Attorneys since 2016 in the Competition and Media, Communications & Technology practice areas. He specialises in obtaining of approval for mergers and takeovers from the competition authorities in South Africa and throughout Africa including Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and with supranational African competition authorities including CEMAC and COMESA, providing competition law advice in regard to alleged anti-competitive conduct such as cartels, minimum resale price maintenance and abuses of dominance, conducting specialised competition compliance audits and providing focused competition law training including workshops and face to face training and developing compliance programmes, including search and seizure (dawn raid) guidelines and "mock" dawn raid simulations. · Competition

Harold Jacobs

Director, Head of Pro Bono Practice at Werksmans Attorneys · Arbitration

Helen Michael

Director · Construction & Engineering

Hendrik Kotze

Director at Werksmans Attorneys · Real Estate

Hilah Laskov

Hilah Laskov is a Senior Associate at Werksmans Attorneys. · Banking & Finance

Jacques van Wyk

Director · Business Crimes & Investigations

Jacqui Kallmeyer

Jacqui Kallmeyer has been a director at Werksmans since 2008 and is a currently a director in the Arbitration and Dispute Resolution practice areas. · Arbitration

Janene Meiring

Director · Construction & Engineering

Janine Hollesen

Director, Head of the Intellectual Property Practice · Intellectual Property

Jarryd Mardon

Senior Associate · Arbitration

Jennifer Smit

Admitted in 2005 with well over fourteen years experience in general commercial dispute resolution and litigation. · Arbitration

Jeremy Gobetz

Director at Werksmans Attorneys · Dispute Resolution

Johan Lubbe

Director · Real Estate

Jonathan Behr

Director at Werksmans Attorneys · Banking & Finance

Jonathan Stockwell

Jonathan Stockwell has been a Director at Werksmans, working in the Dispute Resolution Practice since 2008. · Dispute Resolution

Jones Antunes

Director · Arbitration

Justin Truter

Director · Environmental & Resources

Kamiel Rajah

Associate · Dispute Resolution

Kathleen Louw

Kathleen Louw has been a Director at Werksmans Attorneys in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution department since 2016. Director Kathleen Louw advises in the Arbitration; Construction & Engineering; Dispute Resolution; and Mining & Resources practice areas. · Litigation