Chris Stevens Archives - Werksmans Attorneys https://werksmans.com/Name / Surname/chris-stevens/ Corporate and Commercial Law Firm Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:09:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://werksmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-WERKSMANS-W-scaled-1-32x32.bmp Chris Stevens Archives - Werksmans Attorneys https://werksmans.com/Name / Surname/chris-stevens/ 32 32 Chris Stevens https://werksmans.com/team-members/chris-stevens/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:37:41 +0000 https://www.werksmans.online/?post_type=gs_team&p=9863 Chris Stevens is a Director and Head of the Mining & Resources practice area. Chris is deeply skilled in matters relating to due diligence; opinion work; administrative appeals and reviews; mining title registration; and resources law. He is a sought-after advisor on mining transactions; mining disputes; and all aspects of the MPRDA. Chris advised [...]

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Chris Stevens is a Director and Head of the Mining & Resources practice area. Chris is deeply skilled in matters relating to due diligence; opinion work; administrative appeals and reviews; mining title registration; and resources law. He is a sought-after advisor on mining transactions; mining disputes; and all aspects of the MPRDA. Chris advised Anglo American Platinum on all its B-BBEE projects for all its joint ventures and existing mines.

Mining & Resources

  • Due diligence
  • Opinion work
  • Administrative appeals and reviews
  • Mining title registration
  • Resources law

  • Mining transactions
  • Mining disputes
  • All aspects of the MPRDA
  • Advised Anglo Platinum on its BEE projects for its joint ventures and existing mines;
  • Currently advising the Department of Water Affairs in relation to the acid mine drainage project in the Witwatersrand and;
  • Currently advising the Department of Water Affairs in relation to the acid mine drainage project in the Witwatersrand.

  • BCom (University of the Witwatersrand)
  • LLB (University of the Witwatersrand)
  • 2012: Director, Werksmans
  • Head of Mining & Resources practice area

  • Ranked lawyer (Band 1) by Chambers Global | 2026 | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
  • Listed in hall of fame by the Legal 500 | 2026 | Mining
  • Listed in hall of fame by the Legal 500 | 2024 – 2025 | Mining
  • Recognised as a thought leader Africa by Who’s Who Legal | 2023 | Mining
  • Ranked as an expert consultant by IFLR 1000 | 2022 | Energy & infrastructure and project finance
  • Ranked lawyer (Band 1) by Chambers Global | 2008 – 2022, 2024, 2025 | Energy & natural resources: mining
  • Named as a leading lawyer by Legal 500 | 2013 – 2016 and 2018 – 2021 | mining
  • Ranked as a highly regarded practitioner by IFLR 1000 | 2020, 2024 and 2025 | Project development – mining
  • Named as a global elite thought leader in Who’s Who Legal | Mining
  • Named as a recommended lawyer in Who’s Who Legal | Mining
  • Named as a global elite thought leader in Who’s Who Legal | Mining
  • Membership: Mining Law Committee, IBA (2003 – 2004)
  • Won WITS prize for mining law in LLM by course work (1991)
  • Lectured LLB Prospecting and Mining Course, WITS (1995 – 2005)
  • Lectures annually at the WITS LLM in Mining Engineering on Mineral Law Compliance
  • Spoken at about 50 conferences in South Africa over the past 20 years
  • Presentations:
    • RMMLF Mining Law Conference in Rio de Janeiro (2019); o IBA Conference in London on Investment in Africa (2018);
    • IBA conference in Rome on mining contractorship agreements (2005);
    • IBA conference in Cape Town on implications of the National Water Act on mining companies (1998); and
    • IPBA in Auckland, New Zealand on Native Title in South Africa and how it affects mining tenements (1998).

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