Legal updates and opinions

As an emerging market, South Africa offers opportunities for investors to consider the purchase of valuable assets that might become available at heavily-discounted prices due to companies facing [...]

The publication of the Medical Schemes Amendment Bill and its twin, the National Health Insurance Bill, present a fundamental change in the funding of access to [...]

The much-anticipated report of the Expert Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture was published on 28 July 2019, contained in 144 pages. Our Director and [...]

NEW YEAR, NEW RULES: KING IV™ AND DIRECTORS' DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES In a changing world where information is literally at the fingertips of society at large, [...]

Assign Services (Pty) Limited v National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and Others [2018] ZACC 22. Werksmans Labour & Employment Practice invite you to attend [...]

Werksmans Attorneys invites you to our Labour and Employment seminar where we will be covering the topics below: An analysis of important decisions recently handed down [...]

Join Werksmans at our upcoming seminar arranged by the Financial Services Regulation practice group where we will be discussing: · What to expect in 2017 in [...]

Like most other industries in the world and in South Africa, the construction sector is increasingly taking strain. With new changes in standard templates, increasingly frustrating [...]

Land reform has not ceased being a topical issue that has dominated the headlines post democracy in South Africa. Werksmans' offering in this area is at [...]

Join Werksmans at our upcoming labour seminar where we will be considering implications of recent amendments within the dynamic field of labour law for employers going [...]

Werksmans Labour & Employment Practice invite you to attend our annual employment law seminar where we will be considering implications of recent developments in employment law. [...]

Land reform has not ceased being a topical issue that has dominated the headlines post democracy in South Africa. Werksmans’ offering in this area is at [...]

What do recent events and amendments mean for the restless South African labour landscape, at a time when the industry is experiencing unprecedented challenges and pressure [...]

This half day seminar, jointly presented and sponsored by Werksmans, McDermott Will & Emery and the ICC, will focus on the prospects, possibilities and challenges facing [...]

Land reform has not ceased being a topical issue that has dominated the headlines post democracy in South Africa. Werksmans’ offering in this area is at [...]

KEY REGULATORY CHANGES AND CHALLENGES IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR. The financial sector is experiencing significant regulatory changes. While the intentions behind the new wave of these [...]

After a restful holiday, get your company fit for competition law compliance in the New Year! Sharpen your skills and enhance your understanding of the changing [...]

IS YOUR E-COMMERCE BUSINESS COMPLIANT? In a very competitive economic climate, with alternatives just a convenient click away, companies can hardly afford not to be online [...]

The exponential increase in data breaches globally highlights the threat to both company and customer data. Understanding compliance and best practice data management, incident preparedness and [...]

Despite data indicating an upward trend, the construction industry remains under scrutiny and in the headlines for all the wrong reasons – most notably the finalisation [...]

Werksmans Attorneys is pleased to invite you to join our annual investment funds law seminar where we will be delving into the recently announced Conduct of [...]

Environmental law is a morass of regulations, laws, statutes, by-laws, guidelines and directives. However, environmental law remains an important part of business operations in so far [...]

BUSINESS RESCUE - PREDICT, PREPARE AND PRESERVE Business rescue has become commonplace in South Africa and remains a robust and highly creative procedure for rescuing financially [...]

On September 18, Werksmans and guest speaker Advocate Anton Myburgh SC presented a labour seminar which looked at the year 2014 in the context of protracted [...]

We welcome 2019 with fundamental shifts and changes in regulation governing healthcare and life sciences law in South Africa. Please join us for a seminar where [...]