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Construction & Engineering Seminar
Click Here To RSVP Join Werksmans Attorneys and SAICE , in association with Koleko for an insightful discussion navigating the legal landscape within the construction and [...]
Webinar: Constraints, Challenges and Opportunities in the Leisure Industry
With the ongoing ravages of Covid-19, the leisure industry continues to take a pounding in the South African market. Dr. Eric Levenstein, Head of our Insolvency, [...]
Webinar l Land Reform & Mining in South Africa
Unpacking Key Legislation Land Reform & Mining in South Africa Wednesday 24 November 2021 | 9:00am Land reform and mining continues to evolve and dominate as [...]
Webinar | Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare & Life Sciences Recent developments in the healthcare and life sciences sector Thursday, 17 February 2022 | 8:30am We unpack a recent judgement concerning a [...]
Webinar | Land and Environmental
The Interplay Between Cultural Heritage, Land, and the Environment The past two years of the pandemic have exposed some of South Africa's dire legislative and socio-economic [...]
Construction Sector Outlook | Johannesburg Seminar
Navigating the legal crosswinds affecting the construction industry The challenges facing the construction industry started long before the pandemic-induced sector slump which hampered operations across the [...]
Construction Sector Outlook | Cape Town Seminar
Navigating the legal crosswinds affecting the construction industry The challenges facing the construction industry started long before the pandemic-induced sector slump which hampered operations across the [...]
Is privacy a debate worth having? | Panel discussion and book launch | 1 June 2023
Is privacy a debate worth having? 1 June 2023 | Please RSVP by 29 May 2023 Globally, we've seen an exponential increase in data breaches followed by [...]
Healthcare & Life Sciences Seminar | 8 June 2023
Healthcare & Life Sciences Seminar Invitation | 8 June 2023 Please join us for a seminar where our panel of experts will explore the prevailing trends [...]
Employment Seminar | Hybrid Event
We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming employment seminar. RSVP HERE With the constantly changing employment laws and regulations, it can be challenging for [...]
Webinar: Navigating through a crisis – A compass for directors of South African companies
South Africa and the world face economic fallout. COVID-19 has imposed extremely difficult trading conditions on South African companies like never before. These unprecedented events will [...]
ESG in motion: Embracing the Rise of Electric Vehicles
SEMINAR INVITATION | CLICK HERE TO RSVP As the world rapidly shifts towards sustainable practices and cleaner energy solutions in response to increasing concerns around climate [...]
Webinar: Are you thinking of relocating using residency and citizenship by investment programmes?
When considering a relocation or citizenship, tax and exchange control implications – in both the destination country and in South Africa, need to be considered carefully. Werksmans Director [...]
Land Reform as a Pillar for Nation-Building
19 June 2023 marked 110 years since the promulgation of the Natives Land Act of 1913. More than a century later, land access, redistribution, and tenure [...]
Webinar: Taxing Times
The next Graphene Economics Taxing Times Webinar will take place on 2 July 2020 at 10:00. The webinar will be moderated by Michael Hewson, Director of [...]
Optimising distress in corporate South Africa
Navigating the solvent restructuring and business rescue processes RSVP HERE Over the past few years and recently, both business rescue and restructuring proceedings have seen much [...]
Webinar: Business Rescue in the time of COVID-19
Walking the Tightrope of Financial Distress – Challenges for directors of financially distressed companies in a COVID-19 World The COVID-19 is a human tragedy of enormous [...]
Healthcare & Life Sciences Webinar
CLICK HERE TO RSVP We are currently undergoing a proposed paradigm shift in the provision of healthcare services in South Africa in the face of the [...]
Webinar: POPIA is here – is your business ready?
The President has announced that POPIA will commence on 1 July 2020. This means all affected organisations must comply with the Act within 12 months or [...]
Webinar: SA and Israeli tax and financial professionals to consider financial, tax & wealth planning opportunities
Join Director Michael Honiball and other speakers for a webinar, discussing South African and Israeli tax, financial and wealth planning opportunities. South Africans immigrating to Israel [...]
Webinar: Constraints, Challenges and Opportunities in the Leisure Industry
With the ongoing ravages of Covid-19, the leisure industry continues to take a pounding in the South African market, with many businesses having had no option [...]
Blockchain Seminar
Blockchain is revolutionising global trade and presenting both opportunities and challenges in the fields of intellectual property law, contact law and regulatory law. This seminar will [...]
The Domestic Violence Act Workshop
Werksmans' Pro Bono Department understands the dire need for the law to be made more accessible to the general public and that education is one of [...]
Competition Law Workshop
ARE YOU COMPLIANT? In the past few years the competition authorities have interpreted the fundamental concepts of "control" and "part of the business" as used in [...]
Arbitration Seminar
The long-awaited new International Arbitration Act came into force in December 2017. This important development heralds the dawn of a new era for arbitration in South Africa. [...]