Legal updates and opinions

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 [...]

Werksmans Attorneys has for the past two decades, been at the centre and cusp of the Land Question, having successfully represented large-scale landowners, funders, investors, claimant [...]

Land reform, restitution and redistribution have received elevated impetus and focus in South Africa. In September 2018, President Ramaphosa announced the appointment of a ten-member expert [...]

Werksmans Attorneys has for the past two decades, been at the center and cusp of the Land Question, having successfully represented large-scale landowners, funders, investors, claimant [...]

Land reform, restitution and redistribution have received elevated impetus and focus in South Africa. In September 2018, President Ramaphosa announced the appointment of a ten-member expert [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

ARE YOU READY? The Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill is currently before the National Assembly on its progression through the legislative process. Are you ready [...]

Doing business in Africa is associated with diverse challenges and risks and must accordingly be founded on a strong legal base. Werksmans is a founding member [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

SEMINAR RECORDING A robust understanding of the implications of the Protection of Personal Information Act, is imperative for anyone partaking in the economy. A number of [...]

Maximising Returns in a Restructuring - some war stories and practical solutions. Join us for a breakfast seminar where we will discuss the challenges faced in [...]

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 [...]