Legal updates and opinions

by Erich Bell, Director, Werksmans Tax Proprietary Limited SARS's Notices to the Public The South African Revenue Service ("SARS") has taken several precautionary measures in response [...]

Download Guide Here As the old adage, popularised following its appearance in Stan Lee's Marvel Comics, goes "with great power, comes great responsibility". This saying is no [...]

Chambers Global released its 2023 rankings. Published annually since 1999, Chambers covers legal markets of 200 jurisdictions by researching firms and conducting interviews with clients and legal [...]

Chambers Global released its 2025 rankings. Published annually since 1999, Chambers is an independent professional legal research company operating across 200 jurisdictions, delivering detailed rankings and insights [...]

Cancer Association of SA, Werksmans Attorneys, Western Cape hosts Shavathon The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) and Werksmans Attorneys hosted the ever popular, CANSA [...]

Note from David Hertz, Chairman On the 3rd April 2023, Werksmans proudly welcomed two new directors, Nkonzo Hlatshwayo and Phuti Mashalane to the [...]

Note from David Hertz, Chairman I am pleased to announce that Werksmans has expanded its commercial offering welcoming two legal teams into our [...]

DealMakers Two of the transactions in which Werksmans acted as legal advisors secured key accolades: BEE Deal of the Year and Business Rescue Transaction of the [...]

IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Rankings (2022 Edition) IFLR1000 has released its latest rankings which reflect our market standing within the financial and corporate practice areas. This [...]

It gives us great pleasure to announce that the following Senior Associates have been offered positions as Directors with effect from 1 March 2022 Armand Swart [...]

by Eric Levenstein, Director and Nastascha Harduth, Director   Capital markets have been rattled by the multiple effects of COVID-19: A reported R2.3 [...]

Use of Competition Law in response to COVID-19   The South African Government is responding quickly to the health threats posed by COVID-19.  [...]

Following the declaration by the President of the Republic of South Africa of the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic as a disaster in South [...]

by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and head of Data Privacy   Without a process to monitor, understand and prevent the spread of COVID-19 by [...]

by Cari Cole-Morgan, Director and Julian van Niekerk, Director   The delays and disruptions caused by the global outbreak of COVID-19 and government [...]

by Kathleen Louw, Director and Chris Stevens, Director   RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS TO TEMPORARILY CEASE OR CURTAIL OPERATIONS   The holder of a [...]

by Pierre Burger, Director and Shmuel Moch, Senior Associate Introduction One of the major legal issues arising from the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 virus has [...]

by Danny Andropoulos, Director   It is very likely that the COVID-19 pandemic will result in financial distress for many businesses. Insofar as [...]

by Irma-Dalene Gouws, Director Where firms, in times of crisis, increase the prices of goods, or services to levels substantially above what would, under normal circumstances, [...]

by Jason Smit, Director and Mahatma Khwidzhili, Associate The outbreak and consequences of COVID-19 has resulted in government taking drastic action and exercising statutory power in [...]

By Neil Kirby, Director and Helen Michael, Director and Zamathiyane Mthiyane, Senior Associate The spread of COVID-19 has caused panic worldwide, with panic [...]