Legal updates and opinions

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 [...]

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

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 [...]