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Commerce in a time of uncertainty: COVID-19
By Neil Kirby, Director and Helen Michael, Director and Zamathiyane Mthiyane, Senior Associate The spread of COVID-19 has caused panic worldwide, with panic [...]
Force majeure and supervening impossibility of performance
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 [...]
Financial consequences of COVID-19
by Danny Andropoulos, Director It is very likely that the COVID-19 pandemic will result in financial distress for many businesses. Insofar as [...]
The effects of the Coronavirus in the workplace
By Anastasia Vatalidis, Director and Bradley Workman-Davies, Director and Jacques van Wyk, Director and Kerry Federicks, Senior Associate, and Andre van Heerden, Senior [...]
MAC clauses
by Shayne Krige, Director The coronavirus has obvious impacts on the airline, events and tourism industries, but we are also seeing a [...]
WERKSMANS SUPPORTS START-UPS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
Beyond the need to merely operate as a top-ranked highly successful corporate and commercial law firm, Werksmans strives to make a difference in all we do. [...]
Leading by excellence
It is with great pride that we inform you of our chairman, David Hertz's Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Commercial Law as well as Werksmans [...]
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IFLR1000 FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE RANKINGS (2019 EDITION) IFLR1000 has released its latest rankings which reflects our market standing within the financial and corporate practice areas. This [...]
THE LEGAL 500 EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA RANKINGS
The Legal 500 has released its 2018 rankings for the EMEA region. Regarded as one of the world's largest and most reputable legal referral [...]
CHAMBERS GLOBAL 2018
Chambers Global released its 2018 rankings Thursday, 15 February 2018. Chambers is an independent international legal ratings directory, ranking both individual lawyers and select practices on [...]
A First For Werksmans – Senior Associate, Naledi Motsiri wins Pro Bono Award
Werksmans has been involved in providing pro bono services for more than five years. We have a dedicated Public Interest Law team comprising of a director [...]
