Healthcare & Life Sciences Archives - Werksmans Attorneys https://werksmans.com/gs-team-practice-area/healthcare-life-sciences/ Corporate and Commercial Law Firm Thu, 28 May 2026 12:52:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://werksmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-WERKSMANS-W-scaled-1-32x32.bmp Healthcare & Life Sciences Archives - Werksmans Attorneys https://werksmans.com/gs-team-practice-area/healthcare-life-sciences/ 32 32 Jordan Gobie https://werksmans.com/team-members/jordan-gobie/ Thu, 28 May 2026 12:52:33 +0000 https://werksmans.com/?post_type=gs_team&p=25821 Jordan Gobie is an Associate in the Healthcare and Life Sciences practice area. Years of Experience: 2 years Healthcare and Life Sciences Litigation & Dispute Resolution Healthcare & Life Sciences Regulatory General Disputes Environmental Law Administrative Law Consumer Protection Data Privacy LLB, University of Johannesburg, 2023 BA (Law), University of Johannesburg, 2021 [...]

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Years of Experience: 2 years

Healthcare and Life Sciences

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Regulatory
  • General Disputes
  • Environmental Law
  • Administrative Law
  • Consumer Protection
  • Data Privacy

  • LLB, University of Johannesburg, 2023
  • BA (Law), University of Johannesburg, 2021

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]]> Slade van Rooyen https://werksmans.com/team-members/slade-van-rooyen/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:32:18 +0000 https://www.werksmans.online/?post_type=gs_team&p=23440 Years of Experience: 2 years Disputes Healthcare & Life Sciences Regulatory Healthcare law Administrative law Data privacy Environmental law Consumer protection General dispute resolution Financial sector regulation Your Content Goes Here LLB, Stellenbosch University, 2022 (cum laude)"; Authorships Co-authored the South African chapter of In-Depth: Banking Regulation (15th Edition) [...]

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Years of Experience: 2 years

  • Disputes
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Regulatory

  • Healthcare law
  • Administrative law
  • Data privacy
  • Environmental law
  • Consumer protection
  • General dispute resolution
  • Financial sector regulation

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  • LLB, Stellenbosch University, 2022 (cum laude)”;

Authorships

  • Co-authored the South African chapter of In-Depth: Banking Regulation (15th Edition) and GLI – Banking Regulation 2025 (12th Edition).

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]]> Siphosakhe Phakathi https://werksmans.com/team-members/siphosakhe-phakathi/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 12:03:07 +0000 https://www.werksmans.online/?post_type=gs_team&p=18478 Siphosakhe Phakathi is a Senior Associate specialising in Healthcare & Life Sciences, Disputes and Regulatory practice areas. She advises on the provisions of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, the Promotion of Access to Personal Information Act, the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, consumer protection law, compliance with healthcare legislation and related regulations, [...]

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Siphosakhe Phakathi is a Senior Associate specialising in Healthcare & Life Sciences, Disputes and Regulatory practice areas. She advises on the provisions of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, the Promotion of Access to Personal Information Act, the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, consumer protection law, compliance with healthcare legislation and related regulations, including, the National Health Act and the Medicines & Related Substances Act. Siphosakhe also specialises in all aspects of general and commercial litigation within the aforementioned areas of law.

Years of Experience: 3 years

  • Disputes
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Regulatory

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  • Admitted as an Attorney, 2019
  • LLB, University of the KwaZulu-Natal, 2012-2015

  • Dean’s list, 2012
  • Member of Golden Key International Honour Society

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]]> Monique Pansegrouw https://werksmans.com/team-members/monique-pansegrouw/ Sat, 12 Apr 2025 13:13:36 +0000 https://www.werksmans.online/?post_type=gs_team&p=10186 Monique Pansegrouw is a Director and advise across two practice areas: Disputes and Healthcare & Life Sciences. Monique served her articles at Werksmans from 2003 to 2004 and was admitted as an attorney in 2004. She has been a litigation practitioner since 2005 and specialises in general commercial litigation, which includes arbitration and mediation [...]

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Monique Pansegrouw is a Director and advise across two practice areas: Disputes and Healthcare & Life Sciences. Monique served her articles at Werksmans from 2003 to 2004 and was admitted as an attorney in 2004. She has been a litigation practitioner since 2005 and specialises in general commercial litigation, which includes arbitration and mediation proceedings, administrative and regulatory law, healthcare and regulatory matters, disputes and general advice, and court proceedings relating to petroleum products and licensing legislation.

Monique is part of Werksmans’ Knowledge Management Department and is responsible for advising the Litigation Department of the latest legal developments affecting litigation practices, as well as developments affecting the legal practice as a whole. Monique presents lectures to the first-year candidate attorneys at Werksmans during their induction programme, providing guidance and training to the candidate attorneys, to equip them to deal with the demands of legal practice at an early stage of their careers.

Monique served two consecutive terms, of three years each, as a Councillor of the Gauteng Provincial Council of the Legal Practice Council (“GPC”) as well as a Committee Member of the GPC’s Professional Affairs Committee and the GPC’s Extensions Committee, respectively, from April 2019 to April 2025. Monique chaired the GPC’s Extensions Committee during her second term on the GPC.

Experience: 22 years

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

  • Disputes
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences

  • Arbitration, mediation and alternative dispute resolution
  • Administrative and regulatory law
  • General commercial litigation

  • General commercial litigation, which includes arbitration and mediation proceedings.
  • Administrative and regulatory law, which includes advice and litigation pertaining to the Promotion of Access to Information Act No 2 of 2000 (PAIA) and the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act No 3 of 2000 (PAJA) for various clients in different industries.
  • Building and construction law and construction-related matters and disputes, which includes successfully representing China Overseas Engineering Group Co., Ltd, known as COVEC (a Chinese construction and engineering company that is a subsidiary of China Railway Group Limited, which is organised as a large collection of engineering and design firms) in two separate arbitrations relating to the Vaal River Eastern Subsystem Augmentation Project.
  • Advising and representing the South African Reserve Bank in various matters, which includes PAIA and PAJA-related matters and court applications, and advice and court proceedings pertaining to the contravention of Exchange Control Regulations.
  • Advice and court proceedings relating to the Petroleum Products Act No 120 of 1977 in respect of wholesale, retail and site licence applications, which includes representing various agribusinesses.
  • Healthcare and regulatory-related matters and disputes.

  • Admitted as an attorney, 2004
  • Full Time Legal Training Course at School for Legal Practice, 2002
  • LLM (Corporate Law), Rand Afrikaans University, 2000-2001
  • LLB, Rand Afrikaans University, 1997-1999
  • BCom (Law), Rand Afrikaans University, 1994-1996

  • Author of a commentary published on the Silicosis Class Action Case of Nkala v Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Treatment Action Campaign NPC and Sonke Gender Justice NPC Amicus Curiae) during 2016 in Werksmans Legal Werks, The Times – The Legal Times, Business Day and Legalbrief publications.
  • Contributing author of articles published during 2017 to 2022 in the following Canadian publications: Canadian Class Action Review, Canadian Class Action Defence Quarterly, Class Actions in Canada and Beyond: A Selection of Leading Class Action Articles from the BCF Class Action NetLetter and a special-edition volume of the Lexis Nexis Supreme Court Law Review.
  • Author of article published in August 2025 in Werksmans’ LegalWerks News Alerts, dealing with the legislative reform of Class Actions following the publication of amendments to the Uniform Rules of the High Court that contain provisions dealing with the certification of class actions.
  • GPC Councillor for two consecutive terms from 2019 to 2025.

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]]> Helen Michael https://werksmans.com/team-members/helen-michael/ Sat, 12 Apr 2025 08:18:10 +0000 https://www.werksmans.online/?post_type=gs_team&p=10097 Helen Michael is a Director in the Healthcare & Life Sciences practice area and has been practicing in healthcare regulatory law for 10 years. She also forms part of the Dispute Resolution, General Regulatory and Environmental Law Practice Group Areas. Helen advises the South African private healthcare sector extensively on all matters pertaining to [...]

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Helen Michael is a Director in the Healthcare & Life Sciences practice area and has been practicing in healthcare regulatory law for 10 years. She also forms part of the Dispute Resolution, General Regulatory and Environmental Law Practice Group Areas. Helen advises the South African private healthcare sector extensively on all matters pertaining to healthcare regulatory law including medical schemes, professional practice, medicines, foodstuffs, medical devices and national health insurance. Helen, however, also advises, inter alia, on administrative law, consumer protection law, privacy and the protection of personal information as well as environmental law. Helen holds an LLB (with distinction) and an LLM in Environmental Law (with distinction), both from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Years of Experience: 10 years

  • Disputes
  • Environmental
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Regulatory

  • Environmental law
  • Healthcare law
  • Administrative law
  • Constitutional law
  • Due diligence investigations on the above
  • Consumer protection law

  • Restitution of land rights and land claims.
  • Provisions of the Promotion of Access to Information Act and the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act.
  • Compliance with healthcare legislation including the National Health Act and the Medicines & Related Substances Act.
  • Compliance with the National Environmental Management Act.
  • Consumer law, and in particular, the Consumer Protection Act and related legislation.
Advised / Represented / Acted on behalf of:
  • Advises extensively on matters pertaining to the proposed National Health Insurance.
  • Advises a number of medical schemes in respect of the application of the provisions of the Medical Schemes Act No. 131 of 1998, as amended, in respect of both the design of benefits, complaints to the Registrar of Medical Schemes and the application of the Rules of various medical schemes to various third parties, including members.
  • Assisted in team that advised Omegalabs Proprietary Limited in respect of the classification of its product Dermalex as a medical device, the decision by the North Gauteng High Court being seminal in the application of the provisions of the Medicines and Related Substances Act No. 101 of 1965, as amended, to medical devices.
  • Advised on numerous matters pertaining to the licensing of private health establishments, the regulations dealing with private health establishments both provisionally and nationally and the challenges faced by private health establishments in respect of the licensing application for purposes of operating and running a hospital in the private sector.
  • Advising and representing the South African Reserve Bank in various matters, which includes PAIA and PAJA related matters and court applications and advice and court proceedings pertaining to the contravention of Exchange Control Regulations.
  • Various clients on regulatory environmental issues, including Lanxess Proprietary Limited, Bayer Proprietary Limited and Active Foundry Proprietary Limited.
  • Assisted with various environmental due diligences, including for Cheetah Chrome South Africa Proprietary Limited and Izimbiwa Coal Proprietary Limited.

  • LLM (Environmental Law) (cum laude), University of the Witwatersrand, 2015
  • Admitted as an Attorney, 2013
  • LLB (cum laude), University of the Witwatersrand, 2011
  • Certificate in Data Protection and Privacy, University of Cape Town, 2023

Authorships
  • Author of numerous articles in her various fields of specialisation

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]]> Dominique Arteiro https://werksmans.com/team-members/dominique-arteiro/ Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:02:33 +0000 https://www.werksmans.online/?post_type=gs_team&p=10007 Dominique Arteiro is a Director in the Competition, Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions and Healthcare & Life Sciences practice areas. His areas of specialisation include obtaining of approval for mergers and takeovers from the competition authorities, lodging and responding to complaints of alleged anti-competitive conduct, preparing applications for leniency and for exemption from the provisions of [...]

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Dominique Arteiro is a Director in the Competition, Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions and Healthcare & Life Sciences practice areas. His areas of specialisation include obtaining of approval for mergers and takeovers from the competition authorities, lodging and responding to complaints of alleged anti-competitive conduct, preparing applications for leniency and for exemption from the provisions of the Competition Act. Dominique also specialises in conducting compliance audits and developing compliance programmes, responding to summonses from the competition authorities, and search and seizure operations (dawn raids), performing competition law training, and representing firms in market inquiries conducted in terms of the Competition Act. Dominique is proficient on the impact assessment studies, strategy documents and guidelines issued by the Competition Commission from time to time.

Years of Experience: 21 years

  • Competition
  • Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Obtaining of approval for mergers and takeovers from the competition authorities.
  • Lodging and defending of complaints of alleged anti-competitive conduct.
  • Applications for leniency and for exemption from the Competition Act.
  • Conducting compliance audits and developing compliance programmes.
  • Responding to summonses from the competition authorities, and search and seizure operations (dawn raids).
  • Performing competition law training.
  • Representing firms in market inquiries conducted in terms of the Competition Act.

  • Acted as Blue Label Telecoms Limited and it’s subsidiaries’ competition law advisor in relation to the sale of BLT’s subsidiary, 3G Mobile Proprietary Limited
  • Acted as the competition law advisor to Oxford Parks Proprietary Limited in relation to their development and sale of a new hotel in Rosebank, South Africa called the “Radisson RED Hotel Johannesburg, Rosebank”. Competition law approval was required before the banks would provide funding for the construction of the hotel, which meant there were timing considerations in the structuring and implementation of the transaction
  • Competition law advisor to Food and Allied Workers Union (“FAWU”) in relation to the large merger involving Simba Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Pepsi Co., Inc.) and Pioneer Foods Group Limited. Dominique represented FAWU in the South African Competition Tribunal proceedings which was the first merger in which the merging parties had to address the Competition Tribunal on the provisions of the new public interest section in 12A(2)(e) of the Competition Act, No.89 of 1998
  • Advisor to Samsung Electronics South Africa Proprietary Limited on various competition law related matters
  • Provided competition advice to Prepaid Company Proprietary Limited (“TPC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of BLT, in relation to its acquisition of all of the shares in 3G Mobile Proprietary Limited (“3G Mobile”), which gave TPC control over 3G Mobile and its subsidiaries
  • Advised MacGlobal who acquired the remaining 50% of the total issued ordinary share capital of Macsteel International Holdings BV (registered in the Netherlands), an incorporated joint venture company on merger control legal regimes in relation to 97 jurisdictions in a transaction in the steel industry valued at approximately ZAR 3 billion
  • Acts for the South African Medical Association, and other firms in the healthcare sector, in relation to competition related advice

  • Admitted as an Attorney, 2003
  • Higher Diploma in Company Law, University of the Witwatersrand
  • LLB, University of Johannesburg, 2001
  • BA, University of Johannesburg, 2000

  • Advises clients in the healthcare, technology, property, mining, travel, agriculture, steel and motor industries.
  • Regular speaker at the Healthcare & Life Sciences annual seminar and at the Competition seminar.
  • Co-presented on the changes introduced by the Competition Amendment Act at the In-House Legal Forum.
  • Represented Food and Allied Workers (FAWU) trade union in the large merger proceedings involving Simba Pty Ltd and Pioneer Foods Limited.
  • Obtained merger approval for the construction of a hotel in Rosebank.
  • Representing parties in prohibited conduct investigation by the Namibian Competition Commission for abuse of dominance.
  • Conducts contract structuring, competition law compliance and competition law training.
  • Co-Author: The Side Hustle – The Dangers of not being legally compliant, March 2021
  • Author: Automotive aftermarket shake-up – The Competition Commission’s final Automotive Aftermarket Guidelines, December 2020
  • Author: 10 things you should know about the Competition Commission’s strategy document – Competition in the Digital Economy, September 2020

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]]> Boitumelo Moti https://werksmans.com/team-members/boitumelo-moti/ Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:46:39 +0000 https://www.werksmans.online/?post_type=gs_team&p=9971 Boitumelo Moti is a Director and advises in the Disputes, Healthcare & Life Sciences and Regulatory practice areas. Her specialisations extend to consumer protection law, data privacy and the protection of personal information. Boitumelo advises the South African private healthcare sector extensively on all matters pertaining to healthcare regulatory law including medical schemes, professional [...]

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Boitumelo Moti is a Director and advises in the Disputes, Healthcare & Life Sciences and Regulatory practice areas. Her specialisations extend to consumer protection law, data privacy and the protection of personal information. Boitumelo advises the South African private healthcare sector extensively on all matters pertaining to healthcare regulatory law including medical schemes, professional practice, medicines, foodstuffs, medical devices and national health insurance. Boitumelo also advises on matters concerning the Consumer Protection Act; the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act; the Protection of Personal Information Act; and the Promotion of Access to Information Act and also specialises in all aspects of general and commercial litigation.

Years of Experience: 4 years

  • Disputes
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Regulatory

  • Commercial litigation
  • Arbitration
  • Liquidations
  • General litigation

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

  • Data Privacy and Cybercrime
  • Consumer Protection
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Promotion of Administrative Justice
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Land Reform Restitution & Tenure

  • LLB (University of Witwatersrand): 2012- 2015
  • Candidate Attorney, Werksmans Inc.: 2016 -2017
  • Admitted as an Attorney, 2018
  • Associate, Werksmans, 2018
  • Senior Associate, 2022

  • Dean’s list (2012, 2015)
  • Member of Golden Key International Honour Society

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]]> Aphindile Govuza https://werksmans.com/team-members/aphindile-govuza/ Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:29:29 +0000 https://www.werksmans.online/?post_type=gs_team&p=9958 Aphindile Govuza is a Director in our, Digital Media & Electronic Communications, Healthcare & Life Sciences and Technology & Innovation practice areas with extensive experience in advising on a wide range of technology and sourcing agreements, advising on digital and electronic communications and commerce matters as well as on data protection laws. He has [...]

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Aphindile Govuza is a Director in our, Digital Media & Electronic Communications, Healthcare & Life Sciences and Technology & Innovation practice areas with extensive experience in advising on a wide range of technology and sourcing agreements, advising on digital and electronic communications and commerce matters as well as on data protection laws.

He has assisted numerous major clients, both within the ICT sector and as customers of ICT services and in both the public and private sector, on technology and communications law, outsourcing and service level agreements, e-commerce law, intellectual property and data protection and privacy issues.

  • Digital Media & Electronic Communications
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Technology & Innovation

  • Technology and communications law,
  • Outsourcing and service level agreements,
  • E-commerce law,
  • Intellectual property
  • Data protection and privacy issues.

  • Conducting extensive compliance projects on the Protection of Personal Information Act No. 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”) for various South African entities in the public and private sectors;
  • Drafting due diligence reports on POPIA compliance by large South African corporate clients;
  • Drafting POPIA-compliant data protection policies and procedures for various multinational companies
  • Advising clients on data protection laws of various African jurisdictions (including South Africa);
  • Drafting opinions on the POPIA implications of the use of geofencing technology by retail clients;
  • Assisting with data protection due diligence and compliance projects which extend to numerous African jurisdictions including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique, Botswana, Malawi, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Uganda and Tanzania;
  • Advising South African companies on the application of the EU General Data Protection Regulation;
  • Drafting, negotiating and/or advising on various technology and telecommunications related agreements on behalf clients, including: support and maintenance agreements; software development, software licences; service level agreements; website terms and conditions;
  • Drafting, negotiating and/or advising on various IT contracts, including inter alia: support and maintenance agreements; software development services agreements, software licenses, implementation agreements, software integration agreements, hosting services agreements, etc.;
  • Advising a number of the major local banks on their commercial risk on various technology deals;
  • Advising various local and international clients on compliance with data protection legislative requirements and privacy law implications. This included the preparation of internal and external privacy policies, training manuals and toolkits, access to information policies, data processing agreements and employee consents forms;
  • Reviewing and drafting various IT related agreements for both local and international clients from various industries including consumer electronics, retail goods, logistics, medical and financial. Examples of the agreements include service level agreements, software license agreements, software development agreements, support and maintenance agreements, reseller agreements, cloud services agreements and consultancy agreements;
  • Reviewing and drafting mobile application and website terms and conditions including privacy policies; and
  • Drafting opinions for various local and international clients on, inter alia, the provisions of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act and the Protection of Personal Information Act.

  • LLB, University of Cape Town: 2013
  • Registered with the Legal Practice Council
  • Year admitted as an attorney: 2016
  • Aphindile was promoted to Director in 2022

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]]> Preeta Bhagattjee https://werksmans.com/team-members/preeta-bhagattjee/ Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:18:59 +0000 https://www.werksmans.online/?post_type=gs_team&p=9915 Preeta Bhagattjee, Director and Head of the Technology & Innovation practice, is a technology law specialist and has extensive experience in communications and digital technology law as well as data protection and cyber-security and intellectual property. Her specialisation includes advising industry leaders on their key strategic technology innovation projects, on major outsourcing and technology [...]

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Preeta Bhagattjee, Director and Head of the Technology & Innovation practice, is a technology law specialist and has extensive experience in communications and digital technology law as well as data protection and cyber-security and intellectual property. Her specialisation includes advising industry leaders on their key strategic technology innovation projects, on major outsourcing and technology projects as well as shaping clients’ legal and regulatory strategies for digital and virtual transformation and on cloud computing services, e-commerce, fintech, digital health and machine learning, robotics and augmented reality, quantum computing and wearable tech. She advises both technology innovators, service providers, investors and disruptors on technology solutions as well as technology users on all their legal needs, in South Africa and across multiple jurisdictions in Africa and across the globe, including across highly regulated sectors such as financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, media and communications.

Years of Experience: 26 years

  • Digital Media & Electronic Communications
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences

  • Digital, virtual and e-commerce legal strategy and contracting
  • Information technology contracting (software, outsourcing and cloud computing)
  • Data Protection and Cybersecurity
  • Data commercialisation and data analytics
  • Digital Media
  • Fintech
  • Digital health
  • Technology regulation
  • Intellectual property
  • Insuretech
  • Regtech
  • Machine learning, robotics and augmented reality (artificial intelligence and deep learning), quantum computing and wearable tech
  • Robotic process automation and connected cars and telematics
  • Digital infrastructure and communications

  • Digital and innovation legal strategies
  • Legal and regulatory implementation of fintech and digital health (healthtech and medtech) products and services
  • Cloud services requirements
  • Outsourcing services requirements including having advised on a number of large-scale technology, telecommunications and networking outsourcing agreements
  • Complex technology procurement, licensing and IP transactions, including with local and offshore components
  • Data aggregation, cross border data processing and data analytics

  • BA LLB, University of the Witwatersrand
  • LLM, University of South Africa (UNISA)
  • LLM, University of Johannesburg
  • Year of admission as an attorney in South Africa, 1999

  • Chambers Global 2026 ranks Preeta in Band 1: IT & Telecommunications
  • Chambers Global 2026 ranks Preeta in Band 2: FinTech Legal
  • Chambers Global 2011 – 2024, 2025 ranks Preeta in Band 1: IT & Telecommunications
  • Chambers Global Fintech 2020 – 2024, 2025 ranks Preeta in – Band 2.
  • Chambers Global 2019 Fintech Legal Guide ranked Preeta in – Band 2.
  • Best Lawyers ranks Preeta in Outsourcing Law and Information Technology Law

  • Preeta has contributed a chapter on South African law to the publication Cybercrime and Security, edited by Professor Pauline Reich and published by Oxford University Press.
  • Preeta has authored the OneTrust Guidance Note – South Africa – data protection overview and co-authored the Thomson Reuters Practical Law guide on Outsourcing in South Africa

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]]> Neil Kirby https://werksmans.com/team-members/neil-kirby/ Fri, 11 Apr 2025 05:00:23 +0000 https://www.werksmans.online/?post_type=gs_team&p=9906 Neil Kirby is a Director and Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences and has been practicing in healthcare regulatory law for over 20 years. He advises in the Healthcare & Life Sciences; Dispute Resolution; Data Privacy and Cybercrime; Land Reform Restitution & Tenure; and Mining, Environmental & Resources practice areas. His specialisations extending to [...]

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Neil Kirby is a Director and Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences and has been practicing in healthcare regulatory law for over 20 years. He advises in the Healthcare & Life Sciences; Dispute Resolution; Data Privacy and Cybercrime; Land Reform Restitution & Tenure; and Mining, Environmental & Resources practice areas. His specialisations extending to consumer protection law; privacy and the protection of personal information; and environmental law.

Neil advises the South African private healthcare sector extensively on all matters pertaining to healthcare regulatory law including medical schemes, professional practice, medicines, foodstuffs, medical devices and national health insurance. Recognised both domestically and internationally as a regulatory expert in healthcare and related laws.

Neil also advises on matters concerning the Consumer Protection Act No. 68 of 2008; the Protection of Personal Information Act No. 4 of 2013; and the Promotion of Access to Information Act No. 2 of 2000.

Years of Experience: 28 years

  • Disputes
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Regulatory
  • Technology & Innovation

  • Data Privacy and Cybercrime
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Land Reform Restitution & Tenure
  • Environmental Law

  • Neil advises extensively on matters pertaining to the proposed National Health Insurance Scheme.
  • Neil advised members of the private healthcare sector in respect of the reviewing and setting aside of the National Health Reference Price List in 2010.
  • Neil advises a number of medical schemes in respect of the application of the provisions of the Medical Schemes Act No. 131 of 1998, as amended, in respect of both the design of benefits, complaints to the Registrar of Medical Schemes and the application of the Rules of various medical schemes to various third parties, including members.
  • Neil advised Omegalabs Proprietary Limited in respect of the classification of its product Dermalex as a medical device, the decision by the North Gauteng High Court being seminal in the application of the provisions of the Medicines and Related Substances Act No. 101 of 1965, as amended, to medical devices.
  • Neil has advised on numerous matters pertaining to the licensing of private health establishments, the regulations dealing with private health establishments both provisionally and nationally and the challenges faced by private health establishments in respect of the licensing application for purposes of operating and running a hospital in the private sector.

  • LLM, University of the Witwatersrand, 2000
  • Admitted as an Attorney, 1998
  • Certificate in Environmental Law, University of the Witwatersrand
  • LLB, University of the Witwatersrand
  • BA, University of the Witwatersrand

  • Ranked by Chambers Global | Spotlight | Life Sciences | 2026
  • Member of the Council of the Legal Practice Division of the International Bar Association from 2017 to 2020
  • Chair of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the International Bar Association 2014 – 2016
  • Named as leading lawyer in the field of ‘Life Sciences – Regulatory’ by Who’s Who Legal 2015 – 2021
  • Chair of the Healthcare & Life Sciences Law Committee of the International Bar Association 2008-2012
  • Co-chair of the Healthcare & Life Sciences Law Committee of the International Bar Association 2012-2013
  • Named as a leading lawyer in Dispute Resolution (2008-2016 and 2018) and in Public Law (2019) by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
  • Named as a recommended lawyer in Dispute Resolution as well as Healthcare cases by The Legal500 in 2018
  • Named as a recommended lawyer for ‘Government Contracts’ by Who’s Who Legal
  • Author of numerous articles in his various fields of specialisation
  • Contributing author of “Healthcare in South Africa” 2009 (4th Edition), published by Profile Media
  • Chairperson of Campaigning for Cancer NGO from 2009 to January 2016
  • Reviews the ‘Medical Schemes’ title on Lexis Nexis’ Forms & Precedents
  • Co-patron of the South African Cystic Fibrosis Trust
  • Member of the International Bar Association
  • Member of the Board of Governors of the World Association of Medical Law 2024 to present
  • Attendance at the World Congress for Medical Law in Sydney, Australia, 2004, Seoul, Korea, 2005, Toulouse, France, 2006, Beijing, China, 2008, Zagreb, Croatia, 2010 and Batam, Indonesia, 2024.
  • Selected as one of the World’s leading practitioners in the Who’s Who Legal: Government 2024 report.

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