Practice areas
What we do
We adapt to business needs providing legal expertise that is focused on results driven by pure precision.
Practising in over 23 diverse areas of law, we specialise in corporate and commercial matters with a team of over 200 skilled lawyers.
Expert legal advice for complex finance transactions, optimizing client outcomes
Protects clients by preventing, detecting, and addressing economic crimes
Ensures successful M&A by navigating competition law complexities
Proactively resolves construction and engineering disputes, ensuring client success
Specializes in mergers, private equity, and cross-border transactions across sectors
Assisting audiovisual and digital media, telecoms, gambling, betting, gaming, digital and entertainment businesses to navigate complex regulatory and transactional environments across Africa.
Ensure swift, effective outcomes through mediation, arbitration, and litigation
Expertly advises on employment issues, ensuring smooth transitions during M&As and restructuring, and resolving employee disputes efficiently.
Providing expert advice, ensuring compliance with evolving regulations and corporate governance standards.
Protects clients by combating fraudulent medical claims and implementing cost-effective HIV/AIDS workplace programs
Advises clients on infrastructure projects, ensuring efficient solutions across energy, transportation, and technology sectors
Guides clients through business rescue proceedings, ensuring proper filing and oversight
Optimizes clients’ IP portfolios, enhancing value through strategic management
Advises clients on infrastructure projects, ensuring efficient solutions across energy, transportation, and technology sectors
Offers tailored, strategic advice to address each client’s unique needs
Ensures compliant transaction structuring, addressing regulatory impacts like the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Royalty Act.
Optimizes private equity funds by negotiating investment terms and managing buy/sell transactions
Solutions that empower clients to plan confidently for the future and shape lasting legacies
Uses the law to enforce rights and advance social justice, making it work for everyone
Offers innovative solutions tailored to evolving market conditions, ensuring legal and commercial benefits for clients
Ensures compliance by aligning policy, legislation, and business needs, benefiting clients
Supports clients in all sectors to achieve their sustainability goals and manage sustainability-related matters
Quickly and efficiently handles South African and international tax and legal matters
Provides cutting edge practical technology and innovation solutions
Relevant matters
The below matters are a select number of firm matters. To find out more, contact enquiries@werksmans.com
Digital Media & Electronic Communications
Groupe Canal+’s ("Canal+") acquisition of MultiChoice Group Limited ("MCG"), [...]
Disputes
Werksmans Attorneys successfully represented a Danish investor in a [...]
Environmental & Infrastructure & Energy
Werksmans acted as Sponsor counsel for the project consortium [...]
Insolvency & Business Rescue
The business rescue practitioners (Metis Strategic Advisors) of Group [...]
Media24
Advised on all aspects relating to the publication of newspapers [...]
MultiChoice Group
Advised as broadcasting regulatory advisors on the acquisition by Groupe [...]
