Chris Stevens
Head of Mining & Resources
Chris Stevens is a Director and Head of the Mining & Resources, advising in the Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions and Land Reform practice areas. Chris is deeply skilled in matters relating to due diligence; opinion work; administrative appeals and reviews; mining title registration; and resources law. He is a sought-after advisor on mining transactions; mining disputes; and all aspects of the MPRDA. Chris advised Anglo American Platinum on all its B-BBEE projects for all its joint ventures and existing mines.
PRACTICE AREAS
- Due diligence
- Opinion work
- Administrative appeals and reviews
- Mining title registration
- Resources law
- Mining transactions
- Mining disputes
- All aspects of the MPRDA
- Advised Anglo Platinum on its BEE projects for its joint ventures and existing mines;
- Currently advising the Department of Water Affairs in relation to the acid mine drainage project in the Witwatersrand and;
- Currently advising the Department of Water Affairs in relation to the acid mine drainage project in the Witwatersrand.
- BCom (University of the Witwatersrand)
- LLB (University of the Witwatersrand)
- 2012: Director, Werksmans
- Head of Mining & Resources practice area
- Listed in Hall of Fame by the Legal 500 | 2024 - 2025 | Mining
- Recognised as a Thought Leader Africa by Who's Who Legal | 2023 | Mining
- Ranked as an expert consultant by IFLR 1000 | 2022 | Energy & Infrastructure and Project Finance
- Ranked lawyer (Band 1) by Chambers Global | 2008 – 2022, 2024, 2025 | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
- Named as a leading lawyer by Legal 500 | 2013 – 2016 and 2018 – 2021 | Mining
- Ranked as a highly regarded practitioner by IFLR 1000 | 2020 & 2024 | Energy & Infrastructure and Project Finance
- Ranked as a highly regarded practitioner by IFLR 1000 |2024 | Mining
- Named as a global elite thought leader in Who's Who Legal | Mining
- Named as a recommended lawyer in Who's Who Legal | Mining
- Named as a global elite thought leader in Who's Who Legal | Mining
- Membership: Mining Law Committee, IBA (2003 – 2004)
- Won WITS prize for mining law in LLM by course work (1991)
- Lectured LLB Prospecting and Mining Course, WITS (1995 - 2005)
- Lectures annually at the WITS LLM in Mining Engineering on Mineral Law Compliance
- Spoken at about 50 conferences in South Africa over the past 20 years
- Presentations:
- RMMLF Mining Law Conference in Rio de Janeiro (2019); o IBA Conference in London on Investment in Africa (2018);
- IBA conference in Rome on mining contractorship agreements (2005);
- IBA conference in Cape Town on implications of the National Water Act on mining companies (1998); and
- IPBA in Auckland, New Zealand on Native Title in South Africa and how it affects mining tenements (1998).
