Ernest Mazansky
Phone +27 11 535 8448
Email emazansky@werksmans.com
Location Johannesburg
Name / Surname Ernest Mazansky

Ernest Mazansky

Director

Ernest Mazansky is a Director in the Tax practice area. He specialises in Corporate Tax Planning; Restructuring of Corporate Entities; Share Incentive Schemes; Dispute Resolution/Tax Controversy; Offshore Structures & Financing; Exchange Control; VAT; Estate Planning; And Wills & Trusts (local and international). Ernest is past chairman of the Taxation Committee of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants; Chairman of the Institute’s Exchange Control Committee; and South African correspondent for the Bulletin for International Taxation, published by the IBFD. He is named as a pre-eminent practitioner in Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Tax Advisers (2008 and 2018).

PRACTICE AREAS

  • Tax

  • Taxation (local and international)
    • Corporate tax planning and advice
    • Opinions
  • Restructuring of corporate entities
  • Share incentive schemes
  • Offshore structures and financing
  • Vat
  • Estate planning
  • Wills and trusts
  • Exchange control

He advises on corporate tax planning; restructuring of corporate entities; share incentive schemes; dispute resolution/tax controversy; offshore structures & financing; exchange control; VAT; estate planning; and wills & trusts (local and international).

  • BCom (University of the Witwatersrand)
  • BAcc (University of the Witwatersrand)
  • Higher Diploma in Tax Law (University of the Witwatersrand)
  • CA (SA)
  • 2002: Director, Werksmans Tax (Pty) Ltd
  • Head of Tax practice area

  • Listed in Hall of Fame by the Legal 500 | 2024 - 2025 | Tax
  • Ranked by ITR World Tax as a Notable Practitioner | 2023, 2025
  • Recognised as a Tax Expert | Tax Expert Guide 2022
  • Ranked lawyer (Band 1) by Chambers Global | 2019 – 2022, 2024, 2025 | Tax
  • Ranked as a leading practitioner by Legal 500 | 2019 | Tax
  • Ranked as a leading lawyer by IFLR 1000 | 2014, 2017 | Petroleum Economist Energy & Infrastructure Guide
  • Past chairman of the Taxation Committee of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
  • Chairman of the Institute's Exchange Control Committee
  • Former South African correspondent of the Bulletin for International Taxation published by the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD)
  • Listed in the Tax Directors Handbook (2008)
  • Listed in the International Tax Review's World Tax (2011)
  • Nominated by in-house counsel and peers as a pre-eminent practitioner in Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Tax Advisers (2008)
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