Werksmans
{{Short description|South African law firm}}
{{Infobox Law Firm
| firm_name = Werksmans Attorneys
| firm_logo = 170px
| headquarters = 20px Johannesburg, South Africa
| num_offices = 3
| num_employees = 410|
| practice_areas = Corporate law
Commercial law{{cite web|url=https://www.werksmans.com/about-us/about-werksmans/ |title=About |author= |publisher=Werksmans |date= |accessdate=2018-06-22}}
| key_people = David Hertz (Chairman){{cite web|url=https://www.werksmans.com/people-profiles/?pa=8500 |title=People Profiles: Africa |author= |publisher=Werksmans |date= |accessdate=2018-06-22}}
Jeremy Botha (CEO)
| revenue =
| date_founded = 1917
| founder = Nathan Werksman
| company_type = Legal Practice
| homepage = [http://www.werksmans.com/ werksmans.com]| dissolved =
|num_lawyers=Over 200}}
Werksmans Attorneys is a South African law firm{{cite web|url=http://www.legal500.com/firms/11982-werksmans-attorneys/offices/23788-cape-town-south-africa |title=Werksmans Attorneys |author= |publisher=The Legal 500 |date= |accessdate=2018-06-22}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2402554 |title=Company Overview of Werksmans Attorneys Incorporating Jan S. de Villiers |author= |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |date= |accessdate=2018-06-22}} with offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Stellenbosch.{{cite web|url=https://www.werksmans.com/contact-us/general-enquiries/ |title=General Enquiries |author= |publisher=Werksmans |date= |accessdate=2018-06-22}} It was established in 1917. In 1993, Werksmans was one of the founding members of LEX Africa, currently the oldest and largest African network.
The firm has recently been considered as the latest a member of the "Big Five law firms" of leading South African law firms.
Practice areas
With a focus on corporate and commercial law, the firm's practice areas include banking and finance; business recovery, insolvency, and restructuring; competition law; labour law; environmental law; health, pharmaceutical, and life sciences; and mining, energy, and natural resources. It also provides legal advisory services for intellectual property, litigation and dispute resolution (and alternative dispute resolution in the form of mediation and arbitration), media and communications, mergers and acquisitions, property transactions, sports and entertainment, tax, and information technology.
In the news
In November 2019, the firm was representing celebrity Boity Thulo in her legal attempt to terminate her contract with her management agency.{{cite news|title=Gatvol Boity wants out of management agency|url=https://www.sundayworld.co.za/news/gatvol-boity-wants-out-of-management-agency/|publisher=Sunday World|accessdate=26 February 2020|date=25 February 2020}}
After an apparent issue with non-payment of fees, Werksmans severed ties with its client the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa in February 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2020-02-06-end-of-the-line-for-prasa-as-frustrated-law-firm-resigns-over-unpaid-millions/ |title=End of the line for Prasa as frustrated law firm resigns over unpaid millions |author=Liezl Human |publisher=DispatchLIVE|date=6 February 2020 |accessdate=26 February 2020}}
References
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Category:Law firms established in 1917
Category:Companies based in Johannesburg