Werksmans

Werksmans Attorneys

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Headquarters	Johannesburg
No. of offices	4
No. of lawyers	160
No. of employees	410
Major practice areas	Corporate and commercial law
Key people	David Hertz, Chairman; Jeremy Botha, CEO
Date founded	1917
Founder	Nathan Werksman
Website
http://www.werksmans.com/

Werksmans Attorneys is a law firm with offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Tyger Valley. It was established in the early 1900s. In 1993, Werksmans was one of the founding members of LEX Africa, currently the oldest and largest African network.

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.