Werksmans Attorneys

Headquarters	Johannesburg,South Africa
No. of offices	3
No. of lawyers	Over 200
No. of employees	410
Major practice areas	Corporate law Commercial law[1]
Key people	David Hertz (Chairman)[2] Jeremy Botha (CEO)
Date founded	1917
Founder	Nathan Werksman
Company type	Legal Practice
Website	werksmans.com

Werksmans Attorneys is aSouth Africanlaw firm^[3][4] with offices inJohannesburg,Cape Town andStellenbosch.^[5] It was established in 1917. In 1993, Werksmans was one of the founding members of LEX Africa, currently the oldest and largestAfrican network.

The firm has recently been considered as the latest a member of the "Big Five law firms" of leading South African law firms.

With a focus oncorporate andcommercial law,^[1] the firm's practice areas include banking and finance; business recovery, insolvency, and restructuring;competition law; labour law; environmental law; health, pharmaceutical, andlife sciences; and mining, energy, and natural resources. It also provides legal advisory services forintellectual 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 November 2019, the firm was representing celebrityBoity Thulo in her legal attempt to terminate her contract with her management agency.^[6]

After an apparent issue with non-payment of fees, Werksmans severed ties with its client thePassenger Rail Agency of South Africa in February 2020.^[7]

• Law firms established in 1917
• Companies based in Johannesburg
• Law firms of South Africa
• 1917 establishments in South Africa

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