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Director, Head of Data Privacy Practice, Werksmans Advisory Services

Ahmore Burger-Smidt

Main Practice Area(s)

Competition, Data Privacy, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Media, Communications & Technology

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8462 Email: aburgersmidt@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Labour & Employment practice

Anastasia Vatalidis

Main Practice Area(s)

Dispute Resolution, Labour & Employment

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8472 Email: avatalidis@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Business Crimes & Investigations Practice

Bernard Hotz

Main Practice Area(s)

Arbitration, Business Crimes & Investigations, Dispute Resolution

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8106 Email: bhotz@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Land Reform Restitution & Tenure

Bulelwa Mabasa

Main Practice Area(s)

Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE), Dispute Resolution, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Land Reform Restitution & Tenure, Mining, Environmental & Resources

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8309 Email: bmabasa@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Knowledge Management

Cari Cole-Morgan

Main Practice Area(s)

Not Applicable

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8469 Email: ccole-morgan@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Infrastructure, Energy & Projects practice

Chris Moraitis

Main Practice Area(s)

Banking & Finance, Construction & Engineering, Infrastructure, Energy & Projects

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8271 Email: cmoraitis@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Mining, Environmental & Resources practice

Chris Stevens

Main Practice Area(s)

Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions, Land Reform Restitution & Tenure, Mining, Environmental & Resources

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8467 Email: cstevens@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice

Corlett Manaka

Main Practice Area(s)

Business Crimes & Investigations, Dispute Resolution, Insolvency, Business Rescue & Restructuring

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8145 Email: cmanaka@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Arbitration practice

Des Williams

Main Practice Area(s)

Arbitration, Construction & Engineering, Dispute Resolution, Media, Communications & Technology, Mining, Environmental & Resources

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8234 Email: dwilliams@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Private Equity and Sports & Entertainment practice

Elliott Wood

Main Practice Area(s)

Banking & Finance, Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment Funds & Private Equity, Sport & Entertainment

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8303 Email: ewood@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Insolvency, Business Rescue & Restructuring practice

Eric Levenstein

Main Practice Area(s)

Dispute Resolution, Insolvency, Business Rescue & Restructuring, Intellectual Property, Media, Communications & Technology

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8237 Email: elevenstein@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Tax practice, Werksmans Tax Pty (Ltd)

Ernest Mazansky

Main Practice Area(s)

Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE), Tax

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8448 Email: emazansky@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Property and Real Estate practice (Johannesburg)

Fatima Rodrigues

Main Practice Area(s)

Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions, Property Law and Real Estate

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8318 Email: frodrigues@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions practice

Gerhard Johannes

Main Practice Area(s)

Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8107 Email: gjohannes@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Pro Bono practice

Harold Jacobs

Main Practice Area(s)

Arbitration, Banking & Finance, Business Crimes & Investigations, Construction & Engineering, Dispute Resolution, Insolvency, Business Rescue & Restructuring

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8182 Email: hjacobs@werksmans.com

Director, Head of our Property & Real Estate practice (Western Cape)

Hendrik Kotze

Main Practice Area(s)

Construction & Engineering, Mining, Environmental & Resources, Property Law and Real Estate

Location: Tygervalley Tel: +27 21 910 9018 Email: hkotze@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Intellectual Property Practice

Janine Hollesen

Main Practice Area(s)

Intellectual Property

Location: Stellenbosch Tel: +27 21 809 6011 Email: jhollesen@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Construction & Engineering practice

Jason Smit

Main Practice Area(s)

Arbitration, Construction & Engineering, Dispute Resolution, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency, Business Rescue & Restructuring, Media, Communications & Technology

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 (0)11 535 8359 Email: jasonsmit@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences practice

Neil Kirby

Main Practice Area(s)

Data Privacy, Dispute Resolution, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Land Reform Restitution & Tenure, Mining, Environmental & Resources

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8198 Email: nkirby@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Competition practice

Paul Coetser

Main Practice Area(s)

Business Crimes & Investigations, Competition, Media, Communications & Technology

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8290 Email: pcoetser@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Banking & Finance practice

Richard Roothman

Main Practice Area(s)

Banking & Finance

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8115 Email: rroothman@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Investment Funds practice

Shayne Krige

Main Practice Area(s)

Banking & Finance, Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions

Location: Cape Town Tel: +27 21 405 5161 Email: skrige@werksmans.com

Director, Head of Media, Communications & Technology practice

Wendy Rosenberg

Main Practice Area(s)

Media, Communications & Technology

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8195 Email: wrosenberg@werksmans.com

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