Our People

Jeremy Botha

Chief Executive Officer

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8262 Email: jbotha@werksmans.com

David Hertz

Chairman

Main Practice Area(s)

Dispute Resolution, Infrastructure, Energy & Projects

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8283 Email: dhertz@werksmans.com

Ahmore Burger-Smidt

Director, Head of Data Privacy and Cybercrime Practice, Werksmans Advisory Services

Main Practice Area(s)

Competition, Data Privacy and Cybercrime, Media, Communications & Technology

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

Anastasia Vatalidis

Director, Head of Labour & Employment practice

Main Practice Area(s)

Dispute Resolution, Labour & Employment

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

Bernard Hotz

Director, Head of Business Crimes & Investigations Practice

Main Practice Area(s)

Arbitration, Business Crimes & Investigations, Dispute Resolution

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

Photography by Jeremy Glyn for Werksmans in August 2021

Bulelwa Mabasa

Director, Head of Land Reform Restitution & Tenure

Main Practice Area(s)

Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE), Dispute Resolution, Land Reform Restitution & Tenure, Mining

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

Cari Cole-Morgan

Director, Head of Knowledge Management

Main Practice Area(s)

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

Chris Moraitis

Director, Head of Infrastructure, Energy & Projects practice

Main Practice Area(s)

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

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

Chris Stevens

Director, Head of Mining, Environmental & Resources practice

Main Practice Area(s)

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

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

Corlett Manaka

Director, Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice

Main Practice Area(s)

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

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

Des Williams

Director, Head of Arbitration practice

Main Practice Area(s)

Arbitration, Construction & Engineering, Dispute Resolution, Media, Communications & Technology

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

Elliott Wood

Director, Co-Head of Investment Funds & Private Equity practice (Johannesburg)

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

Eric Levenstein

Director, Head of Insolvency, Business Rescue & Restructuring practice

Main Practice Area(s)

Dispute Resolution, Insolvency, Business Rescue & Restructuring, Intellectual Property

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

Fatima Rodrigues

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

Main Practice Area(s)

Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions, Property Law and Real Estate

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

Gerhard Johannes

Director, Head of Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions practice

Main Practice Area(s)

Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions

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

Harold Jacobs

Director, Head of Pro Bono practice

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

Hendrik Kotze

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

Main Practice Area(s)

Construction & Engineering, Environmental, Property Law and Real Estate

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

Janine Hollesen

Director, Head of Intellectual Property Practice

Main Practice Area(s)

Data Privacy and Cybercrime, Intellectual Property

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

Kevin Trudgeon

Director, Head of Commercial practice

Main Practice Area(s)

Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment Funds & Private Equity

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8169 Email: ktrudgeon@werksmans.com

Naledi Motsiri

Director, Co-Head of Pro Bono practice

Main Practice Area(s)

Dispute Resolution, Land Reform Restitution & Tenure, Pro Bono

Location: Johannesburg Tel: +27 11 535 8326 Email: nmotsiri@werksmans.com

Neil Kirby

Director, Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences practice

Main Practice Area(s)

Data Privacy and Cybercrime, Dispute Resolution, Environmental, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Land Reform Restitution & Tenure

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

Paul Coetser

Director, Head of Competition practice

Main Practice Area(s)

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

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

Richard Roothman

Director, Head of Banking & Finance practice

Main Practice Area(s)

Banking & Finance

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

Shayne Krige

Director, Co-Head of Investment Funds & Private Equity practice (Western Cape)

Main Practice Area(s)

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

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

Wendy Rosenberg

Director, Head of Media, Communications & Technology practice

Main Practice Area(s)

Media, Communications & Technology

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

Ernest Mazansky

Head of Tax Practice

Main Practice Area(s)

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

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

Meet our people