Werksmans has received a variety of local and international marketplace accolades acknowledging the firm’s leadership in the field of corporate and commercial law in South Africa.
Our firm has been recognised with leading marketplace accolades by the following credible international rankings organisations:
Werksmans was ranked by Chambers’ Global, this is an independent international legal ratings directory, ranking both individual lawyers and select practices on a regional basis. Within the South African section, Werksmans obtained rankings across 16 practice areas and 30 of our Directors were ranked as ‘leading lawyers’ and ‘up-&-coming’.
Werksmans was ranked as follows:
In 2018, Werksmans was ranked by IFLR1000, these rankings reflect Werksmans market standing within the financial and corporate practice areas. This is a sector-specific guide which covers the Sub-Saharan African legal market and bases its annual rankings on both client and peer feedback as well as on analysis of our transactional highlights. In addition, 17 of our directors were ranked as ‘notable practitioners’ as well as ‘rising stars’.
Werksmans was ranked as follows:
In 2018, Werksmans was ranked by The Legal 500, they are regarded as one of the world’s largest and most reputable legal referral guides, The Legal 500 is an independent directory which assesses the strengths of law firms in over 100 jurisdictions. Firms and individuals are recommended purely on merit. A total of 34 of our lawyers were ranked ‘leading lawyers’ as well as ‘recommended’.
Werksmans was ranked as follows:
Tier 1 in Dispute Resolution;
Tier 2 in the following areas: Banking & Finance, Commercial and M&A, Competition, Construction, Employment, Investment Funds, Mining, Project and Infrastructure and Tax and;
Tier 3 in Intellectual Property and Real Estate.
Our leadership in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) has been recognised by diversity of respected national and international research institutions including:
In addition, Werksmans acted as legal, tax and competition law advisors to The Bidvest Group Limited in relation to Ethos’ disposal of Plumblink which won the “Private Equity Deal of the Year” award.
In 2018, Werksmans was ranked 4th in the M&A category by deal value. Our directors’ legal expertise has been widely acknowledged by various international industry bodies and research organisations.
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