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Webber Wentzel

Webber Wentzel is a leading South African law firm specialising in corporate and commercial law. The firm is headquartered in Johannesburg and maintains offices in Cape Town and internationally. It provides legal services across a broad range of practice areas including mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, competition law, dispute resolution, tax, and regulatory matters. Webber Wentzel serves major corporations, financial institutions, government entities and international clients doing business in Africa. The firm is recognised as one of South Africa's top-tier legal practices and competes with other major firms such as Bowmans, Norton Rose Fulbright and Werksmans. It employs several hundred legal professionals including partners, associates and support staff. Webber Wentzel has advised on many of South Africa's largest and most complex transactions and has a strong reputation in infrastructure, energy, mining and financial services sectors. The firm has been involved in significant regulatory and public-sector work, including matters relating to broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) compliance and transformation. It was established in the early twentieth century and has grown to become one of the most prominent legal advisers in the South African market.

Webber Wentzel Updates


BEE
South Africa law firms ask court to quash industry equity code
29th April 2026 By: Bloomberg

Some of South Africa’s biggest law firms have asked a court to set aside the nation’s policy governing Black ownership and representation in the profession, saying that its “unlawful” and... 


Will Africa play the right cards to make the most of its critical minerals wealth?
Will Africa play the right cards to make the most of its critical minerals wealth?
24th April 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

This first issue of the Engineering News & Mining Weekly Africa Edition focuses on a turning point in Africa’s history – whether the decisions made by the continent’s leaders will eventually result... 


Could Agoa extension be a win-win for all parties on critical minerals front?
Could Agoa extension be a win-win for all parties on critical minerals front?
24th April 2026 By: Tracy Klückow

The new “deal-making” approach in Washington has some suggesting that  the extended African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) is likely to be used as leverage to secure the supply of unbeneficiated... 


Peter Grealy
Draft national AI policy: What it means and what to do now
22nd April 2026

By Peter Grealy, Leanne Mostert, Wendy Tembedza, Karl Blom & Aalia Manie, Partners at Webber Wentzel The publication of South Africa's Draft National AI Policy (Draft Policy) marks a turning point... 


Johannesburg Arbitration Week 2026 to examine arbitration’s role in a fragmented global order
Johannesburg Arbitration Week 2026 to examine arbitration’s role in a fragmented global order
22nd April 2026

Johannesburg Arbitration Week (JAW) 2026 will bring together leading arbitrators, judges, former heads of state, legal practitioners, policymakers and business leaders in Johannesburg from 5 to 7... 


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‘Breakout year’ expected as market matures
20th March 2026

As South Africa’s electricity market shifts into competitive mode, 2026 may be a year of deal-making and portfolio realignment across the energy value chain, states law firm Webber Wentzel. The... 


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Association urges exporters to use Hong Kong as gateway 
6th March 2026

South African exporters are being encouraged to look at Hong Kong as a strategic entry point into China and broader Asian markets, as shifting trade dynamics, logistics congestion and tariff... 


Webber Wentzel launches AI, technology subsidiary
Webber Wentzel launches AI, technology subsidiary
16th February 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Law firm Webber Wentzel has announced the launch of a new AI, technology and legal operations subsidiary during this year’s African GC Summit, on February 16. This comes as general counsel across... 


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Partnership imperatives to shape regulatory discourse
30th January 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Cross-institutional alignment, predictable governance structures and pragmatic policy implementation will be central to unlocking domestic and cross-border mining and associated investment, says... 


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Historic waste sites must apply for licences 16 years after Waste Act, law firm advises
15th January 2026 By: Darren Parker

Operators of historic waste disposal facilities in South Africa have been called upon to apply for waste management licences (WMLs) for the first time since the National Environmental Management:... 


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