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.
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South Africa's electricity market is being rewired at pace, and so are the rules of project finance
12th October 2026 The Department of Electricity and Energy has published the Electricity Sector Market Transformation Position Paper, 2026 (the Position Paper), the... →
The AI disclosure gap: Are insureds telling insurers enough?
12th October 2026 The pattern of commercial innovation in business is familiar: adopt new technology, discover its exposures, and then look to the insurance market... →
Africa’s next growth chapter starts with capital closer to home
9th October 2026 Africa enters the FT Africa Summit this year facing a familiar question in unfamiliar circumstances. How does the continent finance growth when... →
High Court overturns government's Black empowerment code for legal sector 
By: Reuters 8th October 2026 A South African court has overturned a Black economic empowerment code for the legal sector, ruling the government failed to properly exercise its... →
A new era for diesel refunds: More than just a registration exercise
1st October 2026 Businesses claiming diesel refunds may be inclined to view the South African Revenue Service’s (SARS) new diesel refund registration system as... →
Leveraging land reform and the Expropriation Act to advance food security in South Africa
30th September 2026 The Constitution guarantees everyone the right to have access to sufficient food and basic nutrition. Complementing this is South Africa's highly... →
The overlooked asset: Why banks should rethink their dispute clauses
16th September 2026 The International Chamber of Commerce's (ICC) Commission Report on Financial Institutions and International Arbitration found that many financial... →
Business rescue and liquidation: Is your IP being given the attention it deserves?
15th September 2026 South Africa's tough economic climate is once again pushing businesses toward rescue or liquidation. Yet one of their most valuable assets –... →
ICASA’s OTT inquiry: What it means for telcos, broadcasters and streaming platforms
11th September 2026 The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has launched a market inquiry (the Inquiry) with the stated intention to... →
Navigating the intersection of sanctions and international arbitration
9th September 2026 It is tempting to think of sanctions primarily as instruments of foreign policy, or measures that belong in the realm of geopolitics rather than... →
