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
AI, intellectual property and governance: Why the real conversation belongs in the boardroom
28th May 2026 Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer something financial institutions are preparing for. It is already embedded in how decisions are made, how... →
Africa’s white-collar crime landscape: How cross-border reality is reshaping risk, regulation and corporate responsibility
27th May 2026 White-collar crime in Africa is no longer a predominantly domestic concern; it has expanded to an international stage, so too has the corporate... →
South Africa’s payments regulatory framework: Third Draft of Authorisation Framework published for comment
22nd May 2026 The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has published the third version of its proposed amendment to the payments regulatory framework. The... →
Outcomes-based bonds as Africa's most powerful tool for solving the water crisis
18th May 2026 Across the African continent, water infrastructure is under increasing strain. The compounding pressures of accelerating urbanisation, decaying... →
South African law firms fight equality rules as some Black lawyers allege discrimination
By: Reuters 4th May 2026 Four of South Africa's top law firms are suing the government over new Black employment and ownership targets aimed at undoing decades of racial... →
Daily Podcast – April 29, 2026
29th April 2026 Making headlines: South Africa law firms ask court to quash industry equity code Shortlists of nuclear regulator board candidates released by... →
South Africa law firms ask court to quash industry equity code 
By: Bloomberg 29th April 2026 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... →
Draft national AI policy: What it means and what to do now
21st April 2026 The publication of South Africa's Draft National AI Policy (Draft Policy) marks a turning point for organisations that develop, deploy or rely on... →
Sanctioned into impossibility? Force majeure in the arbitral area
21st April 2026 Sanctions, increasingly deployed as instruments of political and ideological signalling, have risen by 346% since 2017. Commercial parties are... →
How artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the insurance and financial services sectors
13th April 2026 Picture a rainy Wednesday morning in Sandton, sometime in the near future. A claims handler opens their laptop, and right away, things move much... →
