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Des Williams
Chairman

Branch: Johannesburg
Tel: +27 (0)11 535 8234
Fax: +27 (0)11 535 8634
Email: dwilliams@werksmans.com

Main Practice Areas

Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Media & Communications

Specialises in:

  • commercial litigation (domestic & international)
  • arbitration (domestic & international)
  • administrative law, including review proceedings
  • alternative dispute resolution, including mediation
  • telecommunications, media and technology law
  • mining law

Career:

BA LLB LLM (Wits)
Higher Diploma in Company Law (Wits)
Higher Diploma in Tax (Wits)

1979: Director, Werksmans

1994-2005: Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution department

2005: Chairman, Werksmans

Highlights:

  • Appointed as the South African member of the Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce
  • Director of the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA)

Named as a leading lawyer in:

  • Arbitration and Mediation, Construction and Litigation by Best Lawyers International
  • Dispute Resolution by Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business
  • Commercial Litigation and in Arbitration by the International Who's Who Legal