Director:
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Doelie Lessing
Director

Branch: Stellenbosch
Tel: +27 (0)21 809 6147
Fax: +27 (0)86 613 2136
Email: dlessing@werksmans.com

Main Practice Area

Tax

Specialises in:
  • mergers, acquisitions and reorganisations of corporate entities
  • international tax planning for corporates and wealthy individuals and families, including:
    • controlled foreign companies
    • foreign trusts
    • transfer pricing and thin capitalisation
    • settlor and beneficiary charges
    • double tax agreements
  • financial services
  • tax structuring for local and international investment funds
  • private equity deal structuring
  • black economic empowerment transactions
  • Africa-specific investments
  • tax litigation, alternative dispute resolution and settlements
  • employee incentive plans
  • international tax planning for executives and mobile employees
  • VAT

Career:
BCom (University of Stellenbosch)
LLB (University of Stellenbosch)
M Com (tax) - with distinction (University of Stellenbosch)

2009: Director, Werksmans

Highlights
  • Listed in the International Tax Review’s World Tax in 2010 and 2011.
  • Co-founder and past chairman of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), Cape Town and STEP member.
  • External examiner for the University of Cape Town’s Tax Masters Degree.