PEOPLE PROFILES

 
 

Amanda Armstrong

Director
Branch: Johannesburg
Tel: +27 (0)11 535 8101
Fax: +27 (0)11 535 8601
Email: aarmstrong@werksmans.com
 
Main Practice Areas

Media & Communications
Competition

Specialises in:
  • Media and communications law, including:
    • print media
    • on-line publishing
    • broadcasting
    • broadcasting signal distribution
    • telecommunications/ electronic communications networks and services
    • multimedia
    • frequency spectrum
    • electronic communications and transactions
    • internet
    • lotteries and gaming
  • competition law
  • constitutional law
  • administration law

Knowledge extends to other jurisdictions – Africa, European Union, UK, USA, Canada and Australia.

Career:
BA (Honours in Industrial Sociology) LLB (Wits)

2005: Director, Werksmans
Head of Media & Communications practice area

Highlights:
  • Chaired the committee which drafted South Africa’s Independent Broadcasting Authority Act (which statute provided for the independent regulation of broadcasting) and the Independent Media Commission Act
  • Represents clients before Parliament Portfolio Committees, ICASA, the competition authorities and the High Court of South Africa
  • Consistently recognised in international ratings. Named as a:
    • leading lawyer in the speciality of Media by Best Lawyers International (2008 – 2010)
    • leading lawyer in Media & Broadcasting by Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (2008 - 2012)
    • leading lawyer in Regulatory Communications by the International Who's Who Legal (2007 - 2011)
    • leading lawyer (2007), recommended lawyer (2010) and endorsed lawyer (2011) in Media and a highly recommended lawyer in Telecommunications (2007) by PLC Which Lawyer
    • leading lawyer in the PLC Cross Border Media & Communications Handbook (2009/10)
    • leading expert in Legal Media Group's Guide to the World’s Leading Telecommunications Lawyers (2008)