PEOPLE PROFILES

 
 

Roger Wakefield

Director
Branch: Johannesburg
Tel: +27 (0)11 535 8209
Fax: +27 (0)11 535 8609
Email: rwakefield@werksmans.com
 
Main Practice Area

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Specialises in:
  • administrative law
  • arbitration
  • mediation & alternative dispute resolution
  • technology law
  • competition law
  • cross border disputes and the enforcement of foreign judgments
  • private international law
  • intellectual property law
  • trademarks & copyright law
  • fraud and corruption
  • construction law
  • corporate litigation

Career:
BA LLB (Wits)

1996: Director, Werksmans

Highlights:
  • Member of the Management Committee for Lex Africa: a network of leading law firms in 25 countries across Africa
  • Member of the Management Committee of the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa (AFSA)
  • Named as a leading lawyer in Arbitration and Mediation by Best Lawyers International (2010 and 2011)

Major Clients & Matters:
  • Involved in ajor arbitrations, international litigation and leading South African cases and authorities dealing with the enforcement of foreign judgements
  • Acted as an Arbitrator