PEOPLE PROFILES

 
 

Paul Winer

Director
Branch: Johannesburg
Tel: +27 (0)11 535 8211
Fax: +27 (0)11 535 8611
Email: pwiner@werksmans.com
 
Main Practice Areas

Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Business Rescue & Insolvency

Specialises in:
  • all types of commercial litigation, and in
  • particular banking and finance litigation
  • debt rescheduling
  • trade finance disputes
  • trade finance disputes
  • fraud and cross border litigation
  • business recovery, insolvency and restructuring
  • compromises and arrangements
  • preparation of all forms of security documentation

Advises on:
  • some of the largest corporate collapses in South Africa;
  • substantial offers of compromise and arrangements between companies and their creditors
  • complex banking and finance litigation
  • restructuring of companies

Career:
B.Iuris (Unisa)
Diploma from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
Diploma from the South African Institute of Business Management

1989: Director, Werksmans
Head of Business Recovery, Insolvency & Restructuring practice area

Highlights:

  • Member of the:
    • The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
    • The editorial committee of INSOL International
  • Named as a highly recommended lawyer (2008 - 2010) and an endorsed lawyer (2011) in Restructuring & Insolvency by PLC Which Lawyer
  • Named as a leading lawyer in Dispute Resolution by Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (2012)
  • Non-practicing member of the South African Institute of Insolvency Practitioners
  • Winner of the International Law Office Client Choice Award, Insolvency & Restructuring category