Lawyers

Jennifer Smit

Jennifer Smit

Werksmans Attorneys, South Africa

Work Department

Arbitration, Construction & Engineering, Dispute Resolution, Insolvency, Business Rescue & Restructuring

Position

Admitted in 2005 with well over fourteen years experience in general commercial dispute resolution and litigation.

Career

Jenny has been a partner at Werksmans for six years and has significant experience in insolvency law: liquidations, business rescues, insolvency enquiries; general contractual claims and recoveries both of a general commercial nature and a more specific construction and engineering nature; lease and property disputes as well as administration and review-related work in various sectors from mining to horse racing; execution steps including recognition of awards and foreign enforcement steps; and Jenny has extensive High Court and arbitration experience. She has been involved in several major arbitrations, including ICC, AFSA and private arbitrations.

Education

Jennifer was awarded a BA LLB from Rhodes University in 2002. Her academic achievements are extensive and include being on the Dean’s List for Outstanding Academic Achievement for three years running at Rhodes and being awarded a Georgia Rotary Student Program Scholarship to study in the United States for a year. Jennifer also completed the AIPSA Insolvency diploma course cum laude at the University of Johannesburg (2011).

Mentions

South Africa

Construction

South Africa

Dispute resolution