Lawyers

Hendrik Kotze

Hendrik Kotze

Werksmans Attorneys, South Africa

Work Department

Construction & EngineeringMining, Environmental & ResourcesProperty Law and Real Estate

Position

Director at Werksmans Attorneys

Career

Hendrik Kotze is Head of Property & Real Estate (Western Cape), also lending his expertise to the Construction & Engineering and Environmental Law practice areas. Hendrik advises on all aspects relating to real estate law – particularly commercial, industrial and residential property development. Most notable developments are the V&A Waterfront Cape Town; the proposed large scale Oakland City mixed use development project in Philippi Cape Town. Other notable recent property developments are the Fairmont, the Odyssey, the Kings- and the Strand Beach sectional title schemes in Sea Point; and the large scale mixed use Somerset Lakes Lifestyle development in Somerset West. Hendrik is named as a recommended lawyer in Real Estate by the Legal500 (2014 – 2020) and as a recommended lawyer in real estate by Chambers Global (2017 – 2020).

Education

BCom (University of the Free State)LLB (University of South Africa)LLM Property Law (University of the Witwatersrand)HDip Tax Prac (Rand Afrikaans University)1988: Partner, Jan S. De Villiers2009: Director, WerksmansHead of the Property & Real Estate practice area