Lawyers

Dawid de Villiers

Dawid de Villiers

Webber Wentzel, South Africa

Work Department

Financial Regulatory Practice

Position

Partner

Career

Dawid specialises in all aspects of financial services law and regulation.  His expertise includes banking law, stock exchange and securities law, money laundering and anti-corruption law (including regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings), collective investment schemes, hedge funds, asset management, securities lending, client money and safe custody regulation and credit law.  He also has expertise in: negotiating, structuring and advising on OTC derivative transactions under the ISDA Master Agreement (and related documentation, including clearing documentation and bespoke collateral arrangements) as well as other futures / OTC derivatives related documentation; and advising on Fintech-related legal issues and the legal implications of disruptive financial services-related developments (ie blockchain, cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings and smart contracts).

Education

LLB (cum laude), University of Pretoria, 2007B.Com, University of Pretoria, 2004

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