Webber Wentzel

Corporate Practice

Partner

Robert specialises in mergers and acquisitions, project related and other transactional work and has advised a substantial number of South African and Asian-owned multinational companies in relation to their expansion into Africa. He is an expert in a number of African jurisdictions including Ghana, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Mozambique, Namibia and others. Robert has significant experience in the oil and gas, mining, infrastructure, power, construction, financial services and healthcare sectors.

He was previously Honorary Business Representative for the Middle East and Africa Group for International Enterprise Singapore; the government agency driving Singapore's external economy. Robert was formally General Counsel of an international water treatment company. He has also been named in India Business Law Journal’s annual survey of the top international law firms for India-related work and is an Executive Committee Member of the Johannesburg Chapter of the Indian Bar Association.

LLB, University of the Witwatersrand, 1986 BA, University of the Witwatersrand, 1982 Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa