Jennifer Smit heads Werksmans Attorneys‘ construction and engineering practice, which draws upon the expertise of the firm’s mining and infrastructure and energy groups to assist contractors, sub-contractors and employers with contentious construction matters. Deon Griessel and Boitumelo Rammala are names to note.
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Key clients
- Bidvest TMS Industrial Services
- BAIC SA
- Digital Industries (Pty) Ltd
- DB Thermal / SPX Group
- Efficient Engineering
- Hirt & Carter
- Isipani Construction (Pty) Ltd
- Oza Group of Companies (in particular CEMZA)
- Pro-Serve Consulting (Pty) Ltd
- Raubex
- Rigamani (Pty) Ltd
- Standard Bank
- Station House (Pty) Ltd
- Steinmuller
- V & A Waterfront
- Worley South Africa
- Twelve GP1 Proprietary Limited, acting as General Partner of Twelve B Green Energy Fund I,
Work highlights
- Advised Oral First (SPV) Ltd UK as employer on an agreement based on the FIDIC Yellow Book.
- Represented Digital Industries Pty Ltd in litigation brought against the client by Rwandan entity SPLK, concerning engineering equipment supplied for a methane gas-to-power plant project.
- Advised BAIC SA on issues concerning an engineering, procurement and construction contract with Beijing Industrial Designing and Research Institute for a motor vehicle factory.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jennifer Smit