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

Other key lawyers

Deon Griessel, Boitumelo Rammala