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Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Offices
1 PROTEA PLACE
SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2196
South Africa
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Jackwell Feris
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Jackwell Feris is a Director in our Dispute Resolution practice providing dispute resolution, risk advisory and regulatory services in South Africa and various other African jurisdictions. He has particular experience in the following sectors: Arbitrations (both domestic and international); Regulatory and Public Law matters; Mining, Energy and Natural Resources matters and International Investment Law matters.
Career
He is a members of CDH’s International Arbitration Sector Group with a special focus on international investment law (and disputes flowing from there). His most recent experience involves advising a number of multi-national corporations on potential breaches of the SADC Protocol on Finance and Investment and related Bilateral Investment Treaties relating to adverse regulatory changes or regulatory measures, including providing risk profiling advise on selected African jurisdictions.
He is a guest lecturer at the University of Pretoria for the course International Arbitration as part of the LLM in the Extractive Industry Law in Africa, and regular speaker at conferences (ICCA events etc.) and seminars in the mining, energy and natural resources sector with an emphasis on international investment law aspects. Jackwell is also a keen writer on international investment law in the context of treaties and investment disputes in Africa.
Memberships
- Member of the Underground Coal Gasification Association of Southern Africa;
- Executive Director at the Underground Coal Gasification Association of Southern Africa;
- Member of the Fossil Fuel Foundation of South Africa
- Member of the Oil & Gas Alliance of South Africa
- Member of Young ICCA
- Member of Young Arbitrators Forum: ICC
Education
- LLB – North West University, Potchefstroom Campus: 2005
- LLM (Corporate Law) – University of the Witwatersrand: 2012
- Certificate in Economics for Law – University of the Witwatersrand: 2015
- Certificate in International Commercial Arbitration – American University, Washington College of Law: 2017
- Admitted Attorney & Notary Public: 2008
- Attended and completed the International Investment Treaties and Investor State Arbitration Seminar,
- International Law Institute: 2017
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Lawyer Rankings
South Africa > Dispute resolution
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s dispute resolution team garners praise for its ‘professional approach and sound advice, and has a pragmatic approach to managing disputes‘. Practice head Rishaban Moodley regularly advises on commercial litigation and forensic investigations; Lucinde Rhoodie stands out as ‘an exceptional and formidable litigator‘ with expertise in banking litigation, insolvency litigation, shareholders disputes and commercial disputes. The ‘very knowledgeable and professional‘ Clive Rumsey specialises in engineering and construction litigation, while Mongezi Mpahlwa is very experienced in handling commercial arbitrations. Corné Lewis is ‘a straight shooter who manages client expectations well and is incredibly strategic in his approach‘. Tim Fletcher
, Jackwell Feris and Anja Hofmeyr are also star names in the department.