Mr Darren Willans > Werksmans Attorneys > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

Werksmans Attorneys
THE CENTRAL, 96 RIVONIA ROAD
SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2196
South Africa

Email firm Visit website 27 11 535 8000

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Work Department

Arbitration, Dispute Resolution

Position

Darren Willans has been a director of Werksmans Attorneys since 2009 and is part of the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice areas.

Career

Darren Willans is a Director in the Arbitration; Dispute Resolution; and Financial Services Regulation practice areas. He specialises in arbitration; mediation and alternative dispute resolution; pension fund litigation; and a range of litigation relating to the banking industry and the mining industry. He has been named as a recommended lawyer in Dispute Resolution by The Legal 500 in (2019 – 2020); In 2017 Darren became the leader of a commercial litigation and dispute resolution team, specialising in disputes pertaining to pension funds, mining and resources, banking and insurance law.

Memberships

Member of the Arbitration Practice Group

Education

Darren holds a B Com and LLB degrees, Darren has also completed a certificate course in Pension Fund Law at the University of South Africa.

Lawyer Rankings

South Africa > Dispute resolution

Werksmans Attorneys ‘ ‘amazingly experienced‘ disputes team is ‘highly commended in cross-border litigation‘, and continues to handle a high volume of complex commercial disputes. Practice head Corlett Manaka ‘has vast litigation experience and knowledge‘, and is well versed in representing clients in aviation and commercial litigation, while Jennifer Smit advises on contentious construction matters, property disputes and prominent local and international arbitrations. Darren Willans specialises in pension fund litigation and insurance disputes. Rael Gootkin, who focuses on banking litigation, contentious insolvency matters and shareholder disputes, has ‘a formidable energy that takes no prisoners‘. Faith Sikhavhakhavha is ‘a seasoned litigator who always remains calm under pressure‘. David Hertz , Sarah Passmoor and Koketso Rapoo are key names to note.