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...attended Pretoria Boys High School, studied applied maths and law at the University of Cape Town, and then did postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge, before beginning a career at law firm Webber Wentzel...
...The police arrested Grant Wentzel, Woodford’s head of trading, who had been behind the wheel. Mr Wentzel, who declined to comment, was acquitted of the drink-driving charge....
...Marcos Wentzel, a senior partner at Puente, a local investment bank, is impressed by the progress of reforms so far, but wonders how far they will go....
...One of its components is Linklaters, which operates an “exclusive alliance” in South Africa with Webber Wentzel, a local firm....
...Mr Wentzel says: “I don’t think we’re going to see a revolution in this industry, but it’s starting to evolve.”...
...It has entered into an alliance with Webber Wentzel in South Africa and is advising on 220 live matters in 41 jurisdictions in Africa....
...Peter Leon, a partner at Webber Wentzel, a law firm, said the fact that Mr Ractliffe had not sought financial gain from the diamonds meant it was unlikely that he would be prosecuted....
...Peter Leon, partner and mining specialist at South African law firm Webber Wentzel, said: “Unpolished diamonds can only be dealt with by somebody who has a permit – in South Africa there are very strict...
...The mines ministry’s grant to Imperial Crown broke the law on several counts, claims Peter Leon, a mining law expert at Webber Wentzel, the Johannesburg-based firm....
...Such words may not be enough to reassure multinational companies, Mr Major says: “This is a popular slogan....
...“This was a breath of fresh air,” said Peter Leon, head of natural resources and regulatory at Webber Wentzel, a Johannesburg-based law firm....
...Beneficiation “has almost become a holy cow”, says Peter Leon, a partner who heads the natural resources and regulatory practice at law firm Webber Wentzel and current chair of the International Bar Association...
...“People haven’t liked it but she has turned the company on its head and this has been a major achievement,” says Peter Leon, head of the mining practice at Webber Wentzel, a Johannesburg law firm....
...“Going forward, they will have to evolve culturally,” says Julian Wentzel, head of research with First South Securities. “There are very few outsiders at the senior level in the business.”...
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