Jeremy Botha

Chief Executive Officer, Werksmans

Jeremy Botha is Chief Executive Officer of Werksmans, in the role since April 2006.

Werksmans is a Johannesburg corporate and commercial law firm with over 200 lawyers, tracing its origins to the early 1900s and a founding member of the Lex Africa legal alliance. Botha came to the firm from a general manager's role at Adams and Adams after a background in financial management and taxation.

In the job

  1. Werksmans was shortlisted in several categories of the African Legal Awards 2026, including for advising the consortium that bought the mining division of Murray & Roberts for R1.27 billion. Source

Career before

  1. about 5 yearsGeneral Manager, Adams and Adams
  2. Financial management and taxation roles at large South African corporates

Sources

  1. werksmans.com
  2. chambers.com
  3. en.wikipedia.org

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