Webber Wentzel is an African law firm principally based in Johannesburg, South Africa and a member of the "Big Five law firms" of leading South African law firms. The firm serves its client base, including many of Africa's top 100 companies in banking, insurance, media, mining, property and telecommunications companies, from its offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Webber Wentzel was founded in 1868 and is the only large South African law firm to retain a traditional partnership organistion and not incorporate into a limited liability company. Major mergers in Webber Wentzel's history include Webber Wentzel & Co merging with Bowens Inc in 1995 and Webber Wentzel Bowens merging with Mallinicks Inc in 2008.
The firm is the South African associate of the largest African association of law firms ALN (formerly the African Legal Network) and on 1 February 2013 the firm entered into a collaborative alliance with global law firm Linklaters.
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