Webber Wentzel Legal Insights
This is the official Webber Wentzel podcast.
24
NOV
In conversation with the Pension Funds Adjudicator
The Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator (OPFA) published its Annual Report for 2020/21, and whilst the OPFA recorded a reduction in the number of new complaints referred for that period, it noted that this may be due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Whilst pension funds, administrators and employers have their own role to play in a pension fund, is there a role for them in lessening the number of complaints in pension funds?
In this podcast, Nicci van Vuuren and Muvhango Lukhaimane (the Pension Funds Adjudicator) explore the disparity which seems to exist between members and stakeholders when it comes to member dissatisfaction and complaints.
Guest: Muvhango Lukhaimane, Pension Funds Adjudicator
Host: Nicci van Vuuren, Senior Associate, Webber Wentzel
Executive Producer: Nicci van Vuuren
In this podcast, Nicci van Vuuren and Muvhango Lukhaimane (the Pension Funds Adjudicator) explore the disparity which seems to exist between members and stakeholders when it comes to member dissatisfaction and complaints.
Guest: Muvhango Lukhaimane, Pension Funds Adjudicator
Host: Nicci van Vuuren, Senior Associate, Webber Wentzel
Executive Producer: Nicci van Vuuren
28
SEP
Important competition law developments in Nigeria - Part 2: Competition and trade issues in Nigeria
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) is actively reviewing mergers and pursing several restrictive business practice investigations.
In this podcast, Florence Abebe (Assistant Chief Legal Officer at the FCCPC), Ayodeji Oyetunde (Partner at Aluko & Oyebode) unpack recent competition compliance and trade law developments, and discuss the effect of these developments on firms doing business in Nigeria.
Host: Shawn van der Meulen, Partner, Webber Wentzel
Executive Producer: Elisha Bhugwandeen
In this podcast, Florence Abebe (Assistant Chief Legal Officer at the FCCPC), Ayodeji Oyetunde (Partner at Aluko & Oyebode) unpack recent competition compliance and trade law developments, and discuss the effect of these developments on firms doing business in Nigeria.
Host: Shawn van der Meulen, Partner, Webber Wentzel
Executive Producer: Elisha Bhugwandeen
28
SEP
Important competition law developments in Nigeria - Part 1: Merger control developments in Nigeria
Over the past few months, there have been some important merger control developments in Nigeria, including the recent amendment to the merger filing fees.
In this podcast, Florence Abebe (Assistant Chief Legal Officer at the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission) and Ayodeji Oyetunde (Partner at Aluko & Oyebode) discuss the effect of these developments on firms doing business in Nigeria.
Host: Mmadika Moloi, Partner, Webber Wentzel
Executive Producer: Elisha Bhugwandeen
In this podcast, Florence Abebe (Assistant Chief Legal Officer at the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission) and Ayodeji Oyetunde (Partner at Aluko & Oyebode) discuss the effect of these developments on firms doing business in Nigeria.
Host: Mmadika Moloi, Partner, Webber Wentzel
Executive Producer: Elisha Bhugwandeen
26
JUL
Corruption in international arbitration proceedings
by Chandni Gopal, Dylan Cron, Prathik Mohanlall, Kirsten Wolmarans
Considering avenues of mitigating your company's risk exposure, is part and parcel of investing across borders. When dealing with a government entity in your business transaction, are you certain that the local courts will protect your company in cases where there are allegations of bribery by a public official?
Webber Wentzel lawyers Chandni Gopal, Dylan Cron, Prathik Mohanlall and Kirsten Wolmarans discuss corruption allegations that have arisen more frequently in international arbitration and evaluate how arbitrators deal with corruption allegations during arbitrations, and what happens when corruption creeps into the proceedings itself through corrupt witnesses and arbitrators.
Guest for this podcast series are:
Chandni Gopal, senior associate and specialist in commercial dispute resolution, arbitration and judicial review.
Dylan Cron, partner and specialist in corporate and commercial dispute resolution, including administrative, regulatory and constitutional law advice and litigation.
Prathik Mohanlall partner and specialist in corporate and commercial dispute resolution and;
Host: Kirsten Wolmarans, partner and specialist in corporate and commercial litigation and arbitrations
Produced by: Volume
Executive Producer: Andrea Collocott
Considering avenues of mitigating your company's risk exposure, is part and parcel of investing across borders. When dealing with a government entity in your business transaction, are you certain that the local courts will protect your company in cases where there are allegations of bribery by a public official?
Webber Wentzel lawyers Chandni Gopal, Dylan Cron, Prathik Mohanlall and Kirsten Wolmarans discuss corruption allegations that have arisen more frequently in international arbitration and evaluate how arbitrators deal with corruption allegations during arbitrations, and what happens when corruption creeps into the proceedings itself through corrupt witnesses and arbitrators.
Guest for this podcast series are:
Chandni Gopal, senior associate and specialist in commercial dispute resolution, arbitration and judicial review.
Dylan Cron, partner and specialist in corporate and commercial dispute resolution, including administrative, regulatory and constitutional law advice and litigation.
Prathik Mohanlall partner and specialist in corporate and commercial dispute resolution and;
Host: Kirsten Wolmarans, partner and specialist in corporate and commercial litigation and arbitrations
Produced by: Volume
Executive Producer: Andrea Collocott
05
MAY
The effect of recent COMESA competition law developments – a discussion with Dr Willard Mwemba – Pt 2 by Burton Phillips
The COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) has now been active for almost 10 years and has pioneered the development of regional competition law in Africa. In this podcast, Dr Willard Mwemba, the Acting Director and Chief Executive Officer of the CCC, and Burton Phillips from Webber Wentzel unpack the recent important developments involving the COMESA Competition Commission (CCC). This session will focus on restrictive business practices.
Guest for this podcast series are:
Burton Phillips, Partner, Webber Wentzel; and
Dr Willard Mwemba, Acting Director and Chief Executive Officer of the COMESA Competition Commission.
Executive Producer: Elisha Bhugwandeen
Guest for this podcast series are:
Burton Phillips, Partner, Webber Wentzel; and
Dr Willard Mwemba, Acting Director and Chief Executive Officer of the COMESA Competition Commission.
Executive Producer: Elisha Bhugwandeen
05
MAY
The effect of recent COMESA competition law developments – a discussion with Dr Willard Mwemba – Pt 1 by Daryl Dingley
The COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) has now been active for almost 10 years and has pioneered the development of regional competition law in Africa. In this podcast, Dr Willard Mwemba, the Acting Director and Chief Executive Officer of the CCC, and Daryl Dingley from Webber Wentzel unpack the recent important developments relating to the COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) and the effect of these developments for firms doing business in Africa. This session also focuses on the CCC's priority enforcement objectives and merger control.
Guest for this podcast series are:
Daryl Dingley, Head of the Competition Law Team, Webber Wentzel; and
Dr Willard Mwemba, Acting Director and Chief Executive Officer of the COMESA Competition Commission.
Executive Producer: Elisha Bhugwandeen
Guest for this podcast series are:
Daryl Dingley, Head of the Competition Law Team, Webber Wentzel; and
Dr Willard Mwemba, Acting Director and Chief Executive Officer of the COMESA Competition Commission.
Executive Producer: Elisha Bhugwandeen
15
MAR
Investment protection under the AfCFTA
The African Continental Free Trade Area aims to increase intra-African trade and transform the economies on the African continent. With trade comes investment and the first question that investors should be asking when taking the plunge and committing to an investment in a foreign state is how that investment will be treated. In this podcast Webber Wentzel partners Sarah McKenzie, Vlad Movshovich and guests Tunde Fagbohunlu, head of the Litigation, Arbitration and ADR at Aluko & Oyebode and Roland Ziadé, Global Co-Head of International Arbitration at Linklaters, discuss the investment protection regime under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, what we can anticipate in the protocol that is currently being negotiated and the importance of this document for intra-African investments.
Our experts in this podcast are:
Vlad Movshovich, dispute resolution specialist at Webber Wentzel
Tunde Fagbohunlu, commercial litigation and arbitration specialist at Aluko Oyebode
Roland Ziadé, global co-head of International Arbitration, Linklaters Paris
Host: Sarah McKenzie, dispute resolution specialist at Webber Wentzel
Executive Producer: Yael Shafrir
Podcast production: www.volume.africa
Our experts in this podcast are:
Vlad Movshovich, dispute resolution specialist at Webber Wentzel
Tunde Fagbohunlu, commercial litigation and arbitration specialist at Aluko Oyebode
Roland Ziadé, global co-head of International Arbitration, Linklaters Paris
Host: Sarah McKenzie, dispute resolution specialist at Webber Wentzel
Executive Producer: Yael Shafrir
Podcast production: www.volume.africa
05
FEB
COVID-19 Vaccines – Employer Considerations – Part 6: Personal information management of employee vaccine data
With the arrival of South Africa's first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines, many employers are grappling with the possibility of introducing workplace vaccination policies. Over this 6-part series, we will be unpacking various issues from the possibility of mandatory vaccination policies for employees to personal information management of employee vaccination data. In part 6, the final podcast in this series, we explore privacy issues related to Covid-19 vaccines for employers. We are joined by Karl Blom, a privacy expert at Webber Wentzel to discuss these issues.
05
FEB
COVID-19 Vaccines – Employer Considerations – Part 5: The workplace as a site for vaccination
With the arrival of South Africa's first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines, many employers are grappling with the possibility of introducing workplace vaccination policies. Over this 6-part series, we will be unpacking various issues from the possibility of mandatory vaccination policies for employees to personal information management of employee vaccination data. Employers, particularly those with large workforces and the relevant infrastructure and capabilities, may be thinking about whether it will be permissible to use the workplace as a site for vaccination? We chat to Kenneth Coster from our health & safety team, in part 5 of this podcast series.
05
FEB
COVID-19 Vaccines – Employer Considerations – Part 4: Potential disciplinary issues
With the arrival of South Africa's first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines, many employers are grappling with the possibility of introducing workplace vaccination policies. Over this 6-part series, we will be unpacking various issues from the possibility of mandatory vaccination policies for employees to personal information management of employee vaccination data. In part 4 of this series, Mehnaaz Bux from our employment team joins us to have a follow-on discussion on the issues of employee discipline.
05
FEB
COVID-19 Vaccines – Employer Considerations – Part 3: Mandatory vaccination policies
With the arrival of South Africa's first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines, many employers are grappling with the possibility of introducing workplace vaccination policies. Over this 6-part series, we will be unpacking various issues from the possibility of mandatory vaccination policies for employees to personal information management of employee vaccination data. One of the key questions on the minds of employers is whether they can implement mandatory vaccination policies for employees. In part 3 of this series, Mbali Nkosi speaks to Mehnaaz Bux from our employment team and Kenneth Coster from our health & safety team.
05
FEB
COVID-19 Vaccines – Employer Considerations – Part 2: Health and safety obligations of employers
With the arrival of South Africa's first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines, many employers are grappling with the possibility of introducing workplace vaccination policies. Over this 6-part series, we will be unpacking various issues from the possibility of mandatory vaccination policies for employees to personal information management of employee vaccination data. Within the context of Covid-19 vaccines, health & safety obligations are a key consideration. To unpack and analyse these obligations, Mbali Nkosi speaks to Kenneth Coster, partner and health & safety specialist, in part 2 of this podcast series.
