Three South African Law Firms Join Black-Ownership Rules Review
Three more South African law firms joined a legal challenge to review stricter policies around Black ownership and representation in these practices.
Bowmans, Webber Wentzel and Werksmans 'have intervened in support of legal proceedings' initiated by Norton Rose Fulbright LLP to revisit the new broad-based Black economic empowerment legal sector code of good practice introduced by Trade Minister Parks Tau in September 2024, the firms said in a statement Tuesday.
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