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Desmond Gary Williams

Address: 

P.O. Box 927
Johannesburg 2000 RSA
Republic of South Africa

Phone Number: 
(27-11) 488-0000
Fax Number: 
(27-11) 484-3100
Born: 
1950, South Africa
Languages: 
English Afrikaans
Nationalities: 
South African
Education: 
B.A.; LL.B.; H.Dip.Co.Law; H.Dip. Tax Law, Univ. of Witwatersrand
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted as Attorney and Notary, South Africa 1976; Lesotho 1979
Present Position: 
Partner, Head of Litigation Department, Werksmans, Johannesburg
Professional Experience: 

Partner, Werksmans, Johannesburg (1979- )

Professional Associations: 

South African Country Chairman of Committee (International Litigation) of the Section on Business Law of the International Bar Association; Director and Member, Council of Alternative Dispute Resolution Association of South Africa; Vice Chairman, Transvaal Regional Committee of Environmental Law Association; Johannesburg Attorneys Association, Lawyers for Human Rights

Arbitration Experience: 

Attorney, numerous ICC, Israel/South African Chamber of Commerce, and ad hoc international and domestic commercial cases, held in Paris, Israel, Zurich, South Africa (1977- )

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
Commercial Litigation
Environmental Law
International Litigation
Publications from JURIS: 
CHAPTER 34 - South Africa - Interim Measures in International Arbitration
Publications: 

Stipulations for the Benefit of the Purchaser, De Rebus, the South African Attorneys’ Journal (1981); Rights of Pre-emption – The Grantee’s Remedy, De Rebus (1983); The Agricultural Credit Act – Caveat Creditor, De Rebus (1985); Tax as a Factor in the Assessment of Damages, S. A. Tax J. (1986); Attachments and Other Interim Remedies in Support of Arbitration in South Africa, a paper in Interim Court Remedies in Support of Arbitration – a Country by Country Analysis (London 1987); Affirmative Action and the Legal Profession, De Rebus (1991).