Copenhagen Debrief
( 22 January 2010 )
Webber Wentzel's Climate Change and Carbon Trading Practice Group hosted a breakfast seminar on the result of the UN Climate Change Conference 2009. The guest speaker was Stef Raubenheimer, lead facilitator of various South African studies into the planning of the low carbon economy, and consultant to top South African companies and facilitator of the Government's Long-Term Mitigation Scenario, was there, and will give us a comprehensive debriefing. Stef will also synthesize government inputs and international reaction, as well as the new initiative from the BASIC countries.

The impact of the MPRDA Amendment Act, 2008 on mineral regulation and the South African mining industry
( 18 August 2009 )
Peter Leon, Partner and Head of Natural Resources and Regulatory at Webber Wentzel, and Chairman of the Mining Law Committee International Bar Association, delivered a presentation entitled The impact of the MPRDA Amendment Act, 2008 on mineral regulation and the South African mining industry at the Mineral Rights Compliance & Reporting Conference: Gallagher Estate, Johannesburg on 18 August 2009.

Creeping expropriation of mining investments: an African perspective
( 21 April 2009 )
Peter Leon, Partner at Webber Wentzel and Chairman of the Mining Law Committee International Bar Association, delivered a presentation entitled Creeping expropriation of mining investments: an African perspective at the the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation: International Mining and Oil & Gas Law, Development, and Investment in Buenos Aires on 21 April 2009.

Resource nationalism: an African perspective
( 14 October 2008 )
Peter Leon, Partner at Webber Wentzel and Senior Vice-Chairman of the Mining Law Committee International Bar Association, delivered a presentation entitled Resource nationalism: an African perspective at the International Bar Association Annual Conference, 2008 in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, 14 October 2008.

The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Amendment Bill, 2007
( 04 June 2008 )
Peter Leon, Partner at Webber Wentzel delivered a presentation entitled The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Amendment Bill, 2007 to the The Portfolio Comittee on Minerals and Energy on Wednesday 4 June 2008.