Chris Stevens

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Head of Mining & Resources

Johannesburg

+27 11 535 8467

+27 11 535 8667

Chris Stevens is a Director and Head of the Mining & Resources, advising in the Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions and Land Reform practice areas. Chris is deeply skilled in matters relating to due diligence; opinion work; administrative appeals and reviews; mining title registration; and resources law. He is a sought-after advisor on mining transactions; mining disputes; and all aspects of the MPRDA. Chris advised Anglo American Platinum on all its B-BBEE projects for all its joint ventures and existing mines.

Mining & Resources

Due diligence
Opinion work
Administrative appeals and reviews
Mining title registration
Resources law

Mining transactions
Mining disputes
All aspects of the MPRDA
Advised Anglo Platinum on its BEE projects for its joint ventures and existing mines;
Currently advising the Department of Water Affairs in relation to the acid mine drainage project in the Witwatersrand and;
Currently advising the Department of Water Affairs in relation to the acid mine drainage project in the Witwatersrand.

BCom (University of the Witwatersrand)
LLB (University of the Witwatersrand)
2012: Director, Werksmans
Head of Mining & Resources practice area

Listed in Hall of Fame by the Legal 500 | 2024 | Mining
Recognised as a Thought Leader Africa by Who's Who Legal | 2023 | Mining
Ranked as an expert consultant by IFLR 1000 | 2022 | Energy & Infrastructure and Project Finance
Ranked lawyer (Band 1) by Chambers Global | 2008 – 2022, 2024 | Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
Named as a leading lawyer by Legal 500 | 2013 – 2016 and 2018 – 2021 | Mining
Ranked as a highly regarded practitioner by IFLR 1000 | 2020 | Energy & Infrastructure and Project Finance
Named as a global elite thought leader in Who's Who Legal | Mining
Named as a recommended lawyer in Who's Who Legal | Mining
Named as a global elite thought leader in Who's Who Legal | Mining
Membership: Mining Law Committee, IBA (2003 – 2004)
Won WITS prize for mining law in LLM by course work (1991)
Lectured LLB Prospecting and Mining Course, WITS (1995 - 2005)
Lectures annually at the WITS LLM in Mining Engineering on Mineral Law Compliance
Spoken at about 50 conferences in South Africa over the past 20 years
Presentations:
- RMMLF Mining Law Conference in Rio de Janeiro (2019); o IBA Conference in London on Investment in Africa (2018);
- IBA conference in Rome on mining contractorship agreements (2005);
- IBA conference in Cape Town on implications of the National Water Act on mining companies (1998); and
- IPBA in Auckland, New Zealand on Native Title in South Africa and how it affects mining tenements (1998).

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