Ernest Mazansky

• Tax

• Taxation (local and international)
  • Corporate tax planning and advice
  • Opinions
• Restructuring of corporate entities
• Share incentive schemes
• Offshore structures and financing
• Vat
• Estate planning
• Wills and trusts
• Exchange control

He advises on corporate tax planning; restructuring of corporate entities; share incentive schemes; dispute resolution/tax controversy; offshore structures & financing; exchange control; VAT; estate planning; and wills & trusts (local and international).

• BCom (University of the Witwatersrand)
• BAcc (University of the Witwatersrand)
• Higher Diploma in Tax Law (University of the Witwatersrand)
• CA (SA)
• 2002: Director, Werksmans Tax (Pty) Ltd
• Head of Tax practice area

• Listed in Hall of Fame by the Legal 500 | 2024 | Tax
• Ranked by ITR World Tax as a Notable Practitioner | 2023
• Recognised as a Tax Expert | Tax Expert Guide 2022
• Ranked lawyer (Band 1) by Chambers Global | 2019 – 2022, 2024 | Tax
• Ranked as a leading practitioner by Legal 500 | 2019 | Tax
• Ranked as a leading lawyer by IFLR 1000 | 2014, 2017 | Petroleum Economist Energy & Infrastructure Guide
• Past chairman of the Taxation Committee of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
• Chairman of the Institute’s Exchange Control Committee
• Former South African correspondent of the Bulletin for International Taxation published by the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD)
• Listed in the Tax Directors Handbook (2008)
• Listed in the International Tax Review’s World Tax (2011)
• Nominated by in-house counsel and peers as a pre-eminent practitioner in Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Tax Advisers (2008)