Webber Wentzel is an African law firm headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The firm is a level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) contributor.
[8] Webber Wentzel was founded in 1869 and is the only large South African law firm to retain a traditional partnership organisation and not incorporate into a limited liability company.
In 1967, The Maitland Group, a fund administrator and fiduciary services specialist with over £140 billion of assets under administration in April 2015, was founded in Luxembourg in 1976 by former Webber Wentzel partner Eric Pfaff as the Luxembourg presence for Webber Wentzel.
[11] On 1 February 2013, Webber Wentzel entered into a collaborative alliance with global law firm, Linklaters.