Firm Description

Shepstone & Wylie is a firm of attorneys established in 1892 and one of the finest in South Africa.

A dynamic adaptable team, thoroughly conversant with all aspects of the law, is backed by vast experience and integrity. Shepstone & Wylie are specialists in the following fields of law:

• Corporate & Commercial
• Conveyancing & Property Law
• Employment & Pension Law
• Environmental & Clean Energy
• International Transport, Trade & Energy
• Local Government & Administrative Law
• Litigation

Over thirty partners practise from offices in Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Richards Bay, Pietermaritzburg and London.

Our affiliations further extend our service throughout Africa and in most parts of the world.

Shepstone & Wylie has one of the oldest environmental law practices in South Africa, which has constantly evolved and matured over the last 20 years to meet and exceed the contemporary environmental law needs of our clients.

Our Environmental and Clean Energy lawyers have proven skills and substantial experience, in providing South African, Trans-African and international clients, in both the public and private sectors, with solutions to meet their environmental law needs.

Driven by South Africa's rising energy demands and global commitment to reducing its carbon emissions, renewable energy is fast emerging as the solution. In order to facilitate this, a renewable energy regulatory framework is rapidly evolving. Generation licenses, independent power producers, private power purchase agreements, and renewable energy regimes including a Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff are regulated. Our clean energy team is well placed to assist clients to understand and comply with the laws, policies and procedures that will assist with ensuring the successful implementation of renewable energy projects.