The South African mining industry on the road to Mangaung

Image: Flickr, Paul Saad
Image: Flickr, Paul Saad

The South African Institute of International Affairs, Western Cape Branch, invites you to a public seminar to be addressed by Peter Leon on "The South African mining industry on the road to Mangaung".

Venue: Cape Town Holocaust Centre, 88 Hatfield St, Gardens, Cape Town

 The South African Institute of International Affairs, Western Cape Branch, invites you to a public seminar to be addressed by

Peter Leon

speaking on

“The South African mining industry on the road to Mangaung”

at

the Cape Town Holocaust Centre, 88 Hatfield St, Gardens, Cape Town

on Thursday 30th August 2012

at 5:00 for 5:30 pm

Light refreshments will be served before the event

Entrance for non-members is R30 or R15 on presentation of a current student identity card.

Parking is freely available on Hatfield Street.

Event Background

Peter Leon is a partner with Webber Wentzel, Johannesburg, where he heads the firm´s Africa Mining and Energy Projects practice.

His areas of expertise include mining, energy, black economic empowerment and international investment law, as well as financial services regulation. In recent matters, Peter Leon advised mining companies on the regulatory implications of key policy proposals in the African National Congress’s research report on State Intervention in the Minerals Sector, advised a multinational mining company on a mine development agreement and related issues with the government of Ghana, advised on the regulatory requirements for a change of control of a company holding mineral rights in Tanzania, and acted in various additional advisory roles for a range of African private sector actors and governments.

Peter Leon received his BA LLB cum laude from the University of Cape Town, South Africa and his LLM with first class honours from Cambridge University, England, where he was elected Senior Scholar of Christ’s College, Cambridge for academic achievement.

The views expressed in this publication/article are those of the author/s and do not necessarily reflect the views of the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA).