Jackwell Feris

Sector Head, Director

Jackwell Feris is a Director in our Dispute Resolution Practice and the Sector Head: Industrials, Manufacturing & Trade.

Jackwell Feris

About Jackwell

About Jackwell

Jackwell has over 15 years' experience in the Oil & Gas, Mining & Minerals, Energy & Power, Infrastructure & Transport, Government & State-Owned Sectors having represented governments, state-owned entities and private commercial parties and investors in complex disputes providing dispute prevention, dispute avoidance and dispute resolution services and providing advisory work on projects and/or transactional matters. He has developed depth of skills and experience in oil and gas laws, energy laws, mining laws, constitutional and general public law matters, public procurement and public finance law, international arbitration law, public international law, international investment law, international trade law, climate change laws. 

Credentials

Credentials

Education

  • LLB, North West University, Potchefstroom: 2005
  • Admitted as attorney and notary public: 2008
  • LLM in Corporate Law, University of the Witwatersrand: 2012
  • Certificate in Economics for Law, University of the Witwatersrand: 2015
  • Certificate in International Commercial Arbitration, Washington College of Law: 2017
  • Attended and completed the International Investment Treaties and Investor State Arbitration Seminar, International Law Institute: 2017

Memberships

  • Director and Executive Member of the Underground Coal Gasification Association of South Africa
  • Member of the Fossil Fuel Foundation and South African Oil & Gas Alliance
  • Member of the African Arbitration Association

Languages

Languages

  • English
  • Afrikaans

About Jackwell

Jackwell has over 15 years' experience in the Oil & Gas, Mining & Minerals, Energy & Power, Infrastructure & Transport, Government & State-Owned Sectors having represented governments, state-owned entities and private commercial parties and investors in complex disputes providing dispute prevention, dispute avoidance and dispute resolution services and providing advisory work on projects and/or transactional matters. He has developed depth of skills and experience in oil and gas laws, energy laws, mining laws, constitutional and general public law matters, public procurement and public finance law, international arbitration law, public international law, international investment law, international trade law, climate change laws. 

Credentials

Education

  • LLB, North West University, Potchefstroom: 2005
  • Admitted as attorney and notary public: 2008
  • LLM in Corporate Law, University of the Witwatersrand: 2012
  • Certificate in Economics for Law, University of the Witwatersrand: 2015
  • Certificate in International Commercial Arbitration, Washington College of Law: 2017
  • Attended and completed the International Investment Treaties and Investor State Arbitration Seminar, International Law Institute: 2017

Memberships

  • Director and Executive Member of the Underground Coal Gasification Association of South Africa
  • Member of the Fossil Fuel Foundation and South African Oil & Gas Alliance
  • Member of the African Arbitration Association

Languages

  • English
  • Afrikaans

News

Market recognition

  • Chambers Global 2023–2024 ranked him as an “Up & Coming” dispute resolution lawyer.
  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2022–2023 recommended him for dispute resolution.
  • Jackwell was listed in the Legal 500 Private Practice Arbitration Powerlist: Africa 2023.
  • The Association of Young Arbitrators recognised Jackwell as an expert arbitration practitioner.
  • Jackwell is a recipient of The Africa's 50 Most promising Young Arbitration Practitioner 2020 Award. He is recognised by The Association of Young Arbitrators (AYA) as an expert Arbitration Practitioner who is passionate about the growth and development of International Investment and Commercial Arbitration in Africa.

Market recognition

  • Chambers Global 2023–2024 ranked him as an “Up & Coming” dispute resolution lawyer.
  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2022–2023 recommended him for dispute resolution.
  • Jackwell was listed in the Legal 500 Private Practice Arbitration Powerlist: Africa 2023.
  • The Association of Young Arbitrators recognised Jackwell as an expert arbitration practitioner.
  • Jackwell is a recipient of The Africa's 50 Most promising Young Arbitration Practitioner 2020 Award. He is recognised by The Association of Young Arbitrators (AYA) as an expert Arbitration Practitioner who is passionate about the growth and development of International Investment and Commercial Arbitration in Africa.