Sarah McKenzie

Sarah McKenzie is a Partner at Webber Wentzel in Johannesburg, specialising in dispute resolution, including complex, high‑value international and domestic commercial and treaty arbitration, as well as high‑profile regulatory, international trade, and commercial litigation.

She has represented parties in many domestic and international arbitrations under the auspices of the ICC, ICSID, AFSA, the Chinese Arbitration Association, and UNCITRAL, and has appeared at various courts in the South African court system, including the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal, and various divisions of the High Court. She has acted for listed and non‑listed entities, state‑owned enterprises, statutory bodies, and non‑governmental organisations in a variety of fields, including healthcare, energy, private equity, construction and infrastructure, transport, tourism, manufacturing, mining, finance, and auditing. She spent a year at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa, clerking for the Chief Justice, and has published articles in the field of international arbitration and presented at numerous international arbitration conferences.

Sarah holds an LL.M (by research in investment law dispute settlement) from the University of the Witwatersrand (2017), an LL.B (cum laude) from the University of the Witwatersrand (2008), and a BA from the University of the Witwatersrand (2006). She is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.