Meet The Partners

Team member
Volker Werth
Director - Corporate and Commercial
Team member
Kay Schröder
Director - Corporate and Commercial
Team member
Angelika Yakovchuk
Director - Immigration Law, General Commercial Law, Strategic Negotiations, and Compliance

Simplicity is Fundamental

WerthSchröder Inc. is the cat amongst the pigeons in Johannesburg’s attorneys’ scene. Partners Volker Werth, Kay Schröder and Angelika Yakovchuk put their knowledge and experience together to found a firm in which their skills and competencies are fast-forwarding their reputation.

With the law of immigration, corporate, commercial, German and European law, insurance, insolvency, competition, construction, tax

Werth Schröder Milestones

  • 1
    01 March 2012
    WerthSchröder Inc. open it's doors.
  • 2
    02 March 2012
    Appointment of Kay Schröder, Volker Werth, Jasmin Schweitzer and Wayne Venter as Directors.
  • 3
    25 May 2012
    Official Launch Party at the German Chamber.
  • 4
    06 June 2012
    Appointment of Angelika Yakovchuk as Director.
  • 5
    January 2013
    Angelika Yakovchuk - engaging with the Minister of the Department of Home Affairs, resulting in change of national policy.
  • 6
    February 2013
    Kay Schröder - Obtaining an important decision regarding the validity of Trusts in the Johannesburg High Court.
  • 7
    June 2013
    Angelika Yakovchuk - elected as a Vice President of French South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Volker Werth - appointment as director of Saarland International (official representative of the economy of the State of Saarland) in South Africa.
  • 8
    November 2013
    Kay Schröder - Winning ICC arbitration award against the South African Government for an Austrian client.
  • 9
    February 2014
    Kay Schröder - Conclusion of an important acquisition of the majority shareholding in a South African manufacturing company. Angelika Yakovchuk - appointment as a member of advisory committee on immigration. Volker Werth - appointment as approved legal service provider to the High Commission of Canada in South Africa.
  • 10
    March 2014
    Kay Schröder - Interview with Business Day Live Youtube Link - http://youtu.be/gKVYGB7h9C8
  • 11
    March - July 2014
    Kay Schröder - Comments on the Oscar Pistorius trial for German TV RTL. Volker Werth - presentation to potential investors (focus on BEE) in Hannover, Germany. Volker Werth - presentation to potential investors in Saarbruecken, Germany.
  • 12
    April 2014
    Prof. Dr. André Thomashausen - appointed to head up the Africa Desk.
  • 13
    June 2014
    Kay Schröder - Re-elected to the Senior Council of the German – Southern African Chamber of Commerce. Angelika Yakovchuk - appointment on the board of Euro Chamber in South Africa.
  • 14
    July 2014
    Angelika Yakovchuk - appointment as an immigration legal expert for National Treasury Project on National Policy on One Stop Border Posts in South Africa. Volker Werth - moderator to Canadian trade delegation (mining and energy sector).
  • 15
    August 2014
    Kay Schröder appointed by the High Court of Cologne, Germany, as an Expert Witness in South African Trust Law.