Drafting and reviewing commercial contracts
Company registrations, structuring & compliance
Shareholder agreements & directors’ duties
Mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and Legal due diligence
Corporate governance, advisory & compliance
Competition law (Competition Commission matters)
Consumer Protection
Negotiating & drafting franchise agreements
Foreclosures (Company Proceedings)
Debt recovery & enforcement (loan defaults, guarantees, securities)
Banking disputes & regulatory compliance
Credit agreements under the National Credit Act
Insolvency proceedings: liquidation & business rescue support
Transfer of Ownership of Business
Consequences of Changeover of Ownership of Business Enterprise
Drafting contracts of employment, workplace policies, disciplinary codes
CCMA referrals, arbitrations, and Labour Court litigation
Retrenchment processes and restructuring advice
Disciplinary hearings and workplace investigations
Employment equity compliance and disputes
The main speciality of the firm is business law which includes all forms of contracts, company law, drafting of sale of business agreements, insurance law and claims, giving advice on business law and associated topics enabling our clients to conduct their business within the framework of what is now a highly regulated South Africa. We have attended to listings on the JSE as well as delisting’s, advised offshore investors and optimally structured their investment into South Africa. We have also attended to large commercial contracts which require competition commission approval and generally attend to all aspects of business law.
Commercial & Residential Lease Agreements
Sale & transfer of commercial & residential property
Bond registrations & cancellations
Sale agreements and lease agreements
Sectional title scheme registrations & advice
Development projects & land subdivision applications
Property due diligence & title deed searches
Servitudes, usufructs, and notarial deeds
Zoning, town-planning & rezoning applications
Property disputes (boundary disputes, eviction, lease disputes)
Drafting of deeds, trusts & related advice
Transfers of property from deceased estates
Winding up of deceased estates
The firm has a highly competent and efficient conveyancing department that handles all clients’ needs for property transfers, mortgages, sectional title schemes, structuring advice so as to ensure the optimum cash flow to developers and sellers alike. In addition the department can structure agreements ranging from the sale of a dwelling, the sale of units in a development and more complex agreements relating to vatable transactions and going concerns. The perennial question we get asked by clients is the cost of various transactions so that they may budget accordingly.
Constitutional Legal Matters
Estate Advice
Enforcement
Contract Claims
Shareholder & partnership disputes
Director & fiduciary duty litigation
Insurance disputes
Construction & engineering disputes
Banking recoveries & debt collection
Judicial reviews of government or regulatory decisions
Tender / procurement disputes
Public interest litigation & constitutional challenges
Applications for liquidation & sequestration
Opposing or defending liquidation applications
Advising and representing business rescue practitioners
Creditor claims & preferences
Arbitration proceedings
Mediation and negotiation strategies
The firm has an extremely competent litigation department and can represent you in all forms of commercial litigation, constitutional matters, insurance law, bank law, matrimonial disputes, family law, construction law and criminal law. The firm also specialises and has successfully contested many land claims made under the current law.
Divorce & separation (including mediation)
Maintenance applications & disputes
Child custody, guardianship & parenting plans
Domestic violence & protection orders
Road Accident Fund (RAF) claims
Medical negligence & malpractice claims
Workplace injury claims
Drafting wills & trusts
Estate administration & winding up deceased estates
Curatorship & guardianship applications
The Provision of Commercial & General Crime Legal Services
White-collar crime defence
Bail applications
General criminal litigation
The firm also attends to many aspects of general law such as the drafting of Wills, Liquidation and Distribution of Estates, Antenuptial Contracts, Labour Law and the like. In fact a visit to our services page lists all the services that we render and a click on to that page may be helpful.