As a small corporate and commercial law firm, we offer a full spectrum of legal services. These services are structured into two main divisions:
1. Corporate and commercial legal services, focusing on transactional and regulatory services;
2. Litigation and dispute resolution, focusing on litigation and alternative dispute resolution in the form of mediation and arbitration.
Corporate and Commercial Practice
We assist clients with all commercial and corporate aspects of their business. This area of law is one of the firm’s key focus areas. Our services are not limited to the draft and settlement of a composite range of commercial contracts but also include advising on the tax and other implications of commercial transactions, conducting due diligence investigations, advising on the implication of Broad- Based Black Economic Empowerment and assisting with the implementation of commercial transactions.
In recognising the evolving needs of our clients who are expanding their business operations as well as the increased governance risks, we provide a full corporate governance and regulatory service within the firm, which has consultants that are corporate governance expertise. Thus, it is our firm’s view that corporate governance is an essential pillar of any successful business. Our corporate governance team in this regard is a trusted advisor to leading and emerging corporate and government entities, providing sound, strategic advice, and guidance to our clients. We believe that our clients should focus on their operational matters, knowing that the myriad of compliance requirements are in capable hands.
Registration of new companies;
Amendment of existing company;
Advice on director’s duties under King IV and the Companies Act, No 71 of 2008;
Review of corporate governance structures within the compliance framework;
Providing independent corporate governance advice and all secretarial services to boards and its sub-committees;
Advise of risk assessment and implementing risk-mitigating measures relating to:
Director’s duties;
Prescribed officer’s duties;
Anti-corruption requirements.
Litigation & Dispute
Resolution
This relates to commercial, civil, and labour litigation disputes such as the following:
Contracts e.g. disputes arising from breach of contract.
Motor Vehicle Accidents e.g. claiming damages because of a motor vehicle collision.
Property disputes e.g. landlord and tenant disputes, building contracts dispute etc.
Labour Law e.g. Unfair dismissals, unfair labour practices, employment equity disputes.
Property Law
Drafting of residential and commercial lease.
Drafting of sale agreements i.e. sale of a property or business.
Conveyancing.
Mortgage and Notarial Bonds Registrations.
Evictions.
Transfer of land etc.
Employment Law
General Employment Law;
Arbitration and Mediation;
Disciplinary investigations and enquiries;
Due Diligence Exercises and Corporate Transactions;
Drafting Employment Contracts;
Employment litigation (Labour and High Court Litigation);
Litigation: Alternative Dispute Resolutions;
Training, Seminars and Employment Law Updates.
Family Law
Divorces;
Maintenance Court Litigation;
Domestic violence and harassment;
All matters related to the rights of children such as drafting of Parental Plans, custody application, access to the child etc.
Criminal Law
Criminal law is the name given to the branch of law that governs an individual’s relationship to the state. It is the part of law that defines all the type of criminal offences, which are usually established by common law or state legislatures (“Statutory law”).
The term “criminal law” also encompasses the rights of an accused and the criminal process to be followed upon the arrest of the suspect(s) up until the trial stages. Our team of attorneys has vast legal experience in this field of law having represented clients from the smaller courts up to the highest courts of the country. As such we have gained a reputation for ensuring that justice for our clients is always properly served. We have also in seeking justice for our clients, assist some of the big companies in acting as their watching brief to ensure that those that breaks the law meet the punishment stipulated by our criminal justice system. As a result, our service in this regard are as follows:
Police Bail (24 Hours);
Bail applications at District and Regional Courts;
Represent clients at the District, Regional & High Court matters;
Conducting Bail Appeals and Trial Appeals;
Conducting forensic criminal investigations;
Acting as a watching brief on behalf of complainants or victims of crime.
Environmental Law
Our firm in conjunction with a group of consultants that are legal experts within the field of environmental law, provides high quality definitive advice that keeps our clients at the forefront of the green economy and sustainable development.
In keeping up, with the ever-changing global climate, our firm in recognizing the growing contribution of green businesses to sustainability we have expanded our capacity to offer corporate law services to green entrepreneurs and businesses such as renewable energy, clean technology, and sustainable investment enterprises. Our consultants have given advise to clients on various aspects in the field such as the following:
Advise on Environmental Litigation matters;
Advise on all aspects of Conservation Law;
Advise on environmental legal aspect of Re-financing and Project Finance Agreements;
Advise on all aspects of Planning Law relating to the Mining Operations;
Drafting of legal opinions relating to all aspects of mining law.
Trusts and Administration of
Estates
Administration of estates;
Drafting and revieing wills and testament;
Winding up of deceased estate;
Drafting, registration and administration of trust, including the acceptance of appointments of trust for trust administration.
Personal Injury Law
Our firm provides expert legal advice on client’s rights to claim from the Road Accident Fund after being involved in a motor vehicle accident. We ensure that our clients receive a permissible compensation owing to them by the fund. Our services in this regard are offered on a “No -Win- No- Fee” basis and we pay all medical expenses incurred in preparing our client’s claim.