Banking

• Asset and vehicle finance recovery
• Banks Act and National Payment System Act compliance
• Cross-border exchange control regulations (SARB)
• Syndicated lending agreements

Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution

We provide strategic representation across the spectrum of commercial disputes, combining litigation strength with efficient dispute resolution methods.

• Contract enforcement
• Debt collection and asset recovery (Magistrate’s Court and High Court)
• Debt recovery
• Defamation and reputational damage claims
• Delictual claims and damages quantification
• Employment-related disputes
• Liquidations, sequestrations, and business rescue proceedings
• Professional negligence and malpractice litigation
• Property & lease disputes
• Shareholder and partnership disputes
• Urgent applications & interdicts

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and mediation processes offer a route to resolving disputes outside of traditional litigation, including mediation, arbitration, and negotiation.

Compulsory mediation: certain South African High Courts now require parties to attempt mediation before proceeding to trial in specific civil matters. This aims to reduce court backlogs, lower litigation costs, and encourage settlement. Mediation is confidential, voluntary in outcome, and allows parties to craft their own solutions with a neutral mediator’s assistance.

Consumer Protection & Regulatory Compliance

We help businesses meet statutory duties while maintaining competitive commercial practices and market clarity.

• Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) advisory
• Competition Commission inquiries and compliance
• Complaint handling frameworks
• Consumer Protection Act compliance
• Electronic Communications and Transactions Act (ECTA) compliance for e-commerce
• Marketing & advertising compliance
• National Credit Act (NCA) compliance and advisory
• Product liability guidance
• Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) manual drafting
• Terms & Conditions drafting & review

Corporate & Commercial Law

• Corporate governance and Companies Act compliance
• Director fiduciary duties and liability defense
• Joint ventures and shareholder agreements
• Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) drafting and amendments

Employment Law

We support businesses and employees through the full lifecycle of workplace relationships, ensuring compliance and fair administrative processes.

• CCMA representation
• Disciplinary procedures
• Dismissals
• Employment contracts
• Employment equity compliance
• Independent contractor vs. employee status determinations
• Policy drafting & review
• Restraint of trade and confidentiality agreement enforcement
• Retrenchment (operational requirements)
• Workplace policy drafting (IT usage, health & safety, grievance procedures)

Energy Law

Advisory support for developers, financiers and offtakers navigating South Africa’s liberalising electricity market.

• Community, land and environmental compliance for renewable energy projects
• Electricity Regulation Act (ERA) and NERSA licensing compliance
• Grid interconnection, curtailment and network access disputes
• Independent Power Producer (IPP) procurement and structuring advisory
• Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) negotiation and drafting
• Refinancing and capital structuring for energy projects
• Wheeling and trading agreement structuring

Entertainment Law

• Actor contracts
• Cast liaison agreements
• Casting agency agreements
• Casting director agreements
• Co-production agreements
• Copyright and performance rights advisory
• Film, television and music production contracts
• Licensing and royalty agreements
• Production budgeting
• Production contracts
• Profit share and back-end negotiations
• Sponsorship and endorsement agreements
• Submission release agreements
• Talent and artist representation agreements
• Writer agreements

Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services

• Compliance officer statutory duties
• FAIS Act licensing and compliance frameworks
• Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) regulatory investigations
• Representations before the Financial Services Tribunal

Immigration Law

• Appeals against undesirable or prohibited person declarations
• Asylum permit applications
• Corporate permit applications and compliance
• Deportation and detention defence
• Permanent residence and retired person permit applications
• Study, exchange and relative’s permit applications
• Temporary residence permit renewals and status changes
• Visitor’s and crew permit applications
• Work, business and treaty permit applications

Information Technology & Cyber Law

• Data breach incident response and regulatory reporting
• Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and support contracts
• Software as a Service (SaaS) and Cloud hosting agreements
• Software development, assignment, and licensing contracts

Intellectual Property Law

• Design and patent registrations
• Domain name dispute resolution (ZADNA/WIPO)
• IP licensing, franchising, and commercialization agreements
• Software and technology escrow agreements
• Unlawful competition and passing-off claims

Maritime Law and Logistics

• Cargo damage, loss claims, and bill of lading disputes
• Charterparty drafting and disputes
• Customs and excise (SARS) disputes related to freight
• Marine insurance litigation

Matrimonial Law (Family Law)

• Antenuptial contracts (ANC) and marital property regimes
• Care, contact, and guardianship (Children’s Act proceedings)
• Cohabitation and universal partnership agreements
• Divorce
• Family Violence and Harassment interdicts
• International child abduction (Hague Convention applications)
• Rule 43 (High Court) / Rule 58 (Magistrate’s Court) interim relief applications

Property Law

Advisory and litigation support across the property lifecycle, working alongside conveyancers where transfers are required.

• Building and construction disputes (JBCC, FIDIC, NEC contracts)
• Commercial property transactions
• Eviction proceedings (Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act – PIE)
• Expropriation and valuation disputes
• Homeowners Association governance
• Sectional title advisory
• Zoning, land use, and municipal planning disputes

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Trusts

• Formation and restructuring of inter vivos and testamentary trusts
• Trust litigation and trustee fiduciary accountability

Wills & Estates

• Administration of deceased estates (Master of the High Court procedures)
• Drafting of wills and comprehensive estate planning