Our efficient and professional Corporate Commercial Department offers our business clients a wide range of legal services.

Our advice and assistance includes, but is not limited to the following aspects:

• Negotiation of transactions;
• Drafting of legal documents;
• Corporate Structuring, Restructuring or Reorganisations;
• Mergers and Acquisitions;
• Black Economic Empowerment;
• Business Rescue;
• Commercial agreements including shareholders’ agreements; loan agreements; subscription agreements; sale of business agreements; sale of shares agreements; service agreements; settlement agreements; lease agreements and business trust deeds; etc;
• Corporate legislation including the Companies Act, 2008; the Close Corporations Act, 1984; the Consumer Protection Act, 2008 and the National Credit Act, 2005;
• The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (“JSE”);
• Financial legislation and anti-money laundering legislation including the Banks Act, 1990; Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 2001 (” FICA”); Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002 (“FAIS”); Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004; Promotion of Access to Information Act (“PAIA”) and the Security Service Act, 2004;
• Corporate governance including company formation and registration; duties of directors; drafting Memoranda of Incorporation (“MOIs’); special resolutions; ordinary resolutions; directors’ resolutions; notices of meetings and minutes of meetings; reviewing board packs of large companies and filing prescribed forms with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (“CIPC”);
• Due diligence investigations;
• Business Trusts;
• Related tax advisory services;
• Related commercial litigation.