Summary Profile
Fred Kolbe is a member of the Real Estate practice. With more than 20
years conveyancing experience, Fred has attended to numerous large conveyancing
matters and has run various conveyancing departments dealing with large volumes
of registrations. Fred's areas of expertise are conveyancing and managing
registration of high-volume property related transactions with particular
emphasis on residential property.
Career
Fred began his career as a Judges Clerk in 1977. In 1980, he was
appointed as a Candidate Attorney at Solomon Nicolson. Fred moved to Hofmeyr
Van Der Merwe as an Associate in 1982 and then to Botha Moll & Partners in
1985. In 1988, Fred joined Cliffe Dekker as an Associate. He moved to Kemp
Evenhuis as a Partner in 1991. In 1995, Fred rejoined Cliffe Dekker as a
Director and in September 2008 became a Director of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr.
Education/ Qualifications
BCom LLB, University of Pretoria
Date of admission: 1982
Experience
- Attended to the cession of the Post Office Staff Bonds to First
National Bank Limited
- Advised Alusaf Behuisingsmaatskappy (Pty) Ltd on the winding down of
the company's housing scheme and attended to the conveyancing relating
thereto
- Advised client on the acquisition of the low-cost housing properties
held by Saambou Limited
- Registered the first bond in South Africa over a mining right in
terms of the Mineral and Petroleum Recourses Development Act, Act 28 of 2002
