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Legal Services
| Aviation |
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- Aircraft insurance and claims
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- Aircraft Purchase, Leasing and Financing
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| Banking, Finance and Securities |
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- Banking and financial product development
- Corporate housing schemes
- Debt and equity financing of acquisitions, take-overs and
mergers
- Derivatives and derivative products
- Domestic and international trade and export credit
financing
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- Electronic banking
- Equipment and asset financing including leasing, leverage
leasing, instalment sales and credit sales
- Exchange control
- General banking operations and litigation
- Inter-bank development
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- Listing of securities and financial instruments on the relevant
exchanges
- Project and structured financing
- Securities, futures and commodity trading
- Securities lending
- Securitisation Syndicated lending and finance
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| Black Economic Empowerment |
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- Black Economic Empowerment strategy and policy
- Compliance with industry charters, scorecards and enterprise
definitions
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- Compliance with skills development and employment equity
legislation
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- Structuring of Black Economic Empowerment transactions
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| Building and Construction |
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- Building and engineering contracts
- International and local housing projects
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- Construction and engineering claims, disputes, litigation and
alternative dispute resolution
- Guarantees, including performance and retention guarantees
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- Professional engagement contracts
- Project development, finance and management contracts
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| Commercial |
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- General commercial agreements
- Franchising, licensing, distribution and agency agreements
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- Partnerships and joint venture agreements
- Sale and lease agreements for movable and immovable
property
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- Supply and manufacturing agreements
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| Competition/anti-trust |
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- Competition law compliance investigations
- Exemption applications
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- Instituting and defending complaints
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- Merger notifications
- Interim relief applications
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| Corporate |
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- Corporate finance agreements
- Corporate governance
- Formation of all forms of corporate entities, including
companies, close corporations, business trusts
- Formation of share incentive schemes and trusts
- JSE and SRP compliance
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- Registration of external companies
- Rights offers, debenture issues and scrip dividends
- Schemes of arrangement
- Section 21 companies, incorporated and unincorporated clubs and
societies
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- Share buy-backs
- Stock Exchange listings, public offerings, private placings and
underwriting
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| Employment |
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- Employee disputes and litigation before the CCMA and Labour
Court
- Employee incentive schemes
- Employment contracts
- Employment equity compliance
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- Employment law implications of mergers and acquisitions
- Health and safety regulations and compliance
- Restraints of trade
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- Termination of employment, retrenchment and redundancy
- Personal injury and workman's compensation
- Unfair dismissals
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| Entertainment |
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- Artists' agreements, employment agreements and work permit
applications
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- Chain of title
- Financing, production and location agreements
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- Sport and event sponsorships
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| Environmental Law |
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- Compliance with environmental legislation
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- Environmental legal assessments and audits
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| Insolvency |
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- Judicial management
- Liquidations
- Restructuring and refinancing of companies
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- Schemes of arrangement and offers of compromise
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- Sequestration and rehabilitation
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| Insurance |
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- Acquisition, disposal and restructuring of insurance
companies
- Advising on policy documents
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- Establishment of captive insurance companies
- Insurance claims and disputes
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- Screening of brokers for Lloyds of London
- Shipping and marine insurance Taxation of insurance companies
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| Litigation / Arbitration / ADR |
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- Arbitration, mediation and other forms of alternative dispute
resolution
- Commercial litigation
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- Defamation
- Product liability claims
- Professional negligence claims
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- Provision of arbitrators and mediators for commercial,
building, engineering and information technology disputes
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| Mergers and Acquisitions |
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- Corporate restructuring and reorganisation
- Due diligence investigations and audits
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- Management and leveraged buy-outs
- Schemes of arrangement
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- Structuring of mergers and acquisitions
- Unbundling transactions
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| Mining and Minerals |
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- Acquisition and maintenance of mineral rights, prospecting
rights, mining rights, prospecting permits, mining authorisations
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- Environmental and rehabilitation issues
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- Oil and gas contracts Refining and processing contracts
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| Property Law |
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- Acquisitions and disposals
- Conveyancing and deeds registration
- Expropriations
- Housing schemes, including low cost housing, retirement
development, sectional title, share-block and time-share schemes
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- Mortgage and participation bonds
- Mortgage finance schemes
- Notarial services
- Property portfolio and development financing
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- Property trusts
- Residential, commercial and industrial property
transactions
- Township proclamation and development
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| Pension Law |
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- Due diligence
- Drafting of rules
- Employer and trustee liability
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- Regulatory compliance
- Representation in tribunals
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- Restructuring of funds
- Surplus issues
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| Shipping and International Trade |
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- Bulk storage, freight forwarding and handling
- International and local tax planning
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- Logistics management and outsourcing
- Maritime law
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- Purchase, sale and lease of ships and containers Tariffs and
anti-dumping
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| Taxation |
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- Capital gains tax
- Income tax advice
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- Objections and appeals
- Review of tax structures
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- Secondary tax on companies
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| Telecommunications, Media & Technology (TMT) |
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- Broadcasting, telecommunications and convergence
regulation
- Hardware supply, procurement, leasing and management
- Hosting services
- Interconnection and facilities leasing
- Network development and consulting agreements
- Software licensing and management
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- Standard provider terms and conditions, user policies and
disclaimers
- Barter and airtime sponsorship agreements
- Media production, including standard commissioning,
distribution, license, barter deals and spin-off agreements
- Press freedom and mass media liability
- Promotional competitions, trade promotions and advertising
regulation
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- Publishing, printing and distribution agreements
- E-business transaction processing
- Strategic sourcing, including outsourcing, system
implementation and integrator agreements
- Service level scoping and management
- Technology policy
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| Trusts & Estates |
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- Administration of estates
and trusts
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- Formation of inter vivos
and will trusts
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