Choosing a firm or individual to represent you in any legal matter, can be challenging for client. A wealth of experience and knowledge is what we bring to the table when representing and assisting you in any legal matter. Our specialities span across different areas, including property and conveyancing law, administration of estates and trusts, notarial services and commercial law.
Our experienced attorneys concentrate exclusively on formulating and implementing creative and proactive strategies for our clients.
- Property Law & Conveyancing
Expertise & good understanding is needed.
South Africa has a very efficient and specialised system of registration of title to land, and considerable conveyancing expertise is required to register any form of land title effectively and expeditiously.
The changing needs of the South African society and the Constitution have affected our property law system. A good understanding of this system is essential for certain commercial transactions, property related legal matters, land reform transactions, property development, registration of basic transfers and bonds and opening and registration of township and sectional title registers.
We have considerable expertise in property development and close links with all related stakeholders, such as land surveyors, township planners, local authorities and financial institutions.
Therefore, we can assist from the first to the final stages of any property development or commercial property transaction.
We can help you with:
- Drafting of and advising of property-related agreements,
- Residential and commercial property transactions,
- General conveyancing,
- Registration or Cancellation of bonds (Nedbank, Standard Bank and private bonds),
- Sectional title schemes,
- Share block schemes,
- Endorsements;
- Subdivision and consolidation of property,
- Registration of servitudes and usufructs,
- Expropriation of property, and
- Establishment and proclamation of new townships.
- Corporate & Commercial Law
Our corporate and commercial team provides proactive and commercially focused advice to a diverse range of clients, ranging from start-up businesses to listed companies and institutions.
Commercial law, also known as business law, is the body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of persons and businesses engaged in commerce, merchandising, trade, and sales.
Our corporate and commercial team provides proactive and commercially focused advice to a diverse range of clients, ranging from start-up businesses to listed companies and institutions.
We recognise the need to project-manage transactions and, whenever there is a deadline to meet, we provide the drive and resources to ensure it is achieved. We assist our clients in realising their objectives by adding value in the most practical and cost-effective way and, above all, by our commitment to the success of the matter.
With our expertise and commercial awareness, we specialise in advising on commercial negotiations, contracts and transactions spanning a wide range of sectors, including:
- Business Law
- Competition Law
- Contract Law
- Advice on complying with new legislation including the Consumer Protection Act and National Credit Act
- Deceased Trusts & Estates
We are able to offer a comprehensive service in the important fields of Estate Planning, Administration of Deceased Estates and Trusts.
The preparation of wills, administration of deceased estates, the formation of trusts and estate planning in general, require specialised skill and insight, which we are proud to offer our clients. Keeping abreast of developments in the law, and trends in taxation, is essential in offering a professional service in this field. Our professionals guide clients, in the light of their specific circumstances, to develop tailor-made solutions in their estate planning, which may involve the formation of trusts, or the drafting of new, tax-efficient, legally sound wills.
The administration of deceased estates is itself a complex process, and it takes professionals with a sound, working knowledge and expertise in the winding up of deceased estates, to guide the process. Our team prides itself in offering the kind of professional skills, expertise – and empathy – that clients need during this difficult time.
Our wills, trusts and estates department specialises in the following practice areas:
- Wills and Trust:
- Estate Planning
- Drafting of Last Will and Testament
- Drafting of Inter Vivos Trust Deeds, including the registration and administration thereof
- Amending of Trust Deeds
- Deregistration of Trusts at the Master of the High Court
- Assisting with the resignation, appointment and removal of Trustees from the Trust
Administration of Estates:
- Reporting the estate to the Master of the High Court
- Obtaining Letters of Executors or Letters of Authority
- Collecting assets
- Registration of Testamentary Trusts
- Drafting the Liquidation and Distribution Account
- Filing the Estate Duty Return
- Attending on Master’s Office queries
- Making distributions to heirs
- Notarial Services
A Notary Public (also called a Notary) is a practicing attorney with an additional qualification who has been admitted by the High Court.
As a result of such they have been given statutory and common law powers to prepare and attest certain specialised legal documents, administer oaths and perform other wide-ranging administrative functions of a national and international nature.
The office of a public notary is the highest office of trust and our firm offers notarial services in relation to the following documents:
- Powers of attorney
- Notarial bonds
- Antenuptial contracts
- Usufructs
- Servitudes
- Trusts
- Long and short term lease agreements
- Witnessing the execution of documents and verifying the authenticity of signatures
- Authenticating copies of documents
- Wills
- Shipping protests
- Arranging Apostille certificates
- Legalising documents for use abroad in terms of foreign and/or international law, which includes the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirements of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (“the Hague Convention”).