Corporate Law

Regulatory and best practice compliance, corporate governance, non-standard incorporation, constitution and organisational structuring.

Businesses face a divergence of legal structuring options to match functional practices; and a variety of regulatory and similar legal obligations to adhere to. We have depth of knowledge in corporate law. When applied to business ensures compliance with latest legislation and optimizes efficiencies.

We scrutinize the industries in which our clients operate to be able to appropriately advise on legal rights and obligations. An illustration of historical matters attended to both locally and globally include -

• Regulatory matters including B-BBEE, Companies / CC / Cooperative Acts, consumer and data protection legislation, labour related legislations, intellectual property laws, financial services regulation or industry specific statutory laws and best practices.
• Local and off-shore capital structures in applying equity and debt capital to partnerships, associations, consortiums, joint ventures and incorporated vehicles.
• Application of corporate finance and deal structuring such as share buy backs, inter group transactions, shareholder arrangements
• Corporate governance
• Advising on all aspects of the new Companies Act 71 of 2008 including Business Rescue and preparing specialised Memorandum of Incorporation, directors’ duties and strategic board composition.

Previous industries include – telecommunications, energy, construction, waste and scrap metal, engineering, retail, professional services, mining, petroleum, manufacturing, rail, finance, digital media, property and real estate, and other.