We assist our clients with advice on the various types of companies that are available within the South African corporate legal environment, as well as other relevant commercial documents. We attend to the drafting of various memorandums of incorporation for new companies on behalf of our clients. We advise our clients on company shares, and the listing of shares on the stock exchange. We attend to the sale and set up of franchises and advise our clients of the competition laws within the Republic of South Africa. We render general advice on tax implications for the commercial environment, as well as trusts. We attend to the takeover of companies generally. We represent our clients in business rescue plans, albeit a creditor or company that is financially distressed.
We advise our clients on the implications of the new Companies Act, 71 of 2008 on the companies already in place as well as new companies constituted in terms of the new Act. We advise our clients on the close corporations already in existence and how to convert them into companies in terms of the Companies Act. We assist our clients in drafting various commercial documents which amongst others include memorandums of agreement or incorporation, partnership and share-holders’ agreements, and other commercial documents. We also provide valuable advice and solutions to our clients in this field of law.
Our team of legal experts provides services in the following fields of law:
- The nature and functions of a company
- Incorporation and constitution of companies
- Capacity and representation of shareholders and directors and directors’ fiduciary duties
- Capital, shares, securities, profits and dividends
- Company groupings and close corporations
- Drafting of contracts, shareholders’ agreements and, memorandums of incorporation, as well as agreements for leases, sales, partnerships, commercial purposes, etc.