Conveyancing and Property Law
We provide fast and efficient processing and expeditious conveyancing services, which include attendance to instructions received from private and corporate clients locally, nationally and internationally. In addition we offer the full spectrum of services to the property development sector, including conventional deeds, sectional titles, retirement schemes etc.
- Registration of conventional and sectional title deeds of transfer pertaining to ownership of immovable property (new plot-and-plan, turn-key and second-hand sales, estates, insolvency, partition, exchange, rectification, etc.).
- Registration of certificates of title, endorsements, personal and praedial servitudes, long term lease agreements, township establishments, subdivisions, consolidations, private bonds, marriage contracts, instalment sale agreements, substitutions, cessions, consents, general and special powers of attorney, etc.
- Property development and planning, inclusive of –
- Conventional own title developments and sectional title schemes with real rights and rights of extension (inclusive of the subdivision and cession thereof), retirement schemes, life rights and all matters incidental thereto across South Africa.
- Preliminary structuring and planning phases.
- Drafting of deeds of sale and building contracts.
- Liaising with relevant stakeholders.
- Development financing by a financial institution and administration and approval of its required pre-sales of erven and/or units within a development and corresponding bond release/cancellation figures.
- Drafting of property owners’ associations’ constitutions, creation of pre-emptive rights and restrictive and/or tie title conditions, etc.
- Representing the interests of landlords and developers in leasing immovable property.
- Enforcing and dealings relating to lease agreements and eviction applications and rental interdicts.
- Advise clients in the construction industry on issues relating to legislation, codes of good practice, etc.
- Advise and consult clients in dealing and resolving issues with their local municipality.
Family and Matrimonial Law
We provide a wide range of services relating to the enforcement and protection of the individual's rights in family and personal domestic relationships.
- Antenuptial and postnuptial contracts, domestic life partnership and co-habitation agreements.
- Drafting of wills.
- Negotiating and drafting of divorce consent papers and deeds of settlements.
Commercial and Corporate Law
We provide a full spectrum of commercial negotiation, drafting and structuring services. Our firm also offers business structuring and consulting services.
- Property related contracts.
- Sale of business, movables, game and livestock.
- Sale of shares in companies, including dealing with loan accounts and any trust related matters.
- General commercial and business contracts.
- Consumer related issues.
- Business structuring and advice.
- Business and domain names, trademarks, intellectual property and copyright.
- Formation and variation of trusts, partnerships, joint ventures, consortiums, non-profit organisations and other forms of business relationships.
- Variation of close corporations with tailormade Association Agreements.
- Establishment, incorporation, registration and variation of private (for profit) and non-profit companies with unique form customised Memorandums of Incorporation and tailormade Shareholders Agreements.
- Statutory, regulatory, compliance and corporate governance matters within the ever-changing legislative environment.
Mediation and Dispute Resolution
Dispute resolution provides an alternative method of settling disputes as opposed to a process of litigation. We incorporate various methods to assist our clients with whatever disputes they might face.
- Acting as a referee to informally resolve disputes.
- Facilitating negotiations.
- Provide professional advice while respecting the wishes of both parties pertaining to disposing of any conflict in an amicable manner and the costs related to such a process.