Our work
Advisory areas
Our work is transactional at its core. We establish and structure companies, advise on how they are financed, and document the transactions through which they grow. Around that core, we advise on governance and regulation, competition, tax-aware structuring, technology and data, employment and intellectual property; on restructuring, insolvency and disputes; and on trusts, estates and family succession.
Transactional
Establishing, structuring, financing and documenting the transactions through which businesses are built, acquired and grown.
Corporate and commercial
Company formation, shareholding structures, MOIs and shareholder agreements, share capital and group structuring.
Explore this areaMergers, acquisitions and joint ventures
Acquisitions and disposals, due diligence, joint ventures and partnerships, locally and across borders.
Explore this areaCorporate finance and private capital
Equity and hybrid capital raising, preference shares, private equity, venture capital, fund structures and management schemes.
Explore this areaBanking and finance
Loan facilities and security, structured, project and development finance, trade and asset finance, refinancing.
Explore this areaCommercial contracts and drafting
Drafting, review and negotiation of commercial agreements, SLA portfolios, contract repositories and risk schedules.
Explore this areaFranchising, agency and distribution
Franchise systems, agency, distribution, private label and route-to-market agreements, locally and across borders.
Explore this areaProperty and real estate
Commercial leases, property sale agreements, development and joint venture arrangements, and property-owning structures.
Explore this areaProjects and public-private partnerships
Project structuring, procurement, project agreements, EPC and O&M contracts, and public-private partnership advisory.
Explore this areaCross-border transactions
Multi-jurisdictional structuring, cross-border supply, distribution and licensing, and trade finance.
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Advisory and regulatory
The governance, regulatory, tax, technology, people and intellectual property questions that run alongside every significant transaction.
Corporate governance and regulatory compliance
Board advisory, board secretariat and governance frameworks, AML/KYC and FIC, FSCA frameworks, B-BBEE and POPIA.
Explore this areaFinancial services regulation
FSCA and financial sector frameworks, FAIS, FIC Act and AML/KYC programmes, and regulatory structuring for financial businesses.
Explore this areaCompetition and merger control advisory
Merger notification thresholds and filings, competition risk in commercial arrangements, and compliance programmes.
Explore this areaTransaction and tax-aware structuring
Structuring transactions, groups and investments with tax in view, coordinated with the client's registered tax advisers.
Explore this areaTechnology, data protection and POPIA
Technology and software agreements, data protection and POPIA compliance, cybersecurity governance and AI use policies.
Explore this areaEmployment and labour
Employment contracts and policy frameworks, discipline and dismissal, restructuring and retrenchments, and CCMA advice.
Explore this areaIntellectual property and commercialisation
Trade marks, coordination of patent filings, IP licensing, assignment, disposals and commercialisation.
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Restructuring and disputes
Advice for businesses and their stakeholders when circumstances change, finances come under pressure or relationships break down.
Business rescue and turnaround
Advice to directors, business rescue for companies and affected persons, rescue finance, turnaround and solvent restructuring.
Explore this areaRestructuring and insolvency
Liquidation and winding up, creditor claims and recoveries, compromises with creditors and distressed transactions.
Explore this areaDispute advisory and resolution
Risk assessment, claims strategy, negotiation and settlement, and support in arbitration, mediation and regulatory processes.
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Private clients
Trusts, estates, succession and the governance of family wealth, for the people and families behind the business.
Trusts and estates
Trust formation and administration, succession and estate planning, estate administration and fiduciary compliance.
Explore this areaPrivate wealth and family business succession
Family governance, family business succession, family constitutions, shareholder arrangements and wealth-holding structures.
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Sector experience
Our advisory areas are applied across financial services, mining and resources, energy and infrastructure, real estate, technology, manufacturing and industrials, and private clients and family businesses.
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Technically sound. Commercially minded.
Advice that begins with technical precision and extends to the commercial and strategic judgement that founders, owners and executives rely on.