Commercial
Every business is unique, making it crucial for firms to understand the legal and business environments in order to counteract risk and initiate the desired outcomes. However, it takes more than understanding the law to reach these goals.
Our commercial team works alongside yours to help you understand the law and get answers to your commercial questions. With our industry and client-specific legal services and expertise, you will learn how to leverage the law to benefit your business and receive the operational support conducive to seamless implementation.
Our Commercial legal services:
- Commercial Law
- Legal Due Diligence and Audits
- Corporate Law
- International Trade Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Arbitration and Mediation
- Competition Law
- Contracts & Contract Law drafting
- Procurement & Logistics
- Opinion Work
Our Experience
Our team of admitted attorneys and advocates has over 50 years of local and international commercial experience. Our clients include both listed and unlisted South African entities, tertiary institutions, mining houses and steel manufacturers. Some practical examples of matters that we have been and are involved with are:
- One of the biggest deals of 2014
- One of the largest South African B-BBEE transactions
- Long term framework agreements
- Drafting and negotiating various joint ventures
- Providing training relating to procurement, supply chain and contract law
- Acquisition of mining companies
- Drafting and negotiating coal supply agreement worth R1 billion
- Drafting and negotiating the donation of schools worth R350 million
- Joint development agreements and acquisitions relating to energy projects
- Several intricate due diligence exercises and the resulting commercial agreements and transactions
- Services and supply agreements.
