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PROJECT DEVELOPMENT& STRUCTURING
In serving clients within the mining, oil and gas, energy, and infrastructure sectors, we possess profound industry knowledge. During the development stage, where complexity is common, we offer crucial legal support, addressing corporate and commercial drafting, compliance issues, and anticipating potential challenges. Our expertise extends to project structuring, encompassing due diligence, business plan reviews, and other relevant documentation. With extensive experience in diverse jurisdictions, including the SADC region, our team navigates legal, regulatory, and local environments. Representing all project participants, from sponsors to financial institutions, governments, and contractors, we bring a nuanced understanding to each stakeholder's concerns.
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PROJECTFINANCING
We provide comprehensive project finance services, covering feasibility, structuring, development, financial close, and beyond, including refinancing, restructuring, acquisitions, and disposals. Our team excels in navigating challenges related to debt sourcing from diverse financial institutions, addressing bankability issues, construction risk, sovereign risk, and facilitating efficient negotiation processes for financial close. We specialize in advising on multi-source debt financings and syndicated lending, involving international, regional, and local funders. Our service offerings extend to drafting, negotiating, and finalizing project contracts, ensuring acceptability to financiers, and resolving potential delays or deal-breakers. Additionally, we support clients in obtaining regulatory consents, licenses, approvals, and authorizations, while providing expertise in specialist corporate, commercial, financing, and security agreements.
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BANKING& FINANCING
Our banking and finance services are pivotal in supporting business growth within the economy. Focused on general banking, debt finance, and capital financial markets, we provide legal assistance to financiers, institutional loan market participants, and corporate borrowers across various sectors in South Africa. Our expertise encompasses managing multiple financing transactions for local and international entities, utilizing advanced documentation management and electronic capabilities. We offer a range of services, including Asset Finance, Commercial Property Finance, Commodity Finance, Debt Capital Markets, Derivatives, General Banking, Leveraged Finance, and Restructuring, delivering realistic, commercial advice to clients at the core of our business.
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EXPORT CREDITINSURANCE
Export Credit Insurance: We have experience and a great understanding of the requirements of, the full range of export credit agencies and development finance institutions which are active in Africa. In our experience of executing policy and export credit documents in South Africa, export credit agencies and development finance institutions may insist on the strongest possible protections, including comprehensive security packages and liquidity support mechanisms. General Insurance: We resolve and defend liability claims and pursuing recoveries (through various mechanisms). We assist with the assessment of liabilities and damages, policy interpretation/drafting and coverage issues as well as defending, if required, avoidance of cover or rejection of claims.
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CONSTITUTIONALLITIGATION
We provide legal advise on matters related to administrative law and the exercise of public powers. We advise various stakeholders including national, provincial and local government. In addition, we assist with interpretation of legislation/status and proposed legislation, as well as the constitutional element. We further advise on, and litigate on, the fundamental rights in the Bill of Rights (including the right to equality, dignity, property, trade, freedom of expression, access to information and freedom of association).
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CONSTRUCTIONLITIGATION
Disagreements can have damaging effect on a project. Managing, effectively mitigating and resolving construction disputes requires a high degree of legal specialization. As such, we provide support at all levels and phases of construction – from feasibility, design/pre-planning and development, to scheduling, budget management, and project oversight, through construction, dispute evasion and resolution when things go wrong and deviates from the project plans. Our team of experts has significant experience analysing construction claims and disputes and providing expert services for construction projects worldwide.We represent owners, contractors, design professionals and insurers in a broad range of construction related disputes.
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CIVILLITIGATION
Clients have confidence in us to resolve legal disputes relating to a variety of issues. We represent clients in Magistrate’s, High Court, the Supreme Court, and the Constitutional Court matters, and many specialist regulatory bodies. It is important to know your rights, options and recourses available in litigation proceedings. We have a strong track record of success and have acted on many ground-breaking matters. We also frequently assist clients with urgent applications and interdicts. Our clients value our robust commercial and strategic approach in managing litigious matters, our expertise and rapid turnaround times.
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CRIMINALLITIGATION
Criminal Litigation simply means representing a client in a criminal matter. Criminal proceedings are governed by the Criminal Procedure Act No. 51 of 1977 (as amended) and other applicable legislations. Our criminal law experts guide clients from arrest stage through to trial and sentencing stage in a criminal court. Depending on the nature of the offense, we assist clients with bail applications, minor and serious crimes, trail appearances, preparation of representations, appeals, reviews, etc.
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CONVEYANCING& NOTARY
Our Conveyancers provide legal assistance with property due diligence before marketing and selling of the immovable property. This is an effective way to make conveyancing transfer process expeditious.
Our conveyancing services includes the following:
- Residential and Commercial Property transfers
- Land Consolidations and Subdivisions
- Mortgage Bond Registrations
- Sectional Title and Township Registrations
- Purchase and Sale Agreement
n regard to notary services, we assist clients in drafting, negotiating and finalising the following documents:
- Antenuptial contracts
- Power of Attorney (General and Special Power of Attorney)
- Usufructs
- Trusts
- Wills
- Long and short term lease agreements
- Apostille certificates
- Notarial Bonds (General and Special Notarial Bonds)
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