The Oh So Fine
Print, Perfected
The Oh So Fine Print, Perfected
Red Tape into Blue Skies
We have considerable expertise and experience in corporate, commercial, and tax matters. We assist businesses looking to expand, whether in the local market, across Africa, or globally. Our team offers practical and legal guidance to navigate the regulatory landscape, ensuring you achieve your overall desired intent and strategic transactions are implemented efficiently.
We help you navigate legal complexities and provide guidance on all aspects of corporate law – including structuring, governance, and compliance. Our expertise covers the establishment and maintenance of various business structures in South Africa, from limited liability companies and joint ventures to partnerships and trusts, ensuring you’re set for success.
Our corporate commercial practice is particularly focused on the mining, infrastructure, and agriculture sectors, providing legal guidance for industry-specific complexities. We begin with in-depth consultations to align contracts with your strategic business goals. Throughout the process, we stay engaged, ensuring your objectives are met and your transactions run smoothly.
We work closely with local counsel across Africa to ensure you comply with local regulations – from initial consultation to finalising the necessary legal steps, we guide you through every aspect of expanding and operating across Africa, providing expert advice on applicable regulations and helping you implement the right structures for your business.
Minding
your business,
so you can mine it
Big
Deals,
Bigger
Details
We work closely with local counsel across Africa to ensure you comply with local regulations – from initial consultation to finalising the necessary legal steps, we guide you through every aspect of expanding and operating across Africa, providing expert advice on applicable regulations and helping you implement the right structures for your business.
We offer strategic tax advice to ensure transactions are implemented in a tax-efficient manner. We help our clients minimise tax risks, while staying compliant with all relevant legislation.
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Including shareholder agreements, memoranda of incorporation, sale agreements, joint-venture agreements, funding agreements, memoranda of understanding, term sheets, offer letters, supply agreements and offtake agreements, and internal restructure documents, to name a few
Including internal corporate approval documents such as board notices, board packs, board resolutions, shareholder notices and shareholder resolutions
This is done both from a corporate commercial and tax perspective, and the preparation of all transaction agreements required to implement such employment incentive schemes
Providing advice in respect of corporate governance related matters
Including shareholder agreements, memoranda of incorporation, sale agreements, joint-venture agreements, funding agreements, memoranda of understanding, term sheets, offer letters, supply agreements and offtake agreements, and internal restructure documents, to name a few
Including internal corporate approval documents such as board notices, board packs, board resolutions, shareholder notices and shareholder resolutions
This is done both from a corporate commercial and tax perspective, and the preparation of all transaction agreements required to implement such employment incentive schemes
Providing advice in respect of corporate governance related matters
Including how best to implement a transaction in order to prevent tax leakages and implement a transaction in the most tax efficient manner
We conduct investigations into the business affairs of an entity pursuant to an underlying transaction
…where a client may be seeking to understand whether such client is compliant with applicable legislation
This is applicable to our clients in an underlying transaction and advising how to mitigate such risk
Including how best to implement a transaction in order to prevent tax leakages and implement a transaction in the most tax efficient manner
We conduct investigations into the business affairs of an entity pursuant to an underlying transaction
…where a client may be seeking to understand whether such client is compliant with applicable legislation
This is applicable to our clients in an underlying transaction and advising how to mitigate such risk
We specialise in providing practical, tailored legal solutions that drive your business’s success. It’s about smooth operations – while staying fully compliant with the latest regulations.
Tamarin is a Director in our Corporate & Commercial Department. Tamarin has experience in mergers and acquisitions, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, cross-border due diligence investigations, and general corporate and commercial work within various sectors, including private equity, telecommunications, manufacturing, healthcare and education.
Nel is an attorney and notary specialising in Corporate and Commercial law. With many years of experience in managing legal processes pertaining to corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, (including high-profile due diligence investigations) and corporate governance matters
Noreen is a Senior Associate in the Corporate Commercial Department. She has experience in a variety of commercial legal matters in various sectors, including the agricultural, property development, energy, and banking sectors.
Siviwe is a former ENSAfrica Corporate & Commercial Associate. He also previously worked as a legal consultant for various established and start-up companies in various industries.
He completed his LLB degree from the University of the Western Cape in 2018 (Summa Cum Laude), and proceeded to complete his articles at ENSAfrica in 2021. Siviwe is currently doing his Master of Law (LLM) with the University of the Witwatersrand on Corporate Law.
Dominic is an Associate in the Corporate & Commercial team, where he works closely with the Mining, Energy, and Environmental team, providing integrated legal support across complex commercial transactions. He completed his BA Law and LLB degrees at the University of Pretoria, achieving placement on the Dean’s Merit List for academic performance.