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Practice /02–04

Beyond the transfer.

Estates and wills. Litigation. Notarial and commercial practice. The same 88-year signature, across everything a family or a business signs.

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Practice /02 · Estates

Estates, wills & what you leave.

A well-equipped Estates department with an abundance of experience — backed by our conveyancing pedigree, so estate-late transfers and every other aspect of a deceased estate are handled under one roof. We make an overwhelming experience much less so.

  • Appointment as executor by the Master of the High Court
  • Advertising for creditors
  • Liquidation & distribution accounts — drafted and advertised
  • Distribution of the estate & payment of creditors
  • Transfer of fixed property
  • Signing off of the estate by the Master
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Practice /03 · Litigation

Prepared, precise, persuasive.

An amalgamation of understanding the rules of court with competence in approach, negotiation and empathy — helping our clients advance their position, and surprise their opponents.

  • Contract litigation
  • General litigation
  • Settlement negotiations
  • Insolvency law
  • Legal opinions & urgent applications
  • Divorce & family matters
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Practice /04 · Notarial & Commercial

The paperwork of a life in business.

As a well-established firm we offer many additional and tailored services — from ante-nuptial contracts before a marriage to the sale of the business a marriage built.

  • Notarial agreements, contracts & bonds
  • Foreign document apostille & authentication
  • Ante-nuptial contracts
  • Registration of family trusts
  • Shareholders & membership agreements
  • Sale & transfer of shares and members' interest
  • Development & land availability agreements
  • Commercial & residential sale agreements
  • Drafting of commercial contracts
  • Buying & selling of businesses
  • Formation of companies & partnerships
  • Joint ventures, leases, franchises & trading
  • Restraints of trade & arbitrations
  • Employment contracts & retrenchments

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Describe it in a sentence — we'll route it to the right attorney in the right department, and tell you plainly what happens next.