Our team strive to provide effective and practical solutions by offering an all-encompassing and well-rounded service.

We deal with:

• Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BB-BEE) Structure and Advice
• Business Establishment and Registration
• Commercial Advice and Agreements
• Development Schemes
• Finance transactions
• Formation of Companies and Trusts
• Immigration
• Joint ventures and Partnerships
• Notarial Work
• Renewable Energy
• Tax

The department focusses on civil litigation with and emphasis on property-, sectional title-, commercial- and contract disputes.  The team has successfully litigated on an array of landmark cases including the allocation of exclusive use areas in a sectional title scheme, a novel case in South Africa.

We deal with:

• Sectional Title Disputes
• Commercial Litigation
• Immigration
• Administrative Law
• General Litigation
• Property Disputes

Our seasoned property lawyers are multi-disciplinary experts navigating the many complex laws of property ownership and development in South Africa.  In addition, the team boasts the expertise of qualified Solicitors of the Supreme Courts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as the local and international tax experience of the SL LAW Tax Team.

We deal with:

• Commercial, Industrial and Residential Property Developments
• Commercial and Residential Sales
• Contracts of Sale and Lease
• Land-subdivision and Consolidations
• Mortgage Bond and Private Equity Finance
• Notarial bonds, Leases and Servitudes
• Sectional Title Law
• Deal Structuring and Tax Efficient Transfers
• Due diligence investigations

The SL LAW Tax Team consists of experienced lawyers offering clients a solution driven approach of innovative tax solutions in one of the most dynamic and complex areas of law.

We deal with:

• Tax Structuring
• Property Transaction Tax
• Transfer duty
• VAT
• Capital Gains Tax
• Withholding Taxes
• Tax Directives
• Exchange Control
• International Tax
• Tax training seminars
• Corporate Tax Advice
• Tax Opinions

The team understands that making a will, is one of the most thoughtful decisions you will ever make and therefore unwaveringly adopts a sympathetic and personalised approach, realising that the client relationship does not terminate on passing.  Leveraging their tax law skills, the team is geared to provide a one stop solution to estate planning, estate duty and the administration of deceased estates, both locally and internationally.

We deal with:

• Drafting of Wills and Trust Instruments
• Administration of Deceased Estates
• Estate Duty Returns
• Assistance and advice regarding funeral arrangements and procession of service
• Only Child and Elder Orphan Unit focussing on the needs of only children and parents whose children have emigrated.
• Cross-border Deceased Estate Administration
• Obtaining Probate in the United Kingdom
• Curatorship Applications