LEGAL SERVICES

We specialise in several different practice areas. Find out more below.

INSOLVENCY LAW

Insolvency Law governs aspects of financial debt. Insolvency occurs when a company is no longer able to pay its debts as and when they become due or when its liabilities exceeds its assets. DGF Attorneys can assist you with all your Insolvency Law needs.

PROPERTY LAW AND CONVEYANCING

The Conveyancing Department of DGF Attorneys handles all aspects relating to South African property and property law The services provided by the conveyancing department include:

Advising on and drafting of commercial and residential leases.

Commercial and residential developments, including township establishment and sectional title developments.

Conventional transfers of properties, as well as transfers as a result of or in terms of liquidations, auctions, court orders, foreclosures, divorces, donations and deceased and insolvent estates.

Financial structuring of property transactions.

Miscellaneous applications, consents and endorsements required in the conveyancing process.

Negotiating and drafting agreements relating to the sale of properties, both residential and commercial.

Project and commercial property development finance.

Property finance.

Registration and cancellation of all types of bonds, including mortgage, surety, collateral and notarial bonds.

Registration of all types of servitudes;

Subdivision and consolidation properties.

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

DGF Attorneys provides high quality definitive advice that keeps our clients at the forefront of the green economy and sustainable development. In recognition of the growing contribution of green businesses to sustainability, we have expanded our capacity to offer corporate law services to green entrepreneurs and businesses such as renewable energy, clean technology and sustainable investment enterprises.

Our clients have the advantage of being advised by lawyers that combine extensive commercial law expertise with a specialist knowledge of the green economy, have a reputation for innovation and imagination and who share a commitment to creating ecologically sustainable communities.

BUSINESS RESCUE

In the previous Companies Act, No. 61 of 1973, Judicial Management was the vehicle whereby a Company could be managed by a Judicial Manager as an alternative to Insolvency. Chapter 6 of the new company legislation replaces Judicial Management with business rescue, a system whereby a business rescue practitioner is appointed to trade a business out of its financial difficulties to avoid liquidation.

Naas Fischer has 4 years of extensive Insolvency litigation experience as well as many years of experience as an Insolvency practitioner where he inter alia traded companies in liquidation to the benefit of creditors. In May 2016, he successfully completed an advanced course in business rescue at UNISA.

FAMILY LAW

Our Attorneys render services in Divorce matters, including maintenance matters, in a professional and effective manner, whilst still maintaining the necessary empathy and understanding with our clients in those emotionally trying times.

COMPANY & SECRETARIAL SERVICES

DGF Attorneys provides the following services:

Planning and administrative services in respect of trusts & estates.

The formation of Trusts.

DGF Attorneys accepts appointments as an independent trustee of our clients’ trusts.

The formation and conversion of companies and close corporations.

Submissions to and communication with the Masters of the High Court, the Registrar of Companies and Close Corporations.

LITIGATION

DGF Attorneys Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice forms an important part of our services to our clients. Focusing on disputes that either reach the High Court or are resolved by arbitration, we are geared for high profile commercial litigation and arbitration matters in South Africa.

Geared for rapid response, the Litigation & Dispute Resolution team can be called upon at short notice to resolve large-scale and complex litigation matters. This includes urgent applications and discovery-driven trial and arbitration matters.

COLLECTIONS

DGF Attorneys specializes in high volume debt collection and litigation. Martin Grobbelaar and Anelda Markram have a genuine understanding of our clients’ needs, values and priorities which empowers us to deliver efficient tailor-made debt collection services at competitive rates.

EMPLOYMENT LAW

We assist clients with all commercial and corporate aspects of their business. Commercial transactions are the heartbeat of the firm and the majority of our lawyers are primarily involved in assisting clients with a wide variety of commercial transactions.

Our services are not limited to the drafting and settlement of a composite range of commercial contracts, but also include advising on the tax and other implications of commercial transactions, conducting due diligence investigations, advising on the implication of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment and assisting with the implementation of commercial transactions. We are further involved in a number of private equity transactions dealing mostly with the BEE side of the transaction.

CRIMINAL LAW

Criminal Law is the branch of law governing an individual’s relationship with the state where the individual has transgressed or broken the law. It also encompasses the rights of the transgressor including his arrest, his plea to the charges, pre-trial hearings and meetings, trials, evidence and post-trial consultations & remedies.

The main purpose of the state in criminal trials is to punish the transgressor for his criminal offences. In South Africa, the state must prove that the accused is guilty beyond all reasonable doubt. In a Civil trial, however, the plaintiff’s burden of proof is a balance of probabilities.

Crimes can be categorised as misdemeanours punishable by fine such as traffic violations, and felonies that are offences that warrant the imprisonment of the accused for a period of time such as rape, murder and assault with a deadly weapon.