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- Property acquisitions and sales
- Privatisation and public private partnership transactions
- Drafting and commenting on national, provincial and local government legislation
- Public procurement, the tender process and access to information
- Administration decision-making process and structures
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Government and State-Owned Entities Services
Our service is comprehensive and tailored to all aspects of public law. These include:
- Public sector litigation
- Dealing with local Authorities
- Representing clients in proceedings before quasi-judicial bodies and representation before Parliamentary Sub Committees
- Property acquisitions and sales
- Privatisation and public private partnership transactions
- Drafting and commenting on national, provincial and local government legislation
- Public procurement, the tender process and access to information
- Administration decision-making process and structures
- Employment advice
- Company acquisitions and sales
- Opinions on all aspects relating to the public sector
- Drafting and negotiating outsourcing agreements
- Advising on the Public Finance Management Act and Municipal Systems Act.
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Our firm, within the realm of public law, draws on the wealth of experience in all related practice areas to advise our clients on submissions of tenders, drafting and negotiating, challenging administrative decisions, dealing with local authorities, sitting on tender committees, and representing clients in proceedings and representation before parliamentary sub committees.
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More newsCompanies Act changes imminent: What you can do to prepare
On 26 March 2024, the Companies Amendment Bill (Bill) and the Companies Second Amendment Bill (Second Amendment Bill) were passed by the National Council of Provinces and are now awaiting presidential assent. With this anticipated to happen at any moment, the enactment into law of the Bill and the Second Amendment Bill (collectively, the Bills) isimminent.
The National Health Insurance and Employee Benefits
Aadil Patel, Head of Employment Law practice and the Government & State-Owned Entities sector teamed up with Fiona Leppan, a Director in the Employment Law practice, for a recent feature in Business Day's Public Sector supplement. Together, they explored the topic, " The National Health Insurance and Employee Benefits ."
The ball is in our courts: How section 20(9) of the Companies Act empowers courts to unmask corporate identity
One of the cornerstones of South Africa’s corporate law is the separate legal existence of companies, which provides, generally, protection to its directors and shareholders against personal liability for a company’s debts and also makes a distinction between companies forming part of the same group of companies. However, sometimes, through the unlawful actions of shareholders and directors, it is necessary for our courts to look behind the separate legal entity companies in a group and treat such group companies as one legal entity.