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Adams & Adams Attorneys
Adams & Adams is a leading South African law firm specialising in intellectual property law, in addition to providing general commercial legal services. The firm has grown into a South African law icon, with the largest intellectual property law practice supported by a strong commercial, property and litigation practice.
Adams & Adams has been rooted in over 100 years of legal excellence since its founding in 1908. The firm is characterised by a strong commitment to professionalism, and client care and partner accessibility are two of the cornerstones of the practice.
Adams & Adams currently has 62 partners and a further professional complement of over 106 experienced attorneys and candidate attorneys, with more than 379 support staff members, and specialises in Africa, with offices in South Africa (Pretoria, Johannesburg Cape Town, Durban), Mozambique, Angola, Tanzania (Zanzibar) & Burundi. Adams & Adams also has a world wide network of attorney correspondents and associates, enabling the firm to handle intellectual property and legal matters in any country where this may be required.
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An overview of Adams and Adams CPL services
Adams and Adams offers a wide range of specialist practice areas organized under the Commercial, Property and Litigation department. The department has shown significant growth over the past few years and currently comprise ten partners, three senior associates, two associates, six professional assistants, fourteen candidate attorneys and ten paralegals.
The CPL department is based in the Pretoria office of Adams & Adams.
Specialised advisory, transactional and litigation services are offered in the fields of practice, and through the contact persons, listed below:
Administrative Law and Constitutional Disputes
Grégor Wolter, Andrew Molver
Arbitration and dispute resolution
Grégor Wolter, David Scheepers, Jac Marais, Andrew Molver, Jean Paul Rudd
Banking and Finance Law
Leander Opperman, Neil Taylor, Martin Mota
Commercial and Contract Law
André Visser, Neil Taylor, Michael Gwala, Danie Strachan, Martin Mota
Competition Law
André Visser, Jac Marais, Alexis Apostolides
Construction Law
Grégor Wolter, André Visser, David Scheepers, Leander Opperman
Consumer Protection Law
André Visser, David Scheepers, Danie Strachan, Jac Marais, Jean Paul Rudd
Corporate Work
André Visser, Neil Taylor, Michael Gwala
E-commerce and Information Technology
André Visser, Neil Taylor, Danie Strachan
Exchange Control
André Visser, Danie Strachan, Martin Mota, Michael Gwala
Family Law and Matrimonial Disputes
David Scheepers
Franchising
André Visser, Danie Strachan
Insolvency, Liquidation, Sequestration and ancillary issues
Grégor Wolter, Leander Opperman
Insurance law
Grégor Wolter, David Scheepers, Leander Opperman, Nicolette Koch, Manisha Maganbhai-Mooloo, Andrew Molver, Jean Paul Rudd, Tracey Moss
Labour Law and Employment
Grégor Wolter, Manisha Maganbhai-Mooloo, Michael Gwala
Licensing and Distribution
Neil Taylor, Danie Strachan, Martin Mota
Litigation
Grégor Wolter, David Scheepers, Leander Opperman, Nicolette Koch, Manisha Maganbhai-Mooloo, Jac Marais, Andrew Molver, Jean Paul Rudd, Tracey Moss
Mergers and Acquisitions
André Visser, Neil Taylor, Michael Gwala, Martin Mota, Jac Marais
Mining Law
André Visser, Michael Gwala, Martin Mota
Personal Injury Claims including Medical Malpractice
David Scheepers, Nicolette Koch, Manisha Maganbhai-Mooloo, Jean Paul Rudd
Professional Negligence
David Scheepers, Nicolette Koch, Manisha Maganbhai-Mooloo, Jean Paul Rudd
Property Law and Conveyancing
Roelof Grove
Tax and Estate Planning
André Visser, Michael Gwala, Martin Mota
Further details of the specialised services are as follows:
Administrative Law and Constitutional services include:
Procuring information in terms of the Access to Information Act
Requests for reasons under, and ensuring compliance with, the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act
Constitutional and human rights litigation
Data protection
Expropriations and land claims
Judicial review of actions taken by organs of state
State procurement and public private partnerships (PPPs)
Tender preparation and adjudication
Regulatory compliance
Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Services include:
Representing clients in arbitration proceedings as an alternative dispute resolution forum, in respect of all issues covered by our litigation services Advice on resolution of disputes
Banking and Finance Law services include:
Advising on banking law in general
Advising on credit agreements and the National Credit Act
Advising on the structuring and assisting with the drafting and/or review of financial arrangements, project finance and related transactions, including public private partnership arrangements (PPP’s) with government departments
Banking and financial markets law and legislation
Banking and related litigation, including recoveries, foreclosures and repossessions
Collective investment schemes, private equity and hedge funds
Hedge fund structuring, listing and related documentation
Advising on trading documentation including prime brokerage agreements and derivative documentation
Advising on Investment Management Agreements, sales and distribution arrangements
Financing into and out of South Africa
Preference share finance
Public sector finance
Retail and wholesale financial services, including the Securities Services Act and the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act
Security structures / security SPV’s
Simple and syndicated loans
Structured financing
Commercial and Contract services include:
Advising on, assisting with the negotiation and drafting of a wide variety of commercial contracts, both domestic and international
Furnishing general commercial advice
Drafting all types of commercial contracts, including manufacturing, distribution, sales and agency arrangements, outsourcing agreements and the like
Advising on the interface between competition law and intellectual property
Competition Law services include:
All aspects of compliance, including in-house training
Preparing, submitting and moving applications for approval of mergers and acquisitions before the Competition Commission and Competition Tribunal
Opposing mergers on behalf of parties who are concerned about the anti-competitive implications of the merger
Reviewing all agreements and advising on the competition law aspects
Applying for exemptions in respect of prohibited practices
Cartel investigations and settlements
Dealing with complaints regarding prohibited practices
Instituting and defending complaints to the Competition Commission
Interim relief applications
Obtaining advisory opinions from the Competition Commission
Appeals and reviews to the Competition Appeal Court
Construction Law services include:
Drafting construction contracts
Advising on the implementation on construction contracts, issuing of formal notices, processes to be followed, extensions of time and the like
Recovery of amounts due under interim and final payment certificates
Builders lien
Declaration of disputes and arbitration
Consumer Protection Law services include:
Advice on the implications and compliance with the requirements of the Consumer Protection Act
Assisting with any investigation of complaints lodged with the Consumer Protection Commission and hearings before the Tribunal
Assisting insurers with considering amendments to their insurance policies in respect of the risk of product liability and the rating of that risk
Reviewing the risk control procedures of product manufacturers, suppliers and distributors in the context of the Act
Advising on product liability and handling litigation in respect thereof
Corporate services include:
Advising on all aspects relating to corporate legislation
Structuring of BEE transactions, charters and codes of good practice
Advising on, and implementing, corporate transactions such as the issue or transfer of shares, rights issues, share buybacks and similar transactions
All other contractual arrangements relating to incorporated entities and its members
Regulatory filings with the Registrar of Companies to amend corporate details of all incorporated entities and to amend and update CIPRO records, as well as deregistrations
Reregistration of deregistered entities
Assisting offshore companies in establishing a business presence in South Africa, including advice on the appropriate business structure, and the legal, tax and exchange control consequences thereof
Regulatory work for the Departments of Minerals and Energy and Agriculture
Corporate restructuring
Drafting and reviewing of shareholders’ agreements and association agreements and assisting in the negotiation thereof
The duties and responsibilities of directors and their officers
The selection of the most appropriate entity which includes the incorporation of companies and closed corporations and the formation of partnerships
Establishment of Trusts
E-commerce and Information Technology services include:
Advising on all aspects of e-commerce including the legal consequences of electronic business transactions
Assisting with the drafting, reviewing and negotiations of all IT related agreements, including software licence and/or development agreements and IT support and maintenance agreements
Reviewing and/or drafting terms and conditions of use of web pages
Exchange Control services include:
Investments and transfers offshore by individuals
Inward investments
License, distribution and agency agreements
Cross border restructurings
Reviewing transactions and agreements for compliance with exchange control regulations
Transfer of assets
Family Law and Matrimonial Disputes services include:
Antenuptial contracts and changes in matrimonial property regimes
Assistance in reaching amicable settlements through negotiation and support
Rule 43 applications for interim relief
Mediation in family law disputes
Divorces
Enforcement of orders relating to family law matters
Parental responsibilities and rights including guardianship, care and contact
Rights of fathers of children born out of wedlock (and of those children)
Childrens’ rights
Franchising services include:
Advising on the interface between franchising, intellectual property and competition law
Advising on all requirements for franchising, licensing and similar agreements
Advise on and liaising with the Franchise Association of South Africa
Assisting both franchisors and franchisees with the setting up and entering into of franchise operations
Insolvency, Liquidation, Sequestration and ancillary issues services include:
Advising stakeholders on the voluntary winding up of companies
Applications for sequestration of trusts and individuals (voluntary and compulsory)
Applications to liquidate listed, private or public companies and close corporations
Cross-border insolvency
Insolvency enquiries
Insolvency related litigation matters
Judicial management
Liability of directors and other ancillary issues
Offers of compromise
Proof of claims
Schemes of arrangement
Insurance Law services include:
Enforcement of insurance contracts, and dealing with repudiations and underwriters
Fire damage to property
Material damages claims related to motor vehicles
Reinsurance
Labour Law and Employment services include:
Advising on the Labour Relations Act, Basic Conditions of Employment Act and related legislation
Advising on restraints of trade
Advising on unfair competition
All forms of employment litigation, including conducting internal disciplinary procedures
Negotiation and drafting of employment contracts
Policy development and drafting
Structuring of employment affairs
Licensing and Distribution services include:
Advising on and assisting with the negotiation and drafting of a wide variety of licensing and distribution contracts, both domestic and international
Furnishing general commercial advice in relation to licensing and distribution agreements
Advising on the implications of exchange control, competition law and/or intellectual property in relation to licensing and distribution agreements
Litigation services include High Court actions and applications, in respect of disputes involving:
Administrative law
Aviation claims
Banking law (including commercial disputes, negotiable instruments, foreclosures and repossessions)
Building and construction disputes
Competition law
Constitutional law
Construction and engineering law
Contractual, corporate and commercial matters
Enforcement and protection of contractual and delictual rights
Family law and matrimonial disputes
Insolvency, including liquidation of companies and close corporations, and sequestration of trusts and individual users
Insurance law
Labour law and employment
Personal injury claims, including those arising out of motor vehicle accidents, medical negligence, assault, actions of animals, ultra vires actions of the state, and cases of vicarious liability
Product liability, unfair business practices and consumer issues
Professional negligence claims including those arising out of a failure to fulfil a mandate or to discharge a duty of care by legal professionals, doctors and hospitals
Restraints of trade and unlawful competition
Statutory and regulatory matters (advice on and resolution of disputes with regulators)
Mergers and Acquisitions services include:
Advising on all types of reorganisations, share transfers, business or asset transfers, both locally or cross-border
Company sales and purchases
Drafting, reviewing and implementing all agreements in respect of mergers, acquisitions and restructurings
Due diligence investigations and reports
Listings / secondary listings
Management buy-outs
Privatisations
Purchases and Sales of Businesses
Schemes of arrangement
Structuring and financing of BEE transactions
Take-overs
The statutory and regulatory environment affecting listed public and other companies
Mining Law services include:
Advising on and structuring transactions involving mineral rights
Drafting agreements/documents relating to the conversion, acquisition and disposal of mining rights and titles
Advising on and obtaining any consent required in terms of the MPRDA and other environmental statutes
Advising on beneficiation and royalty issues
Personal Injury Claims including Medical Malpractice:
We assist clients who were injured:
As a result of an assault
At shopping centres, airport terminal buildings, parking lots and other public areas
Due to medical negligence of doctors or state hospitals
Due to the actions of animals
Due to ultra vires actions of the state
In aircraft and helicopter accidents, locally and abroad
In cases of vicarious liability
In foreign countries
In motor vehicle accidents (including claims against the Road Accident Fund)
Professional Negligence services include:
Claims against professionals, such as doctors, attorneys and engineers who fail to fulfil mandates or breach their duty of care or fail to act in accordance with the skill expected of such professionals
Property Law and Conveyancing services 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, deceased estates and insolvent estates
Financial planning and structuring of share block and time share schemes
Financial structuring of property transactions
Miscellaneous applications, consents and endorsements required in the conveyancing process
Negotiating and drafting agreements relating to the sale of residential and commercial properties
Project and commercial property development finance advice
Registration and cancellation of all types of bonds, including mortgage-, surety-, collateral- and notarial bonds
Registration of all types of servitudes
Subdivision and consolidation of properties
Tax and Estate Planning services include:
All aspects of living and testamentary wills, drafting wills, drafting and registration of trust documents as well as advising on general personal estate planning ensuring tax efficiency
Cross border transactions and investment structures
Income tax, capital gains tax, estate duty, value added tax, securities transfer tax
Secondary tax on companies
Tax litigation, objections and appeals
The structuring of commercial transactions to minimise tax liabilities
How to Find Us
S -25.765789 | E 28.276684
Physical Address
Lynnwood Bridge
4 Daventry Street
Lynnwood Manor
Pretoria, 0081
Postal Address
PO Box 1014
Pretoria 0001
South Africa
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Adams and Adams offers a wide range of specialist practice areas organized under the Commercial, Property and Litigation department. The department has shown significant growth over the past few years and currently comprise ten partners, three senior associates, two associates, six professional assistants, fourteen candidate attorneys and ten paralegals.
The CPL department is based in the Pretoria office of Adams & Adams.