South African Firm of Attorneys – Shepstone & Wylie

Our corporate lawyers strive to provide effective and practical solutions. We advise on and draft contracts for all aspects of corporate and business law.

Willie Coetzee

Durban

Durban

Durban

Durban

Durban

Richards Bay

Durban

Erika Petersen-Holmes

Durban

Durban

Cape Town

Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Durban

Durban

Clients embarking on business ventures are advised on the most appropriate structures and the various issues and risks which need to be considered. Taxation implications of contracts and commercial structures are also carefully considered. When required, we will also represent clients in the negotiation of contracts and resolution of commercial disputes.

We also advise on constitutional and competition law matters and we are also able to obtain environmental and employment law input from our other departments.

In the Corporate and Commercial Law department we deal with:

•	Agency and distributorship agreements

•	Banking law

•	Broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE) structures and advice

•	Building, construction and engineering contracts

•	Business establishment and registration

•	Commercial advice and agreements

•	Commercial disputes and arbitration

•	Company law

•	Competition law

•	Constitutional law

•	Construction and engineering disputes and arbitration

•	Development schemes

•	Due diligence investigations in relation to mergers and acquisitions

•	Energy Law - oil and gas

•	Engineering and construction law

•	Entertainment and sports law

•	Environmental law

•	Estate planning

•	Finance transactions

•	Financial planning

•	Formation of companies, close corporations and trusts

•	Notarial work - including a ntenuptial contracts

We are pleased to announce that we have appointed de Chalains, a niche leading boutique trademark firm based in Pretoria, on an exclusive basis, to provide our clients with the full range of high quality trademark services with effect from July 2006. Please contact either Willie Coetzee of Shepstone & Wylie on +27 31 302 0111 or David Bernstein of de Chalains on +27 12 346 4264 for further enquiries.