We assist businesses and stakeholders in converting liquidation applications into business rescue, where recovery is still possible and preferable to winding up.

We protect the rights of creditors, employees, and shareholders throughout the business rescue process by providing strong representation in plan voting, court applications, and negotiations.

We provide end-to-end legal support to appointed business rescue practitioners and companies in rescue: from initial filings and legal notices to post-implementation monitoring and compliance.

We offer independent assessments and reviews of a business’s critical issues, legal position and commercial viability, helping stakeholders make informed decisions about next steps.

Where formal business rescue is not yet appropriate, we help structure informal arrangements and turnaround strategies with creditors and stakeholders to avoid court proceedings and preserve operations.

We negotiate, draft, and execute complex funding and transactional documents that underpin successful rescue and restructuring strategies.

We guide businesses through operational, financial, and legal restructuring processes, including debt reorganisation, workforce changes, and asset optimisation.

We assess, review and advise on business rescue plans for legal compliance, financial feasibility, and alignment with the interests of stakeholders, whether acting for the business rescue practitioner, a creditor or other affected persons.

We draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, ensuring that your business interests are protected and your contracts are clear, enforceable, and commercially sound.

We advise on and act in disputes involving company or trading names, including objections, name reservation issues, and proceedings before the Companies Tribunal.

We guide companies through compliance with the Companies Act and best-practice governance frameworks, including director duties, board procedures, and reporting obligations.

We assist companies and shareholders with the legal process of removing directors, whether for misconduct, breach of fiduciary duties, or breakdowns in governance, ensuring procedural fairness and compliance.

We advise on optimal company group structures for efficiency, asset protection, operational effectiveness, and legal compliance.

We assist with the registration of new companies, amendments to existing company documents, and restoration of deregistered entities with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC).

We draft and review shareholder agreements that clearly define ownership, rights, decision-making powers, dispute resolution mechanisms, and exit strategies.

We act in restraint and forfeiture proceedings under the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA), protecting clients’ property rights in criminal and related civil matters./p>

We act swiftly to secure bail, day or night, ensuring that clients are not unlawfully detained and that their rights are protected from the outset.

We assist victims of crime by actively engaging with investigating officers and prosecutors, monitoring dockets, and ensuring matters receive the attention they deserve.

We guide clients through the process of clearing eligible criminal records, helping to restore dignity, career opportunities, and personal freedom.

We defend clients in Magistrates’ Courts, Regional Courts, and the High Court, handling everything from common offences to serious, complex matters.

Where appropriate, we secure diversion for first-time or minor offenders, helping clients avoid a criminal record and receive rehabilitative support.

We assist individuals, companies, and organisations in laying criminal charges and driving prosecutions forward through formal and private channels.

We work closely with PR specialists to manage media attention and protect our clients’ reputations during sensitive legal proceedings.

In appropriate cases, we facilitate structured mediation between parties to resolve criminal complaints without the need for a full trial.

We negotiate plea deals that protect our clients’ interests, avoid unnecessary trial risks, and achieve proportionate sentencing outcomes.

We discreetly represent public figures, executives, and politically connected individuals facing criminal charges or investigations, with an emphasis on confidentiality and strategic defence.

We make formal submissions to the NDPP or relevant prosecuting authorities, seeking the withdrawal or non-prosecution of charges in appropriate cases.

We bring review applications in the High Court to challenge irregularities, unlawful proceedings, or injustices in lower courts.

We bring court applications to compel parties to disclose books, records, or other key information necessary to trace assets or investigate misconduct.

We assist with cross-border enforcement, applying to foreign courts to recognise and implement South African liquidation or sequestration orders.

We pursue legal claims against directors for misconduct, reckless trading, or unlawful dispositions made prior to liquidation.

We recover outstanding debts efficiently, with a strong track record in litigation, enforcement, and structured recovery arrangements.

We obtain eviction orders where insolvent estates or liquidators are unlawfully denied access to or use of property.

We bring High Court applications to extend the powers of liquidators or trustees, allowing for broader investigations, recoveries, or asset management.

We litigate complex insolvency matters, including disputes over claims, voidable transactions, director liability, and competing creditor interests.

We conduct and advise on formal interrogations to uncover financial wrongdoing, trace assets, and prepare for further legal action.

We prepare, prosecute and oppose liquidation applications.

We assist individuals with the legal process of being rehabilitated from sequestration, restoring financial and legal standing.

We act for trustees, liquidators, business rescue practitioners, financial institutions, and creditors in insolvency proceedings, providing litigation support and legal oversight.

We prepare, prosecute and oppose sequestration applications.

We apply to set aside transactions made prior to insolvency that unfairly prefer one creditor over another or were made without value, including:

• Voidable preferences
• Undue preferences
• Collusive dealings
• Dispositions without value
• Sale or transfer of assets designed to defeat creditors.

We investigate and locate misappropriated or concealed assets and obtain court orders for their attachment and return to the insolvent estate.