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COST-EFFECTIVENESS AT FM ATTORNEYS:
The expertise of FM Attorneys professionals is focused, and
all levels of skill are represented, allowing the allocation
of resources according to the level of skill required. It
will therefore be unnecessary to involve expensive resources
in the performance of simple but necessary tasks.
FM Attorneys also has a functional legal library, including
electronic media, which enhances the ability of the
professional team to do research in a timely and
cost-effective manner.
Resources assigned to projects represent all areas of
expertise required to execute a project.
TARIFF STRUCTURE AT FM ATTORNEYS
FM ATTORNEYS fee and tariff structure can be negotiated with each client to suit their needs. Among others, the importance, urgency, and intricacy of the work are factors considered in determining the exact fee structure or hourly tariffs. On commercial matters, agreement can be reached on a varied fee structure, depending on the successful outcome of a transaction or otherwise.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST:
COMPLIANCE WITH TAX LEGISLATION:
More explanations on the Services We Provide:
FM Attorneys has taken a leading role in Gauteng as a whole in advising clients on black economic empowerment and transformation and has been closely involved in some of the largest BEE restructurings, which have been implemented.
Our Services include:
Advising on the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Act and its codes
Advising on various transformation charters including the mining charter
Setting up BEE structures
Establishment of broad based ownership schemes
In an increasingly complex global market, the ability to adapt, merge, acquire and grow is essential for long-term prosperity. That is why we provide advice on appropriate forms of business enterprises for transactions, and issues including:
Management buy-outs
Business trusts, partnerships, and joint ventures
Franchising, licensing and royalty agreements
Share issues and listings on the Stock Exchange
Lease transactions, including financial leases
Product liability
Trade agreements
Investments both local and off shore
Import and export transactions
Debt restructuring
Private equity
FM Attorneys boasts some of the top property lawyers in South Africa. Their specialist team combines their knowledge and experience of property law and conveyancing with innovative ideas to maximize profit potential.
Services we provide include:
Acquisition, sale and transfer of commercial, industrial and residential properties
Leases, mortgages and servitudes
Retirement home schemes
Sectional title schemes
Sectional title arbitration
Share block developments and conversions to sectional titles
Time-sharing operations
Town planning, appeals and rezoning applications
Township development and subdivision of land
The impact of VAT on property transactions
In South Africa, compliance in terms of the various Acts that govern labour is essential, leaving no room for leniency. FM Attorneys is able to represent its clients on a wide front, providing a full range of industrial relations advice, including:
Collective bargaining issues
Duty to disclose
Grievance and disciplinary procedures
Dismissals, strikes and lockouts
Employment contracts and collective agreements
Arbitration and Litigation
FM Attorneys is a leader in advising clients on structuring, negotiating, documenting and implementing complex commercial transactions. Our service offering includes:
Company and group re-organisations
Acquisitions and disposals
Takeover, mergers, amalgamations and acquisitions
Corporate formation
Due diligence investigations
Regulatory approvals
Corporate governance
FM Attorneys has extensive experience in insolvency, schemes of arrangement and debt recovery and has represented individuals, SME’s and large corporates in this regard. It applies its commercial and legal expertise to provide assistance with:
Liquidations and sequestrations
Cross-border insolvencies
Business rescue
Insolvency interrogations
Perfecting securities
Offers of compromise and schemes of arrangement
Advice on appropriate corporate structures for Companies and Close Corporations, as well as handling disputes or ensuring compliance in agreements between two or more companies.
We give advise on:
Business start ups
Area competitiveness
Work structure and arrangements
dispute resolution approaches
Advice and structuring of transactions such as share sales, sale of businesses and assets sales. FM Attorney legal practitioners have decades of international and local experience in providing intelectual property advises, such as:
Sourcing strategies
Commercial structures and negotiations
Contract preparation and negotiation
Data protection and information security
Regulatory compliance
Drafting of all related contracts and other documentation such as:
Sale Agreements,
Leases,
Shareholder Agreements and
Other commercial contracts.
FM Attorneys is able to provide expert advice on compliance with competition law in merger and acquisition transactions and in attending to the filing of merger notifications.
FM Attorneys is also able to provide advice to clients on conduct, which may be anti competitive and in dealing with competition compliance. Our service offering includes:
Advising on merger requirements
Preparing merger notification documents
Dealing with complaint proceedings
Advice on compliance
We provide an efficient and cost effective approach to the protection and enforcement of its clients’ rights through the use of Court procedures and alternative dispute resolution methods including conciliation, mediation and arbitration.
It offers the following services:
Commercial claims
Constitutional law matters
Land claims
Property disputes
Professional negligence claims
Product liability claims
Maritime law claims
Partnership disputes
Insurance claims
Through our experience in representing professionals in the built environment and large construction companies in South Africa and Africa, we have developed expertise in a variety of matters affecting the building and construction industries generally.
Our specialist services include:
Advice on different forms of construction contracts, guarantees and insurance
The preparation and submission of claims
Housing and development projects
Public procurement
Dispute resolution including mediation and arbitration
Joint ventures
Off shore contracts
Project finance
Professional appointments
Professional negligence
In South Africa, compliance in terms of the various Acts that govern labour is essential, leaving no room for leniency. FM Attorneys is able to represent its clients on a wide front, providing a full range of industrial relations advice,
Including:
Collective bargaining issues
Duty to disclose
Grievance and disciplinary procedures
Dismissals, strikes and lockouts
Employment contracts and collective agreements
Arbitration and Litigation
FM Attorneys adopts a pro-active approach in listening to our clients’ needs and working closely with them to develop long term personal and family goals.
By appointing FM Attorneys as your Executors of Wills or as your Administrator of Trusts, you can be certain that your requests will be carried out by discerning professionals who will apply absolute fairness and impartiality.
What they will provide for you includes the following:
Setting up and administering trusts
Estate planning
Advice on the investment of trust funds
Advice on the powers and responsibilities of Executors and Trustees and the interests of beneficiaries
Wills
Winding up of estates