Real estate

Major South African banks, corporations and property developers – in effect all corporates with real estate needs – rely on our widely experienced property/real estate law team for professional service and expert legal advice on projects from inception to realisation.

With our extensive experience in property law, we are able to offer a full range of professional services relating to real estate transactions.

Our areas of specialisation include

  • Transfer of freehold and leasehold properties (conveyancing)
  • Registration of mortgage bonds and notarial bonds (to secure obligations)
  • Proclamation of townships
  • Rezoning of properties
  • Registration of servitudes and other real rights against property by notarial deeds
  • Preparing agreements relating to property ownership, e.g. joint ventures and partnerships
  • Opening of sectional title registers
  • Ownership through share blocks
  • Lease agreements
  • Subdivision of land
  • Building contracts
  • Service agreements
  • Acquisition of property-owning companies or close corporations
  • Hotel management agreements
  • Water law
  • Water purification projects
  • Land restitution matters
  • Renewable energy land issues
  • Environmental and heritage applications
  • Administrative law
  • The Consumer Protection Act
  • A full understanding of local property/real estate law and its applications

We offer

  • 12 conveyancers and property law specialists across South Africa
  • Global expertise on international property/real estate law, particularly in Africa
  • More than 30 years’ experience in South African property law
  • Swift assembly of an in-house team to deal with all aspects of real estate law
  • The ability to deal effectively with local authorities on land issues.

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Related contacts

Pieter Niehaus

Pieter Niehaus

Director

Johannesburg

+27 (0)11 685 8619

Michelle Flaatten

Michelle Flaatten

Director

Cape Town

+27 (0)21 405 1237

Judy Kermack

Judy Kermack

Director

Durban

+27 (0)31 582 5670

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