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.