LEGAL
SERVICES
BEE LAW AND SECTORAL CHARTERS
MHA advices clients on various laws aimed at achieving BEE
objectives. MHA has experience in employment equity and skills development
matters, the DTI Codes of Good Practice, various sectoral charters on
BEE, and on structuring BEE deals to ensure compliance with BEE laws.
MHA also provides advice on tax related aspects of certain BEE deals including
broad based share incentive schemes.
Directors to contact: Leslie
Mkhabela and Jim Matemane
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COMPANY AND
SECRETARIAL WORK
MHA assists clients in company secretarial work for
companies, close corporations and trusts. As instructed MHA changes shelf
company details, amends memorandum and articles of association, varies
share capital, issues and transfers shares, registers name reservations
and changes, and attends to preparation and lodgement (including electronic
lodgement) of various CM/CK forms with CIPRO.
Director to contact: Jim
Matemane
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COMPETITION LAW
MHA has experience in competition law and advises on anti-competitive
aspects of practices, arrangements and/or draft joint venture agreements
from a vertical, horizontal and market dominance point of view. MHA lodges
applications for exemptions in respect of anti-competitive practices and
agreements and advises clients on competition aspects of mergers.
Directors to contact: Jim
Matemane, and Leslie Mkhabela
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CORPORATE FINANCE
MHA has extensive experience in corporate finance related
matters including, structuring of shareholder loans, preference share
subscription agreements and advising on complex funding agreements and
bonds issues.
Directors to contact: Jackie
Huntley, Babatunde Adekeye, Leslie
Mkhabela and Jim Matemane.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
MHA provides advice to clients on corporate governance issues
including, compliance, the Companies Act and King II. MHA advises on the
structure and composition of boards of directors, business licence terms
and conditions, good corporate governance principles, and codes of conduct
and ethics.
MHA also conducts seminars for clients on corporate governance
issues.
Directors to contact: Jackie
Huntley, Babatunde Adekeye and Jim
Matemane.
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CORPORATE LAW
MHA has extensive experience in corporate law matters including:
mergers and acquisitions, company restructurings, unbundling and share
swap transactions, share incentive schemes, sale of shares agreements,
share subscription agreements, shareholders’ agreements, share options
agreements, voting pool agreements, nominee agreements, tax aspects of
these specified areas of corporate law, due diligence investigations,
and BEE ownership structures.
Directors to contact: Jackie
Huntley, Babatunde Adekeye, Leslie
Mkhabela and Jim Matemane.
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ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
MHA has particular expertise in electronic communication
regulatory matters relating to the licensing and regulation of broadcasting,
telecommunications, and other forms of electronic communications. This
includes: drafting legislative amendments, regulations, licence applications,
contracts, opinions and pleadings, reviewing applications for licences
and licence amendments, and preparing written representations for clients
including government authorities.
Directors to contact: Jim Matemane.
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EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR
MHA advises on labour disputes, industrial action, retrenchment
processes, dismissals, unfair labour practices, section 197 transfers
of employees, and general industrial relations issues in both the private
and public sectors.
MHA drafts contracts of employment and disciplinary and
grievance procedures. MHA chairs disciplinary enquiries for clients. MHA
produces a monthly Employment Update which discusses a recently reported
case.
MHA represents clients in the CCMA and Labour Court.
Director to contact: Dawn
Norton.
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GENERAL
COMMERCIAL LAW
MHA has experience in drafting and advising on commercial
contracts such as: joint venture agreements, consultancy agreements, partnership
agreements, franchise agreements, sales of business agreements, underwriting
agreements, loan agreements, service level agreements, property leases,
software development, licences, maintenance agreements, installation and
operation agreements.
MHA also has experience in drafting, reviewing and advising
on compliance with legislation including surbodinate legislation.
Directors to contact: Jackie
Huntley, Babatunde Adekeye, Leslie
Mkhabela and Jim Matemane.
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INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
MHA provides advice on various intellectual property matters
including copyright, patent and trade marks.
MHA drafts IP protection related agreements and assists
clients in lodging intellectual property protection applications.
Director to contact: Jim
Matemane.
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LITIGATION AND ALTERNATIVE
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
MHA provides litigation and alternative dispute resolution
(mediation and arbitration) services to its clients, focusing mainly on
commercial litigation, administrative and constitutional law, labour matters,
regulatory matters and property leasing.
Director to contact: Leslie
Mkhabela.
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MINING AND ENERGY
LAW
MHA advises clients on applications for prospecting rights
and for conversions of old order rights, lodgement of notarised prospecting
permits for registration with the Mining Titles Office and formation of
joint ventures for mining projects.
MHA drafts relevant agreements and advises on compliance with applicable
mining legislation.
MHA also provides legal advice on energy related matters, mainly in the
area of laws regulating the distribution of electricity.
MHA advised a number of municipalities on the restructuring of their electricity
distribution departments, the formation of municipal entities, and also
participated in the process of establishing the Regional Electricity Distributor
One.
Directors to contact: Jackie
Huntley, Babatunde Adekeye, Leslie
Mkhabela and Jim Matemane.
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PUBLIC LAW AND REGULATORY
MATTERS
MHA advises on a range of public law issues, access to information,
privacy and data protection (personal information) consumer protection,
communication interception, government procurement, public property management,
and public finance management.
MHA also advises on regulated industries and sectors such
as health, nuclear power, public transport, electronic communications
and others.
Directors to contact: Jim Matemane,
and Dawn Norton
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