Banking, Securities & Finance

The Banking, Securities and Finance team has an incredibly vast experience in provision of legal services in diverse financial transactions ranging from conventional personal loans, project financing, corporate lending, securitization to asset-based lending, real estate finance and cross-border financing transactions. Our team is also experienced in designing of operational documents for banks such as loan agreements and security documents, advising banks and other financial institutions in respect of various types of credit/lending transactions, perfecting of security documents, offering pre-disbursement legal opinions on complex transactions, and advising banks on regulatory compliance requirements including the designing of compliance matrices.

Conveyancing & Real Estate Law

Our firm is well recognized in the field of Conveyancing and Real Estate Law having successfully and ably represented our clients; developers, investors and property owners alike, in relation to various conveyancing transactions and real estate development projects. Our team specializes in residential and commercial real estate transactions, structuring of joint venture vehicles for the development of property and luxurious projects on a fractional and share model of ownership, large scale mixed-use developments and the preparation of tenant purchase agreements and leases and ensure that our clients’ interests are thoroughly protected.

To achieve this, the firm has established extensive frameworks and networks with other players such as surveyors, regulators, banks and other financial institutions, networks which are designed to provide our clients with a wholesome and superior legal protection and advice.

We keep abreast with all the legal and regulatory requirements such as tax considerations, security arrangements and help our clients to navigate through the said requirements and ensure their utmost compliance. Where disputes arise from property related matters, the team draws on the expertise of the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution professionals to ensure that disputes are efficiently and effectively resolved.

Corporate & Commercial Law

We offer bespoke services to our corporate clients involved in different transactions with both general and specialized needs. These services include formation and registration of all business entities, corporate agreements including mergers and acquisitions, joint venture agreements, asset acquisition, supply contracts, filing of annual returns and advise on tax compliance, drafting designing and reviewing of legal documents, and advice on matters of corporate governance.

Dispute Resolution & Commercial Litigation

We have a dedicated litigation team that represents our clients in a broad variety of disputes litigated in all Courts with their respective divisions as well as tribunals across the country. We recognize that litigation can be disruptive to businesses of our clients and equally time consuming and we thereby work closely with clients and devise strategies that will ensure minimal disruption and less contentious means of resolving disputes to ensure that commercial business relationships are not severed in the process.

Our Advocates are highly trained in their various means of interaction to ensure professional standards are maintained and cooperation of clients is achieved resulting in maximization of productivity and client satisfaction.

Intellectual Property

The firm offers legal advisory services in all areas of intellectual property including registration and protection through litigation, registration of patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial designs, image rights and related licensing requirements. We understand that intellectual property, like other forms of property, are invaluable to our clients and we assuage their fears of loss by fiercely protecting them legally and pride ourselves in having represented several businesses in the protection and assertion of their intellectual property rights
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Employment & Labour Laws

Employers and employees, in all sectors of the economy are the lifeblood of a country’s income revenue. We believe that representing clients on both divides of the employer-employee relationship is fundamental to our economy.

Our firm has a strong presence in the realm of employment and labour law matters and has acted for both individual and corporate clients in several labour disputes. The firm also offers advice to Corporate Clients on compliance requirements as per the relevant Laws and Regulations and in effect protects clients by averting potential adverse claims and ensuring conflict in the workplace is reduced or eradicated in totality. On the other end, we represent individuals and offer advice pertaining to wrongful termination, sexual discrimination, claims related to employee benefits and other related cases. We also negotiate settlement between employees and employers to reach an amicable settlement by employing alternative means of dispute resolution.

Insolvency & Debt Recovery

Insolvency and debt recovery procedures are a crucial to a well performing financial sector as credit provisions itself. Aligned with this belief, we work together with companies, lenders, funds, licensed insolvency practitioners and individuals on a range of contentious and non-contentious matters. We provide legal and advisory services in complex collections and debt recovery, debt restructuring, composition and schemes of arrangement and reorganizations, attachment sequestration and seizure procedures as well as legal representation in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings.

We can guide you through the corporate and personal insolvency process and provide alternatives for debtors and companies to work through financial difficulties within your budget.

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