Summary Profile
Andrew Heiberg is Regional Head of the Real Estate practice. Andrew has assisted numerous domestic corporations in the field of commercial property acquisition and disposal transactions in South Africa. He has also assisted domestic corporations in acquiring finance for commercial property ventures in South Africa. The Real Estate practice acts for all the major commercial banks in respect of the registration of mortgage bonds and Andrew can assist in securing finance from these entities. Andrew also acts for certain local property developers in respect of the establishment of new residential and commercial property developments. In addition to dealing with all aspects of Conveyancing, Andrew specialises in Sectional Title-related work.
Career
Andrew began his career as a Candidate Attorney at Silberbauers in 1992. In 1994 he was appointed as an Associate and in 1998 as a Director. Silberbauers joined the practice of Cliffe Dekker Fuller Moore (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) in 1999 and Andrew remained a Director.
Education/Qualifications
BA LLB, University of Cape Town
Year of admission: 1994 as an attorney and conveyancer
Experience
| • | Conveyancing |
| o | Acting on behalf of Rabie Properties, Andrew handled the Lakeview property development in Retreat, Cape Town including the establishment of the Township register, the transfer of approximately 600 units to end-purchasers in various phases and the establishment and registration of several Sectional Title Schemes within this development |
| o | Assisted the Malherbe Group of companies with various residential developments in the Fish Hoek and Glencairn areas, as well as commercial sectional title property developments in Epping and Somerset West |
| o | Advised Classico Developments on the acquisition of land for property development culminating in the establishment of two security village developments and three Sectional Title schemes |
| • | Real Estate |
| o | Assisted and advised Glenfas Pty Ltd, Komdev Pty Ltd and Timbertruss (Pty) Ltd in the sectionalisation of their commercial property holdings and the disposal of individual units to end purchasers |
| o | Assisted and advised Chartaprops Pty Ltd in the disposal of their entire commercial property rental portfolio |
| • | Commercial Property Finance |
| o | Assisted a domestic company in the acquisition and registration of development finance in respect of a commercial venture in the Cape Town business district - R90 million |
| o | Andrew is the Director in charge of all bond registration work for ABSA Mortgage Fund Managers; First Rand Bank and Grindrod Bank |
