Our team has been leading work for Entersekt in a round of private equity investments

Businesses must align with Amended Employment Equity (EE) Act to secure state contracts

Navigating merger waters: The Competition Commission’s final guidelines on indivisible transactions

On 4 October 2024, the Competition Commission (Commission) published its final guidelines on indivisible transactions (Guidelines). The Guidelines provide clarity on the Commission’s approach when determining whether two or more separate transactions should be notified as a single, indivisible transaction. The Guidelines aim to ensure that merger parties understand when they are required to notify mergers as a single indivisibletransaction. 

Liability of municipal officials for unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure

Municipalities have original constitutional powers and are directly responsible for the management of their affairs. They are required to comply with the norms and standards imposed on them by national legislation. The Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2003 (MFMA) was enacted to “ secure sound and sustainable management of the financial affairs of the municipalities ”, and “ to establish treasury norms and standards for the local sphere of government ”. One of the ways it does this is by recognising the possibility that expenditure may not occur in a manner that illustrates sound and sustainable management and by creating liability and recovery mechanisms around that recognition to minimise financial exposure for municipalities.

The South African Business Rescue, restructuring (turnaround), and Liquidation profession calling for legislative reform

Lucinde Rhoodie, Director, and Muwanwa Ramanyimi, Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution practice joined Jonathan Faurie on Turnaround Talk to discuss The South African Business Rescue, restructuring (turnaround), and Liquidation profession calling for legislative reform.

Webinar Recording | AI and the law: Navigating risks, realising opportunities

A panel of experts hosted a webinar exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the legal landscape.