Kirsty de Sousa
Kirsty de Sousa is a Professional Support Lawyer in our Real Estate Law practice.
About Kirsty
About Kirsty
Kirsty embarked on her professional journey as a Candidate Attorney at Victor and Partners Attorneys before joining the Standard Bank Financial Consultancy as a Financial Advisor. In 2012 she started her own legal practice.
Kirsty was admitted as an Attorney in 2009 and thereafter as a Notary Public in 2012 and Conveyancer in 2013. In 2021 she joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Professional Support Lawyer.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of South Africa (UNISA)
- Year of admission as an attorney: 2009
- Year of admission as a Notary Public: 2012
- Year of admission as a Conveyancer: 2013
- Enrolled with the Legal Practice Council
Languages
Languages
- English
About Kirsty
Kirsty embarked on her professional journey as a Candidate Attorney at Victor and Partners Attorneys before joining the Standard Bank Financial Consultancy as a Financial Advisor. In 2012 she started her own legal practice.
Kirsty was admitted as an Attorney in 2009 and thereafter as a Notary Public in 2012 and Conveyancer in 2013. In 2021 she joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Professional Support Lawyer.
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of South Africa (UNISA)
- Year of admission as an attorney: 2009
- Year of admission as a Notary Public: 2012
- Year of admission as a Conveyancer: 2013
- Enrolled with the Legal Practice Council
Languages
- English
Experience
Specialised Contract creation and review
Adept at drafting, reviewing, and updating specialised contracts, such as commercial and residential sale and lease agreements, instalment sale agreements, M&A agreements, non-disclosure agreements, notarial bonds, joint venture agreements, company MOI, and various business agreements.
General Conveyancing
Her expertise extended to consolidations and subdivisions, ensuring smooth transactions and compliance with legal regulations exceling in particular in drafting various notarial deeds, including servitudes, notarial tie agreements, and antenuptial contracts, guaranteeing the legal integrity of property transactions.
Sectional Title Register
Involved and instrumental in the opening of the Sectional Title Registers and attending to the transfers of multiple sections.
Property transfers
Involved in both commercial and residential property transfers nationwide.
Registration of servitude
Dealt with drafting and registration of various servitudes for subdivisions and opening of new townships.
Lease agreements
Drafting agreements relevant to property transactions, including, sale of land agreements, sale of letting enterprise agreements, option and sale agreements in respect of agricultural land, lease agreements and long term lease agreements.
Due diligence investigations
Property related due diligence investigations.
General and special notarial bonds
Drafting and registration of general and special notarial bonds.
News
Court orders removal of livestock from South African farm
In a recent judgment from the Land Claims Court in Moladora Trust v Mereki and Others (189/2023) ZASCA 37 (3 April 2024) , the Moladora Trust’s (Trust) appeal was upheld, resulting...
What it means to “make your mark” in the twenty-first century
In the dynamic legal context of 21st-century South Africa, the traditional act of making your mark on a contract has undergone a profound transformation with the introduction of electronic...
Mortgage Bonds 101 for first time buyers
Join Real Estate Law practice Associate Suné Kruger, and Professional Support Lawyer Kirsty de Sousa, as they talk about mortgage bonds, explaining the purpose of bonds and the procedure...
The long term lease
Kirsty de Sousa conducts an insightful conversation with Real Estate Law expert, John Webber where he answers a few questions and helps explain what a long-term lease is, how it is...
Servitudes Explained
An insightful talk where a seasoned real estate attorney explains servitudes as a whole and further provides insight into the different kinds of servitudes, how they are created, when...
Compliance Certificates – Where, What, When & Why
CDH Real Estate Law experts conduct a quick conversation answering the often-asked questions about the many compliance certificates required from sellers of immovable property. These...
