Agriculture, Aquaculture & Fishing

Our lawyers in South Africa and Kenya understand the commercial drivers and shifting regulatory landscape and concerns around sustainable food security, and we provide practical and commercial advice to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

Agriculture, Aquaculture & Fishing Sector Services

Our services spread across the following practice areas: 

Competition Law

Our Competition Law practice is experienced in advising clients on all competition law issues, including prohibited practice litigation, general compliance, corporate leniency, exemption applications and merger notifications.

Corporate & Commercial Law

Our Corporate & Commercial Law practice specialises in corporate law, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions, and provides general commercial law related services and advice. Our clients reap the benefit of working with leading corporate and commercial law specialists who have advised a number of multinational and local companies on establishing and building their presence in the South African agricultural market, and who have long-standing relationships with clients in the agri sector.

Dispute Resolution

Our Dispute Resolution practice has assisted in some of the most sensitive and complex cases and provides an approach that is pragmatic, commercially focused and solution based. Our Dispute Resolution practice partners with clients to identify and execute the most advantageous solutions, either by pursuing or defending arbitration or litigation proceedings, or through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. 

Employment Law

Our Employment Law practice has extensive experience in all aspects of employment law, including drafting contracts of employment and employee policies and procedures, advising on restructuring and retrenchments, advising on the employment law implications of the transfer of a business as a going concern, and conducting due diligence exercises from an employment law perspective.

Environmental Law

Our Environmental Law practice specialises in a wide range of environmental, energy, land use, water rights, mining rights, administrative and regulatory issues.

Real Estate Law

Our Real Estate Law practice has assisted in a full range of land matters ranging from conveyancing to funding and opinion assistance. Our Real Estate specialists advise on every component of a property transaction, including commercial and private or residential real estate acquisitions and disposals, property finance, leasing, management and disputes, structuring, restructuring, and environmental and permit matters.

Tax & Exchange Control

Our Tax & Exchange Control practice specialises in giving tax and exchange control advice on a wide range of matters that are regulated by South Africa’s extensive tax legislation framework, such as the income tax and VAT legislation, as well as South Africa’s exchange control legislation. The matters we advise on include corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, financing transactions, utilisation of tax allowances available to taxpayers, the settlement of disputes with SARS and engaging with the South African Reserve Bank and Authorised Dealers to obtain exchange control approval for transactions. Our clients have the benefit of working with leading Tax & Exchange Control specialists who have advised a number of companies operating in the agricultural sector about structuring their affairs in the most efficient manner, while ensuring that they comply with the applicable legal framework.

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Agriculture, Aquaculture & Fishing Sector Services

Our services spread across the following practice areas: 

Competition Law

Our Competition Law practice is experienced in advising clients on all competition law issues, including prohibited practice litigation, general compliance, corporate leniency, exemption applications and merger notifications.

Corporate & Commercial Law

Our Corporate & Commercial Law practice specialises in corporate law, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions, and provides general commercial law related services and advice. Our clients reap the benefit of working with leading corporate and commercial law specialists who have advised a number of multinational and local companies on establishing and building their presence in the South African agricultural market, and who have long-standing relationships with clients in the agri sector.

Dispute Resolution

Our Dispute Resolution practice has assisted in some of the most sensitive and complex cases and provides an approach that is pragmatic, commercially focused and solution based. Our Dispute Resolution practice partners with clients to identify and execute the most advantageous solutions, either by pursuing or defending arbitration or litigation proceedings, or through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. 

Employment Law

Our Employment Law practice has extensive experience in all aspects of employment law, including drafting contracts of employment and employee policies and procedures, advising on restructuring and retrenchments, advising on the employment law implications of the transfer of a business as a going concern, and conducting due diligence exercises from an employment law perspective.

Environmental Law

Our Environmental Law practice specialises in a wide range of environmental, energy, land use, water rights, mining rights, administrative and regulatory issues.

Real Estate Law

Our Real Estate Law practice has assisted in a full range of land matters ranging from conveyancing to funding and opinion assistance. Our Real Estate specialists advise on every component of a property transaction, including commercial and private or residential real estate acquisitions and disposals, property finance, leasing, management and disputes, structuring, restructuring, and environmental and permit matters.

Tax & Exchange Control

Our Tax & Exchange Control practice specialises in giving tax and exchange control advice on a wide range of matters that are regulated by South Africa’s extensive tax legislation framework, such as the income tax and VAT legislation, as well as South Africa’s exchange control legislation. The matters we advise on include corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, financing transactions, utilisation of tax allowances available to taxpayers, the settlement of disputes with SARS and engaging with the South African Reserve Bank and Authorised Dealers to obtain exchange control approval for transactions. Our clients have the benefit of working with leading Tax & Exchange Control specialists who have advised a number of companies operating in the agricultural sector about structuring their affairs in the most efficient manner, while ensuring that they comply with the applicable legal framework.

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Agriculture, Aquaculture & Fishing Lawyers

Our Agriculture, Aquaculture & Fishing (AAF) sector lawyers in South Africa and Kenya understand challenges and the industry’s commercial drivers. We provide practical and commercial advice to our clients in the AAF sector to help them achieve their business objectives, protect existing interests and maximise opportunities.

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Agriculture, food security, and the regulation of GMOs in Kenya

The past year has been an eventful one for food security matters in Kenya. Following successive failed rainy seasons, the country has faced one of the worst droughts in years. This has seen increased focus on the applicability of science and technology to address the challenge and help the country build resilience against climate change.

Decanting the challenges: Working group focused on temporary employment services and contract workers within the SA wine industry

On 21 August 2023, Fairtrade Africa, in collaboration with the Wine and Agriculture Ethical Trade Association (WIETA), hosted an event that focused on the challenges associated with temporary employment services (TES) and contract workers within the South African wine industry and the establishment of a working group to address thesechallenges. 

Overview of the (r)evolution of legislation governing the use of cannabis: Where to from here?

Cannabis has been a hot topic in the media and bold statements have been made by the Government regarding the economic potential that the cannabis sector can unlock in the country. President Cyril Ramaphosa has referred to the potential revenue that could be created in the sector on two separate occasions during his annual State of the Nation Address. It has also been highlighted that industrial hemp and cannabis will create a pathway to industrialisation by having a ripple effect through to various other sectors such as foreign investment, agriculture, employment and construction. Although the Government’s stated intention to relax and review policies that hinder the growth of the industry is appreciated, South Africa is at a crossroads when it comes to competing with international cannabis industries developed within a regulatory framework.