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Financing Energy Projects: Legal Considerations and Strategies

In an era where sustainable energy is not just a preference but a necessity, South Africa stands on the brink of significant energy transitions. This necessitates a robust legal framework and solid financing strategies to effectively navigate the complexities of energy project development. In this article we examine critical legal considerations and strategies pivotal to […]

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Clarifying your company’s beneficial ownership filing

Regulatory & Compliance Law / caveat

24 May 2024 was the hard deadline to file your company’s securities register, beneficial ownership register, and beneficial interests register. If you have not yet seen to this, you are currently in contravention of the Companies Act, and you will not be allowed to file your annual return. This means you may incur penalties for

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The Case for a Legal Gap Analysis

Corporate & Commercial Law / caveat

Entrepreneurs are, by their very nature, more comfortable with risk than most people. It allows them to focus on growth without losing sleep over whether there is red tape around, how it affects them and how to navigate it. But businesses that move into the scaling phase, face, all of a sudden, a new set

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Minister Mboweni Doesn’t Sugar the Pill

Financial Services Law, Legislation / caveat

Low growth; tax revenue down; no relief from bracket creep; a bloated public service wage bill; billions in unpaid VAT refunds set to depress tax revenue even further. Not a happy message for a Minister of Finance to bring in his inaugural Budget Speech, but this is what he was stuck with, and to his

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Navigating a Career within the Changing Legal Landscape

Corporate & Commercial Law / caveat

The legal industry has stayed essentially the same for a few hundred years and young people entering the profession have, historically, had a fairly good sense of what a career in law would look like, the options facing them and the time expected to reach senior positions in following each option. More recently, we have

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The Financial Sector Bill Peaks and the search for the Perfect Regulatory System

Financial Services Law / caveat

“The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It’s the monster. Men made it, but they can’t control it.” – John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (1939) The banking and financial system is for many a monster that is not being controlled effectively. Ensuring that a financial system is adequately regulated is a fine

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