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Fractional General Counsel vs. In-House Counsel: Which Is Right for Your Growing Business?

As businesses grow, so do their legal complexities. From managing a growing number of contracts to ensuring ongoing regulatory compliance, the need for dedicated legal expertise becomes undeniable. Companies must also safeguard their intellectual property, mitigate operational risks, and address employment-related matters. These legal considerations, if left unaddressed, can hinder growth or expose the business […]

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Heard of the Fractional General Counsel?

Regulatory & Compliance Law / caveat

In times when regulation and litigation are on the rise, having instant access to legal expertise is not just an advantage – it’s a necessity. Are you running a company that is scaling quickly, or which you believe will start to scale in the near future? As your business scales, the complexities of legal compliance,

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Mind the Gaps – Caveat’s Legal GAP Analysis

Corporate & Commercial Law / caveat

“If you’re proactive, you focus on preparing. If you’re reactive, you end up focusing on repairing.” ― John C. Maxwell You are a director and shareholder of a small company. Things have been going well for your business, which is scaling better than you could have hoped for. The financials are looking great. Your reputation

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Lawyers Must Step Up to Assist the Business Community during Lockdown

Commercial Law / caveat

Click here to read article by Yvonne Wakefield published in the Daily Maverick.

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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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Caveat: A History

Firm News / caveat

Having been asked to write a piece on the history of Caveat, I’m struck by the thought that we’ve come far enough to even have a history. Caveat turns 8 this year. Time really has flown – probably because we really have been having fun. I never knew a job could be so much fun,

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Changing Market Demands: How can Law Firms Adapt?

Commercial Law / caveat

Most of us signed up to a career in law with the understanding that we were entering a very lucrative profession. For many of us, that choice was made in the days when the profession was very exclusive: The only people who knew anything about legal matters were lawyers, and there was a vast information

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Lawyers: Artists or Service Providers?

Corporate & Commercial Law / caveat

Historically the legal profession was characterised by many of the same traits as the world of craftsmen or artists. Lawyers perceived their work much as artists do: a creative exercise that takes as long as it takes, costs what it costs and is not available for criticism by the client. The client – a person

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The Inherent Conflict of Interest in Traditional Legal Practice

Corporate & Commercial Law / caveat

Law is about justice and fairness. It really is, I keep telling myself. For me, justice and fairness were the driving force behind years of work, collecting degrees and professional qualifications. They have to be what law – and legal practice – are about. I love the law, the definitiveness of it, and the evolving

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Will Technology Render Lawyers Obsolete?

Media & Content Law, Technology & Web3 Law, Telecommunications Law / caveat

Although traditional law firms have been told for some time that they will have to start doing things differently, change has been slow. But ‘virtual’ legal service providers are on the rise globally and in SA, meaning ‘BigLaw’ will have to watch their backs… Finweek 11 August 2016

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