Corporate and Commercial Law
- Commercial negotiations and contract drafting
- Corporate governance
- Mergers and acquisitions
- End-to-end legal procurement solutions
- Tax and transaction advisory services
Employment Law and Strategic HR Advisory
- Collective bargaining and individual employment law
- Alignment of business and HR strategies
- HR governance
- ER management
- HR integration management (M&A, JV’s and Strategic Partners)
Environmental Law, Mining Law and Mineral Rights Management
Environmental Law
- Regulatory advice and opinions
- Auditing and compliance
- Bespoke training on risk management and legal liability
- Rehabilitation obligation and mining rehabilitation costs
- Gap analysis
Mining Law and Mineral Rights Management
- Mining law advisory
- Preparation, lodgement and advice on mining right applications, prospecting right applications and section 11 transfers
- MPRDA compliance
- Drafting of mining specific agreements and contract mining arrangements
- Social and Labour plans (drafting, management, compliance reporting and implementation)
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property
- IP portfolio management
- IP dispute resolution
- Trademark applications and searches
- IP agreements
- General advice on all IP matters
Media, Employee – and Investor Relations
- Investor relations and financial, crisis and litigation communication
- Corporate communications, reputation management, employee – and community communications
- Media coaching, training and mentoring
- Drafting and review of board notes and annual reports
- Conducting of investor, media, and client perception surveys
Health and Safety law
- Drafting and advising on statutory letters of appointment, contractor management and legal risk register
- Regulatory compliance and risk management
- Compliance audits and gap analysis
- Drafting of policies and procedures
- Training
Community Matters
- Re-location project management and advice
- Conflict resolution
- Establishment of and engagement with community forums
- Identification and implementation of local procurement initiatives and social development
- Navigating and addressing ‘’on the ground real’’ community concerns
Productivity Improvements
- Needs analysis and streamlining of internal processes
- Workflow automation
- Template and SOP development
- Internal resource optimisation
- Legal and administrative outsourcing solutions
Facilitation and Training
- Facilitate negotiations between mines and communities
- Facilitate in-house legal department strategy development
- Health and safety law training
- Employment law training
- Training for in-house counsel on improving efficiency and achieving cost reduction for in-house legal departments
Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Stakeholder engagement
- Facilitated negotiations
- Mediation and arbitration agreements
- Attendance at mediation and arbitration proceedings
- Enforcement of arbitration awards
Consulting
- Legal strategy development and implementation
- Legal risk management
- Legal project management
- In-house legal department operational optimization
- The ‘’What if’’ mapping and strategy development
- Training of in-house staff in understanding business strategy, development and shareholder requirements
Litigation Management
- Legal project management
- Pre-litigation services
- Discovery and interlocutory process support
- E-discovery
- Legal cost management
Shipping and Port Services
- Development of ocean born freight and port strategies
- Long term contracts of affreightment
- Draft and review coa’s and international shipping terms
- Development of sales pricing mechanisms and implementation of fob and cif terms
- Development of shipping desk and strategy
Renewable Energy
- Assisting with legal and regulatory compliance
- Advise on energy projects
- Project management of energy projects
- Evaluate pricing models
- Advise on long term ppa’s
