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Retaining Internal Clients' Trust: Balancing Compliance and Legal Services
Obtaining and retaining internal client satisfaction, and gaining the trust and respect of the business is the most consistently cited goal of in-house lawyers.
In-house legal teams, however, now often provide...Read more

Brandon Irsigler
Director , Strata Legal, South Africa
Interpreting Business Rescue Provisions of the South African Companies Act 71 of 2008: Secured Pre-Commencement Finance Versus Post-Commencement Finance
The South African Companies Act provides for a business rescue process. A current interpretational issue relates to the ranking of claims of creditors who provided secured Pre-commencement Finance in relation...Read more
Stef Du Plessis
In-house Legal Adviser, Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, South Africa
Licencing of Patent Applications - Pre-Grant Royalty Earning
Research and development is costly. International patent portfolios even more so. The business strategy of most corporations, when filing a patent application, is to seek some return on R&D investment,...Read more

Madelein Kleyn
Chief Legal and IP Officers, Omnisient Rf Pty, South Africa
South Africa as a Destination of Choice for International Dispute Resolution

South Africa is a land of dichotomies. Whilst being the commercial hub of the continent, and having what is widely regarded as the most advanced Constitution in the world, it...Read more
Howard Snoyman
Head: Legal and Ethics, Discovery Health Medical Scheme, South Africa
A Consideration of The Role of The Company in Contemporary South African Society and The Traditional Concept of Directors Duties
Corporate South Africa has become entrenched in a plethora of tag lines such as “social responsibility”, “corporate social investment” and the “triple bottom line” in an apparent effort to “give...Read more
Darryl Jago
Legal Advisor, Total South Africa (Pty), South Africa
Self-Regulation of an Industry versus the Rule of Law
Self-regulation is an honourable concept. Proponents of the system emphasise the relative amiability and expediency of dispute resolution mechanisms, and remind industry that to the extent that it is not...Read more
Howard Snoyman
Head: Legal and Ethics, Discovery Health Medical Scheme, South Africa
Combating Illicit Trade: A Corporate Lawyer's Dilemma
The tobacco industry in South Africa is currently struggling with the threat of smuggled illicit products eroding the legal market. The illegal trade in cigarettes is the fastest growing tobacco...Read more
Luché Joubert
Senior Legal Counsel, British American Tobacco, South Africa
King III: Under The Governance Tree
King III[1] came into effect on 1 March 2010 superseding King II.[2] The drafters of King III were convened by the Institute of Directors of Southern Africa to...Read more
Alyson D’Oyley
Company Secretary, African Rainbow Minerals Limited, South Africa
Skills Development Partnership
In terms of in-house human resource policies, each employee must have an agreed development plan for each year and attend a minimum prescribed number of training days. In addition to...Read more
Willie du Plessis
General Manager (Legal), Eskom Holdings Limited, South Africa
The differences in the Intellectual Property needs of Companies Highlighted
Managing the intellectual properties of a well established company with budget approvals always relatively easily secured, created visions of a smooth ride into distant retirement. Not that our employer was...Read more

David Broodryk
Manager: Intellectual Properties Services, M & I Group, South Africa