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The King V Report on Corporate Governance, published on 31 October 2025, applies to financial years starting on or after 1 January 2026. King V refines (rather than overhauls) King IV and the transition should be manageable.

South Africa's e-commerce landscape is booming, fuelled by a growing appetite for online shopping. This presents exciting opportunities for foreign companies seeking to expand their reach into the South African market.

South Africa's e-commerce landscape is booming, fuelled by a growing appetite for online shopping. This presents exciting opportunities for foreign companies seeking to expand their reach...

South Africa's Financial Intelligence Centre has released an updated sector risk assessment for legal practitioners ahead of the 2027 FATF mutual evaluation, identifying the profession as highly vulnerable to money laundering and terrorist financing abuse. The draft report highlights significant concerns about low regulatory reporting despite high transaction values, widespread cash use, and questions whether legal practitioners are accurately assessing their own compliance risks. With comments due by 14 Ju

On 14 February 2019 a resolution was taken by the board of directors to voluntarily liquidate the African Global Group of companies, better known as Bosasa.

In a recent ruling relating to the well-known "Please Call Me" (PCM) case, the Gauteng Provincial Division of the High Court, in Pretoria, has ordered the defendant to go back to the drawing board...

Deputy Chairman, Ezra Davids, and partner, Ryan Kitcat, wrote the South African chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide on Mergers & Acquisitions for 2021.

When a business faces execution proceedings, the risk is more than the loss of assets. An unchallenged attachment or sale can disrupt operations...

In the recent decision of Navy Two CC (the CC) v Industrial Zone Limited (Industrial), the rule barring a person who is not a legal practitioner from representing a corporate entity came under judicial scrutiny. The sole-member of a close corporation was refused audience by the High Court, resulting in an appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA).

Sasol, a major South African energy and chemical company, is facing a significant tax dispute with the South African Revenue Service (SARS).

A recent judgment by the Supreme Court of Appeal, Timasani (Pty) Ltd (in business rescue) and Another v Afrimat Iron Ore (Pty) Ltd [SCA case number 91/2020] has given some much needed guidance...

It is common practice for formal meetings to follow a set of processes and directives to ensure its proper convention.

Share incentives schemes often involves the use of trusts to administer the awards made to employees.

A share repurchase is often mistakenly (and automatically) assumed to be a scheme of arrangement since section 114(1) of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 ("the Act")...

Section 123 of the Companies Act No 71 of 2008 (Companies Act) triggers the requirement to make a mandatory offer to purchase the remaining securities in a regulated company in specific circumstances

The advent of remote working has driven the adoption of new technologies across the board and M&A transactions are no exception.

It is firmly established in our law that both the terms and enforcement of a contract must not offend public policy, a matrix of rules articulating society's values and sense of propriety.

A UK colleague, Jayne McGlynn (Strategic Corporate Partner, M&A at DWF), recently described a "quiet crisis": experienced GCs being "restructured" out and replaced by contract lawyers...