Areas of Practice

Estate Planning, Wills & Trusts

Estate Planning, Wills & Trusts

Through safe governance of our clients’ legacy we specialize not only in protecting the clients’ present and future, but also that of their families. Our excellent estate planning, allows our clients to build and distribute a future for their love ones. Our skilled drafting of legally valid wills reassures our clients of their legacy’s continuation while our determined registration of trusts and probate allows for a guardian towards your descendant’s future.

This division is led by young driven attorneys who have a targeted great vision to pursue and advise clients based on the importance of estate planning, wills and registrations of trust.

Our deceased estates and wills services include:

  • Drafting wills
  • Creation and amending of trust
  • Legal advice
  • Estate planning and structuring
  • Reporting to master of High Court

Mining, Environmental & Construction Law

Mining, Environmental & Construction Law

As a firm based in the mining city of Emalahleni, MMI Attorneys is one of the ground breaking legal firms specializing in mining. Our clients vary from individuals to corporations and companies within the industrial market sector. We offer a wide range of legal services tailored to mining, environment and construction.

These services include:

  • Compliance and interpretation of mining, construction and environmental laws
  • Litigation
  • Alternative disputes resolution and advise in all aspects of MEC
  • Mining or mineral rights acquisition
  • Land rights or title acquisition
  • Contracts drafting and management, including cessions, joint ventures and concessions
  • Water rights acquisition and compliance
  • Electricity rights acquisition and compliance
  • Environmental regulation compliance, including mine closure
  • Health and safety compliance
  • Community and stakeholder engagement
  • BEE compliance and Social and Labour Plan development
  • Mining tax structuring and compliance, including VAT and royalties
  • Corporate and individual immigration compliance
  • Mining charter and other policy matters
  • Litigation and alternative dispute resolution on all the above and other related matters

Labour Law & Litigation

Labour Law and Litigation

The genesis of Public Interest Litigation is listening to the voice of the voiceless and giving access to the poor, the marginalised, and the weak. MMI has found the appropriate concise equation and solution to remedy all our clients’ legal representation matters, before getting out of hand.

Unfair Discrimination

CCMA Representation

  • Unfair labour practices - We can assist you in taking the appropriate action to protect your rights.

Arbitrations

  • Our Labour law team are experts in arbitration and will guide, assist and coach you so you can reach your desired outcome.

Dispute Resolution

  • If you are caught in an unresolved dispute with your employer, we can help settle the dispute and obtain a settlement in your favour.

Labour Court

  • If your matter goes to the Labour Court, our skilled attorneys are available to represent you and help you win your case.

We offer all ranges of implementation and training aimed at providing for the needs of different businesses. Training needs assessments in situations such as employees not performing as they should be.

Labour / HR processes are undertaken by employers.

Personal Injury Law & Third Party Claims

Personal Injury Law & Third Party Claims

This division is a prompt tailored service in assisting and fighting for clients that may been exposed to personal injuries.

MMI negotiates on your behalf, for all that is due to you to be compensated to you. We handle the following types of Personal Injury cases throughout South Africa on a no win, no fee basis:

  • Road accident claims against the Road Accident Fund (RAF)
  • Medical malpractice resulting from negligence by medical professionals, such as nurses, dentists, osteopaths and those responsible for conditions in health care facilities like nursing homes.
  • Dog bites claim
  • Personal injury as a result of slipping or falling on someone else’s property
  • Serious injuries caused by escalators, lifts and automated gates and doors that have been incorrectly fitted or poorly maintained
  • Injured due to the use of unreasonable force by the police, you may be able to institute a personal injury claim against the South African Police Services or the metropolitan police department in your city
  • Train accident due to negligence on the part of Metrorail
  • Injured due to defective or dangerous merchandise from manufacturers, retailers, distributors or suppliers

Commercial, Cooperate, Technology Law & E-commerce

Commercial, Cooperate, Technology Law & E-commerce

We offer customized legal services for dealing with legal principles and offer guidance to persons & entities engaged in your commercial relations. This division is headed by our legal eagles who have expertise and experience in Commercial Law. As a young firm we recognize the central role technology plays in our daily lives, in line with this understanding we offer the following services:

  • Company sales and purchases (share sales agreements)
  • Licensing agreements
  • Trade agreements
  • Legal compliance
  • Drafting, negotiating and reviewing all commercial and business contracts
  • Merges and acquisitions
  • Joint venture, partnership and shareholders agreements
  • General commercial advisory
  • Structuring businesses

E-Commerce and Technology Law

These are the fastest growing areas in the retail sector, providing businesses with unprecedented opportunities. We’ve made it our priority to assist businesses venturing into these areas with legal advice.

Our team provides you with a wide range of services, such as:

  • Advise for all types of e-commerce platforms which include electronic business transactions
  • Reviewing and drafting of the terms and conditions for your online business
  • Smart contracts

Property Law, Conveyancing & Intellectual Property

Property Law, Conveyancing & Intellectual Property

We offer conveyancing and Intellectual Property Law. Each time lawful ownership in immovable property is transferred, a new deed of transfer must be drawn up and registered to ensure certainty of an owner’s title to the concerned property. Our conveyancers ensure seamless property transfers through the following services:

  • Property sales, drafting of property agreement, deeds of sale, building agreement and lease
  • All aspects relating conveyancing
  • Opening of sectional title registers and registration within scheme
  • Registrations of land consolidations
  • Deeds office search
  • Township registrations
  • Bond registration / cancellation

Intellectual Property Law

Our Intellectual Property Law Services start from the first steps of creation of designs and concepts to ensure the protection of our clients’ ideas.

  • Registration of trademarks, patents, copyrights
  • Know-how and trade-secrets
  • Domain names
  • Negotiations
  • Legal advice
  • Litigation

Compliance & Corporate Governance Law

Compliance & Corporate Governance Law

MMI provides assistance in compliance with the various departments and Institutions. MMI has expertise in both public and private sector governance, under the Companies Act as well as specific provisions of the Companies Act and the PFMA for directors of state-owned entities and private companies. Our compliance and corporate governance law division offers the following services:

  • Compliance training
  • Registration and application for compliance with any department
  • Legal compliance
  • Board committee practices, including audit, investment and procurement and social, ethics and governance
  • Financial distress and business rescue requirements
  • Intra-group financial assistance and governance/related-party transactions
  • Appointment and termination of directors
  • Fiduciary duties and personal liability of directors and prescribed officers
  • Financial misconduct

Notarial & Family Law

Notarial Law

We provide notarial services, including the preparation and witnessing of certain types of specialized documents for international use, as well as deeds for registration in various public offices.

Our Notarial services include:

  • Powers of attorney
  • Notarial bonds
  • Antenuptial contracts
  • Usufructs
  • Servitudes
  • Long and short-term lease agreements
  • Witnessing the execution of documents and verifying the authenticity of signatures
  • Authenticating / Certification of copies of documents
  • Arranging apostille certificates
  • Legalizing documents for use abroad

Correspondent Attorney

Correspondent Attorney

Our Team has a hard-working department dedicated to dealing with all kinds of correspondent work. We can assist your office of the specific court if it does not fall within the jurisdiction of a specific court.

General Services

General Services

Our team can represent you in court, draft and review and be your assistant in negotiations as well. We are happy to assist with the following:

  • Eviction
  • Traffic violation
  • Bail application
  • General office practice management
  • Contract management
  • Public relations management
  • Contract Drafting
  • Interpretation of contracts
  • Legal opinion drafting
  • Legal research
  • Liquor law
  • Chairing negotiations
  • Registration of NPO
  • Draft of constitution and structure of NPO

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