Motseto Inc offers a full range of legal services required by the corporate world and is increasingly earning its reputation for its excellent legal advices and its sound knowledge and expertise in Property, commercial law and litigation. The areas of specialization include:
The Firm offers its clients cutting edge legal expertise in corporate and commercial law and its clients are the medium-sized organizations, individual business people and entrepreneurs. In this respect the Firm is giving specialized services in the following fields:
» Formation of companies and partnerships;
» Formation and use of business trusts;
» Mergers, acquisitions and take-overs;
» Drafting of documents, such as leases, supply agreement, sale of shares agreements, shareholders agreements and similar commercial contracts;
» Advice on the structuring of transactions;
» Restructuring, corporatisation and privatization;
» Entertainment and sports laws;
» Advice on the Consumer Protection Act.
Motseto Inc has a well established litigation division led by experienced litigation attorneys who represent, amongst others, Communal Property Associations [CPA's] and Family Trusts, medium-sized business, individual businessmen and entrepreneurs. This section is well equipped to serve the South African market with competency and confidence.The Firm litigates in the following areas:
» Municipal Law;
» Building and construction disputes;
» Commercial and industrial disputes;
» Insurance disputes;
» Constitutional law and human rights disputes;
» Personal injury claims;
» Land claims;
» Foreclosures and various forms of debt recovery;
» Rail transport accident claims;
» Insolvency;
» Litigation and sequestration;
» Rehabilitation;
» Matrimonial, custody and maintenance matters;
» Estates disputes.
Due to the diversity of the skills required to cater for the clients in this field the Firm continues to acquire services of attorneys with the necessary skills to ensure that all client's needs are met. The litigation department and all consultancy work relating to same are managed by Mr Motseto and Mr Mamogale.
The firm offers expertise to local governments and certain Government Departments and various services including:
» Interpretation and drafting of various statutes;
» Ordinances, By-laws and regulations;
» Expropriation claims and disputes;
» Judicial review of various administrative decisions.
Motseto Inc has within its litigation department a labour law division which offers services to major clients of the firm. The services provided in this category of law are:
» Advice on restructuring and right sizing;
» Advice about collective bargaining issues including the drafting of recognition agreements and advice on preparing, planning and handling of wage negotiations;
» Drafting of contracts of employment;
» Drafting and enforcing or defending restraint of trade agreement;
» Labour litigation;
» Advice on implementation of employment equity and discrimination legislation;
» Drafting of grievances, disciplinary and other procedural documentation.
The Firm offers services in the pursuit of personal injury claims to its clients. In this field, the Firm offers the following services:
» Advice on the ability of claimant to prove various aspect of the claim;
» Assessment of damages;
» Advice and preparation of claims;
» Negotiations for settlement of claims;
» Litigation in pursuit of claims.
Motseto Inc has an excellent property law division which has served and continues to serve a wide range of clients which includes individuals, estate agents and property developers. The areas of specialisation include:
» Commercial developments, that is, office, factory, shopping centre development, township establishments and developments;
» Sub-divisions and consolidations of properties;
» Transfer of freehold and leasehold properties;
» Transfer of freehold and leasehold properties;
» Registration of mortgage bonds and notarial bonds;
» Proclamation of townships;
» Re-zoning of properties;
» Drafting of lease, sale, donation and lease agreements;
» Opening of sectional title registers;
» Building contracts;
» Opening of township registers;
» Property valuations.
The property section together with the property registrations or conveyancingand all consultancy related services on property is managed by Mr Kgahliso Mkahafola and Director Makhafola of Makhafola Incorporated, which is a boutique law firm specialising in property registrations and conveyancing.
Motseto Inc has a range of expertise to assist its clients on a consultancy basis to develop strategies to manage legal risk and exposure to harmful business practices which tend to expose its clients to costly litigation. Service level agreements of clients and all its contractual relationships with third parties are at edited, reviewed, assessed, re-negotiated and re-drafted to ensure that clients are not exposed to harmful legal risk. This is a growing section of the firm and is meant to ensure that its clients avoid being involved in harmful court litigation and serves to combat this as early as possible by engaging clients at a minimal cost.
Motseto Inc sits as a firm which is in a position to provide a wide variety of services within the field of land reform from the establishment of legal entities for communities, prosecution of the land claim and dealing with the various aspects of dispute resolutions throughout the process. The firm's relationship with the various offices of the Regional Land Claims Commissions throughout the country has become invaluable.
The competency of attorneys of the firm in the land reform field has become unparalleled. Hereunder is a list of the various communities which Motseto Inc represents and has during the early years of land reform represented:
» Bapo Ba Mogale Community;
» Gotsube le Thotwe Community;
» The Modimolle Community;
» The Moretele Community.