
Eversheds Sutherland

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Melrose Arch, Johannesburg
Phone | +27(0)10 003 1400
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Bryanston, Johannesburg
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Durban
Phone | +27 (0) 31 940 0501
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Eversheds Sutherland represents the coming together of two firms with a shared ethos and commitment to client service excellence. We are known for our business savvy and industry intelligence and for providing innovative and tailored solutions for every client.
Increasing globalisation is changing the nature of business. It is also changing the type of advice our clients need. They need a single viewpoint of the whole of their business. This is why Eversheds Sutherland was formed. Our lawyers across the globe are united by our vision, values and understanding of client needs. We provide legal advice of the highest quality whether operating locally or across borders from our 68 offices across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States.
Our offices in South Africa have branches situated in Johannesburg ( Bryanston and Melrose Arch) and Durban which specialises in litigation, employment, corporate, commercial, intellectual property, tax, real estate, mining and infrastructure, fiduciary services and environmental law.
South Africa is one of the key hub offices in Africa and is part of the Eversheds Sutherland Africa Alliance.
For general enquiries please e-mail us at [email protected]
Career Opportunities and Candidate Attorney Programmes
We are constantly looking for qualified attorneys with the right skills and attitude to join our team. If you think you have what it takes to join Eversheds Sutherland, send us your CV and academic record.
Application closing dates for articles and vacation programme:
- Articles 2021- Closing date: 30 June 2020
- Articles 2022- Closing Date: 30 June 2021
- Vacation programme 2020- Closing date: 31 May 2020
CV's and academic records can be sent by email to:[email protected]
ARTICLES

Discontinuation of cheques

How and why parent companies should “ground” their subsidiaries

Schrems II: The impact on South Africa

Are “agreements to agree” enforceable?

There is no such thing as a standard lease!

Employee incentive schemes: Retaining and incentivising key employees during uncertain times

Medium term budget adjustments

Useful provisions to include in a will

Resigning with immediate effect in the face of a disciplinary sanction to be imposed – A classic case of dodging the bullet, or not!

Tax deductions for home expenses – Working from home

Transfer duty and transfer costs

Intestate succession – What does it mean to die intestate?

The Implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act (AARTO) and the National Road Traffic Amendment Bill

Environmental Legal Compliance Auditing – What is it and do I need to do it?

Government did not interrupt my business with the Lockdown Regulations – COVID19 did: Time to pay up

When is an antenuptial contract necessary?

Buyer power provisions under South Africa’s competition law

Attention all business owners! You could be held vicariously liable for an employee’s abuse of power.

Business rescue joint venture with Growbridge Advisory

Taxation of donors and beneficiaries of trusts

Remote due diligence investigations and unique considerations for mergers and acquisitions during the ‘new normal’.

Commencement of certain sections of the Protection of Personal Information Act

Is your organisation POPIA ready?

Occupational health & safety: When working from home does the home become a workplace and what happens if you are injured at home?

Lockdown alert level 4 “Once-off Movement” – Relocate residence

Parents’ rights to care and contact their children during lockdown level 4

Coronavirus – Occupational health and safety measures in workplaces – South Africa

Coronavirus – Alert level 4 lockdown regulations – South Africa

Mining and Natural Resources Sector – Life after Lockdown and Covid-19

New certificate required for the lockdown extension

Protecting intellectual property during lockdown

Changes to the implementation of the CIPC Mandatory compliance checklist

Parents’ rights to care and contact of their children during lockdown

Coronavirus – Department of Transport Regulations

Coronavirus – Rights and obligations of employers and employees

Coronavirus – Litigation during lockdown

Is Covid-19 a force majeure event?

Coronavirus: Occupational Health and Safety Alert – South Africa

Overhauling the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa

To vary or not to vary, that is the (digital age) question

The grey area between ‘legally prescribed’ and ‘industry standard’ liability provisions

Tax proposals in the 2020 budget

Exemption from transfer duty – Budget Speech 2020

Mandatory completion by companies of the CIPC compliance checklist

Chambers and Partners Global Rankings

Commencement of the Protection of Personal Information Act – 1 April 2020

Consumer alert – Risk of not registering as a credit provider

New Mandatory Code of Practice Guidelines issued in terms of the Mine Health and Safety Act

Private prosecutions following mine fatalities – Legal appointees beware

Individual employees cannot rely on section 187(1)(c) of the LRA to claim that their dismissals are automatically unfair

Harmonising corporate governance framework for South African mining companies: King IV, companies act and the mining charter

If a tree falls in the forest… Polluter pays

Requirements for providing guarantees – Financial assistance to companies

The impact of the Competition Amendment Act on the mining sector

Was Greta right about us? – GHG, coal power and the IRP

Electronic waste – The toxic legacy of our digital age

Are you ready for Black Friday?

Title Deeds – Amendment of Regulations to Deeds Registries Act

Have you made full disclosure in your tax return?

Dividend stripping provisions in updated tax bills

Is that an alien in my backyard? – Indigenous vs invasive species

The ARB’s sobering decision on “non-alcoholic” beverages
Eversheds Sutherland welcomes three new associates

“The Debt Intervention Bill” signed into law

Strengthening the leadership team for legal services in Africa

An alternative purchase price mechanism for M&A transactions

Selling your property? You have the right to choose your conveyancer

Department of Environmental Affairs | Requirement to submit a report generated by the national web based environmental screening tool

DealMakers lists Eversheds Sutherland in the top 10 legal advisors for unlisted deals

The Property Sector Transformation Code: Estate agent’s take note

First edition of Eversheds Sutherland (South Africa) Environmental Newsletter

Could shareholders inadvertently cancel their Shareholders Agreement?

When tragedy strikes, follow due process – Mine health & safety

Has the Mining Charter 3 brought some policy & regulatory certainty to the embattled mining & natural resources sector?

Disruption in the African mining and natural resources sector

Automation, IOT and AI can have a positive impact on mining, natural resources, and infrastructure sectors

Health and safety in the workplace: How important is it?

Private prosecutions – The changing face of compliance in South Africa

The significance of force majeure provisions on contractual arrangements

Businesses take note: The Carbon Tax Act is in effect

Eversheds Sutherland growing the South African office

WMACA and Eversheds Sutherland join forces to fight against child abuse

Eversheds Sutherland team hosts Hamish Erskine, CEO of Dube TradePort in discussion with clients and large tech companies in Durban

Tax Alert: South Africa’s employment tax incentive

Global employment and labour law update

Eversheds Sutherland expands its Tax practice in South Africa with new partner hire

Eversheds Sutherland advises the International Facilities Services Group

Title deeds new regulations

Less remorse more punishment – NUM obo Vangile v Eskom

PoPIA Regulations – Responsibilities of the information officer

Is a fixed term contract really that fixed?

Sign on the dotted line

Is your workplace “a lonely hearts club?”

Desertion from the workplace – Who decides?

Manyi ordered to pay the money – Failure to follow retrenchment proceedings

Minimum wage and paternal leave addressed

ConCourt endorses a “rational” war on racism

CIPC Guideline for Corporate Compliance Programme: Managing the risk of corruption

Commercial Court Practice Directive

Decriminalisation of cannabis – Residential Housing Estates and Sectional Title Schemes

Unincorporated joint ventures in South Africa – What you need to know

Psychological disorders? Judgment of Ockert Jansen v Legal Aid South Africa

GDPR in South Africa

A new Tobacco Bill and a workplace smoking ban: employers should review their smoking policies

National air emissions standards: Application for postponement of compliance time frame

Eversheds Sutherland enters into joint venture agreement with Nozuko Nxusani Incorporated

Potential Companies Act amendments

Commodities bulletin: dairy

ISO 14001:2015 – Environmental Management Systems

Close but no cigar – The importance of restraint of trade clauses

Warning employers – Liability for hate speech on social media

No restraint by which he is bound

Everybody’s fired! – Strike season

Opening the lock gates to the potential of the waste economy

The Constitutional Court gives the final word on Labour Brokers

Attention all Security Service Providers: Cut-off date for the renewal of old PSiRA registration certificates is 30 November 2018

Announcing Eversheds Sutherland Africa Alliance

Commodities bulletin: Grains & oilseeds

Proposed amendments to the VAT regulations on the supply of electronic services in South Africa

Commodities bulletin: The sugar industry in Africa

What’s in a name? – Erroneous registration of company names

Operational options occasionally open to employers

SARS issues media release on tax implications of cryptocurrencies

Sugary Beverages Levy tax: What you need to know

Knowing your B-BBEE reporting requirements
Eversheds Sutherland announce new promotions

Eversheds Sutherland advises Park Hotels & Resorts in its disinvestment in the Hilton Hotel, Durban

Eversheds Sutherland advises GuarantCo on re-guarantee facility

Budget 2018 tax highlights

The introduction of a new financial services regulatory model

FICA amendments: What you need to know

Cancelling a holiday booking? Your rights under the Consumer Protection Act

Electronic communications and legal agreements

National Treasury reconsiders its repeal of the exemption on foreign earned employment income

Does insourcing trigger employee transfer obligations in South Africa?

Contingency fee arrangements: Clarifying the common law position

SARS proposes tax relief for dormant group companies

A hollow victory: Municipal debts for new homeowners

Securing your property views

Registration of B-BBEE transactions

Labour Brokers & Clients: Assigned roles of employers reconsidered by the Labour Appeal Court

Proxy appointment – What shareholders and companies need to know

Potential tax consequences of the waiver of a contractual right

An overview of the South African venture capital company regime

Summary dismissal and witchcraft in the workplace

Facilitating a sale or lease of property: A guide to the Property Practitioners Bill 2017

VAT and employees’ tax in regards to non-executive directors

Eversheds Sutherland advises Investec Asset Management’s Africa Private Equity Fund in major Moroccan buy-out

Patent and design restorations – there is a new sheriff in town

Constitutional protection of debtors and emolument attachment orders

The position of non-citizens in employment agreements
