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Commercial Law
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." Benjamin Franklin
New entrepreneurs and experienced businesspersons alike, are confronted by diverse types of risks. They are often compelled to enter into agreements or contracts to mitigate these risks. Signing these contracts creates certain rights and obligations to all the parties concerned. When disagreements surface, or even worse when agreements are broken, there can be damaging and costly consequences.
Proactively setting up sound commercial agreements that will safeguard your business cannot be overemphasized. It is even more important to team up with experts that give personal attention- where you will not be a number. Our Mapletree consulting team provides solutions and support that will give you peace of mind.
We focus on the unique needs of each of our clients, bringing to bear our commercial law experience and expertise. We help draft comprehensive contracts or review existing drafts before you enter into a binding agreement you might not be able to honour.
We can be of help to
you in the following fields:
• We will register a company for you (Assisting you with company specific MOI and a shareholders’ agreement);
• Sell or exit your company by drafting a Sale of Shares Agreement
• Confirm your compliance with the various regulatory legislation by reviewing your current agreements;
• Dispute Resolution (Mediation/ Arbitration)
• Policies & Procedures
We have regularly relied on Mapletree to assist us in preparing agreements with the view of improving certainty in our commercial relationships. We are very pleased with the transparency and flexibility shown by the Mapletree team in providing solutions that suit us.
Mapletree has assisted us in managing relationships with several contractors that service our business. The company's contribution has been successful in mitigating risks arising from informal agreements with our contractors and partners
Construction is a highly complex and risky business. The greatest benefit derived from our relationship with Mapletree has been their guidance in proactively instituting commercially sound contracts. By making provision for alternative dispute resolution, Mapletree has saved us valuable time and money."
Mapletree has been instrumental in assisting us to develop and implement a comprehensive marketing and communications strategy for the launch of our company in South Africa. This included marketing material, a fully-fledged corporate website, public event sponsorships, corporate social investments, and advertising campaigns. We strongly recommend the high-quality services of Mapletree and look forward to working with the company again in future.
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