Professional Services

For Over 27 years M.S.Shaik Attorneys has been providing their clients with Professional and Ethical Legal Services. Our experience in the legal fraternity and professional conduct with which we have serviced clients over the years has led to growth and successful venture into multiple practice areas.

PRACTICE AREAS

Litigation

  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • Construction and Engineering Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Commercial Arbitration
  • General Litigation
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Recoveries
  • Issuing and managing matters on Court Online and Caselines

Tax

  • VAT Disputes
  • Income Tax Disputes
  • Customs and Excise Disputes
  • Tax Court Representation
  • High Court Representation

Corporate and Commercial

  • Commercial law Legal Opinions
  • Drafting of Commercial Contracts
  • Commercial Arbitration and Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation for large loan agreements
  • Company Law – King IV
  • Corporate Governance
  • Insolvency

Employment and Labour

  • Investigation into employee misconduct and work performance
  • Drafting of Charge Sheets in Disciplinary Enquires
  • CCMA and Bargaining Council appearances
  • Labour Court appearances
  • Legal opinions
  • Drafting of employment contracts
  • Disciplinary Investigations and preparing reports
  • Chairing Disciplinary Appeal Enquiries and preparing reports
  • Sexual Harassment Investigations and preparing reports

Banking

  • Litigation involving Small, Medium and Large Credit Agreements
  • Repossessions

Insolvency

  • Liquidations
  • Sequestrations
  • Business Rescue

Procurement

  • Litigation
  • Legal Opinions
  • Compliance

Forensic Investigations

  • Data Recovery and Data Reconstruction
  • Skilled Data Analysis
  • Investigations into White Collar crime
  • Identifying fraud patterns through reviewing Electronic Evidence
  • Extensive expertise in terms of Anti-Bribery Compliance
  • Fraud Investigations
  • Procurement Fraud Screening
  • Theft Investigations
  • Litigation support

Municipal

  • Recoveries
  • Litigation
  • Legal Opinions
  • Evictions
  • Building Regulations and compliance

Environmental Law

  • Legal Opinions
  • Appeals

Insurance

  • Short Term Litigation
  • Long Term Litigation
  • Commercial Claims

Property

  • Commercial Evictions
  • Commercial Lease Agreements
  • Commercial Rental recoveries

Key features of M.S Shaik Attorneys’ commercial and labour law practice includes but is not limited to:

  • Representing our clients in various construction law and arbitration proceedings.
  • Advising and providing litigation services to a municipality in a procurement law matter.
  • Representing a Property Group in a Commercial arbitration.
  • Providing a Legal Opinion on the prospect of success in CCMA proceedings for a government department.
  • Providing a legal opinion to a SETA on remuneration of an acting CEO in terms of the King III read with the Labour Relations Act.
  • Providing a Legal Opinion on the validity of an agreement of Cession and assignment entered into by a commercial client.
  • Reviewing and drafting a contract of employment for an International Commercial Bank.
  • Advising and providing litigation services to an International Commercial Bank for perfection of security of notarial bonds in the High Court.
  • Advised and provided litigation services to a Provincial Cricket Union.
  • Advising State Owned Enterprises on contractual disputes.
  • Advised and provided litigation services in various tax disputes in the Tax Court.
  • Advised Insurance Companies on insurance disputes.
  • Advised an International Pharmaceutical Company on contractual disputes.
  • Advising Commercial Banks on Debt Recoveries, Foreclosures and providing Litigation Services.
  • Advising Local Municipalities on Recoveries, Commercial Disputes, Legal Opinions and providing Litigation Services.
  • Advising and representing a commercial client in Commercial Evictions and providing Litigation Services.
  • Advising and representing an International Engineering Company at the Labour Court.
  • Advising an International Pharmaceutical Company on Labour Disputes.
  • Conducting investigations into corruption and supply chain abuses.
  • Advising Government Departments on Labour Disputes and disciplinary procedures and policies.
  • In Advising and representing International Corporates in Labour Disputes and disciplinary procedures and policies.