From corporate distress to recovery: Why restructuring expertise is in demand

South Africa’s exchange control landscape, specifically cross-border crypto asset transactions, regulatory compliance, and the tightening of capital flow frameworks, is changing fast. To help businesses keep pace and avoid pitfalls, Evan Pickworth hosts Bright Tibane, a partner at African law firm Bowmans. This comes at quite a pivotal moment in…

In this edition of Business Law Focus, host Evan Pickworth interviews Clara Hansen, Associate at Baker McKenzie South Africa, on South Africa’s Revised Electricity Pricing Policy and the next phase of electricity market reform.

Business Law Focus host Evan Pickworth interviews Ziyaad Moosa, an expert in business advisory and support at PKF, about the challenges businesses without sophisticated compliance departments face, particularly the risk of deregistration. Mandatory beneficial ownership reporting is a good example of heightened compliance standards: it is no longer simply a…

In many cases, by the time business rescue is considered, the business can no longer be rescued. In this edition of Business Law Focus, host Evan Pickworth interviews Dr Eric Levenstein, Director and Head of Insolvency & Business Rescue at Werksmans, about the misuse of the process and practical steps…

For South African technology businesses, entrepreneurs and companies looking to expand internationally, moving intellectual property (IP) into an offshore structure can seem an obvious next step. Software, platforms, patents, trade marks and other IP can become highly valuable assets, and housing them offshore may be attractive for international expansion, investment…