Practice Areas
EMPLOYMENT LAW
JB Sakala & Company offers a full range of employment advisory services that cover:
- Employer-Employee relationship
- Expatriate employees
- Formulation and review of Employment policies, contracts and conditions of service
- Dismissal, redundancy, and retirement
- In-house sensitisation and awareness training of mandatory employment policies
- Employment litigation and alternative dispute resolution
Family Law Services
The Firm specializes in family law services, encompassing a wide range of legal matters related to family relationships. Our services include:
Divorce and Separation: Where we assist clients throughout divorce proceedings, providing legal representation during negotiations or court hearings and handling property settlements.
Child Custody and Support: Where we assist with applications for custody arrangements based on the best interests of the child, calculating child support payments to ensure financial stability for the child and advocating for visitation rights and parenting plans.
Adoptions: Where the Firm facilitates adoptions, whether domestic or international, ensuring legal compliance protecting the rights of all parties involved and navigating complex adoption laws and regulations.
Domestic Violence and Restraining Orders: We represent clients in matters of domestic violence including obtaining protective orders, advocating for the safety and well-being of clients and their families and collaborating with law enforcement and social services.
CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL LAW
JB Sakala & Company has remained relevant to existing and prospective Clients in light of the rapid advancements in the corporate fraternity that make it even more important to seek the guidance of lawyers on issues of compliance, regulation, contracts, and corporate social responsibility.
The Firm handles a wide variety of matters including formation of corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and other business entities as well as de-registration, dissolution, business purchases and sales, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial transactions.
The Firm provides extensively researched advice on various compliance issues, requirements, and procedures that our corporate clients would, by law, be expected to adhere to while they undertake operations within the Republic; and also provide realistic corporate solutions to our clients.
COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES
Companies are expected to conduct their affairs within certain boundaries of the law. The Firm offers company secretarial services which include ensuring that:
- Periodic filing of Returns at the Companies’ Registry
- Various documents as may be required by law are prepared and lodged at the respective Registries
- Members and Directors meetings are properly convened and conducted
- Relevant books and registers are maintained and kept by the Company
- Relevant licenses are obtained and tax requirements are adhered to
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
Intellectual property (IP) has become increasingly vital to innovative businesses. Our Firm, therefore, offers the following services:
- Acquisition, licensing, and registration of IP assets
- Enforcement of copyrights
- Strategic advisory and patent portfolio analysis
IMMIGRATION LAW
The Firm assists clients with the processing of various types of immigration permits. We guide clients through the process of filling in various requisite forms and assist in resolving queries raised by the Department of Immigration.
TRUST AND ESTATE PLANNING
Matters on the law of succession are often complex and often require an empathetic approach. Our Firm recognizes this and provides Clients with a wide range of services that relate to the distribution, management, and preservation of assets including:
- Preparing Wills and Power of Attorney
- Identification of appropriate Executor
- Registration of Trusts
- Advisory on the beneficiary designation of assets
- Dispute resolution on the administration of a deceased’s estate
REAL ESTATE
The Firm advises various Clients on the different aspects of the development and acquisition of property for residential, commercial, or agricultural use. We extend our services to the registration of securities, contract negotiation, preparation of contracts of sale, deeds, landlord and tenant disputes, commercial and retail leases. We represent Clients in sale and purchase transactions. Therefore our Clients typically include vendors, purchasers, mortgagors, mortgagees, lessors, lessees, among other parties. We tailor our services to each Client’s unique needs.
LITIGATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Our Firm’s litigation experience spans four decades. This has afforded us extensive expertise and strategic knowledge. This knowledge is a great resource for our Clients as it assists in formulating and determining the most appropriate dispute resolution mechanism.
We provide our clients with high-quality and professional representation efficiently and cost-effectively. The Firm represents individuals, corporate and commercial clients before tribunals, arbitrators, mediators, and courts in various dispute resolution proceedings. We have a team of seasoned lawyers that consistently deliver results.
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