Law firm specializing in complex legal disputes and commercial problems
About our Law Firm
Founded in 1940 as Van Wyk De Vries, Malan & Steyn, our law firm has transformed into a modern day boutique law firm known for our legal acumen.
Our law firm prides itself in providing efficient, competent service with integrity. We understand how important a legal problem or a business opportunity is to you.
Overview
Litigation and Arbitration
Comprehensive legal advice on formulating a claim or defence in a dispute, legal representation during the court hearing or the mediation or arbitration of the dispute. The assessment of a successful outcome of cases in arbitration or court hearings.
Corporate and Commercial
Comprehensive legal advice on the acquisition, financing, reorganising or restructuring of companies and businesses, no matter how complex.
Insolvency
Providing legal assistance to insolvency and business rescue practitioners, or to insolvent persons or companies and their directors and shareholders, during liquidation or business rescue proceedings. For creditors, we do everything possible to prove and recover their claims against the insolvent person or company.
Our clients
Include construction companies, insurance underwriters, transport and logistics companies, information technology companies, property developers, insolvency and business rescue practitioners.
Our mission
Ensuring the prosperity and sustainable development of our clients' business, providing assistance in order to overcome crisis situations.
Our goal
Prompt provision of highly professional legal services to our clients.
An experienced attorney, specialising in the relevant area of the law, will work on your matter.
Our ethic of service is beyond reproach.
Individual work with each client allows us to solve even the most complex problems.
Ethics
Experience
Individual approach
Engaging our Law Firm
Engaging us guarantees you not only of high quality legal services, but also of comprehensive solution delivered timeously, and at attractive rates.
Benefit
Efficiency
Quality service
We hold a leading position in the legal profession, as we provide quality service and value our clients.
We pride ourselves in providing efficient, competent service with integrity.
Our rates are market related and we deliver excellent results, so you know what you are paying for.
Areas of Expertise
We have extensive experience and expertise and are able to provide comprehensive, practical legal advice on various matters.
company constitutional documents
shareholder arrangements
governance, risk and compliance policies
corporate or business restructures and reorganisations
joint ventures
business rescue proceedings
winding-up of companies
sequestration of persons
proving of claims in liquidations
conduct inquiries into affairs of insolvent persons of companies
institute legal proceedings to preserve, recover or realise assets
acquisition or disposal of companies or business undertakings
drafting and reviewing of commercial contracts
development and commercialisation of intellectual property
protection of intellectual property rights
information technology agreements
construction guarantees and bonds
contractor indemnities, suretyships and other security
Floris is a director of the firm in our commercial department and he specialises in corporate and commercial law. He joined De Vries Inc in 1990, was admitted as an in attorney in 1992 and was appointed as a director in 1996. Floris attended the Rand Afrikaans University where he obtained his BA Law and LLB degrees.
Andries is a Director in the litigation department and he specialises in insolvency law and commercial litigation. Andries was admitted as an attorney in 1990 and joined De Vries Inc in 1992, becoming a director in 1994. His Masters thesis on Company, Close Corporation and Insolvency Law was published in text book form.
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Contacts
We are happy to answer your questions.
Address: Hunts End Office Park 38 Wierda Road West Wierda Valley, Sandton Johannesburg, 2196 RSA PO Box 782642, Sandton, 2146 Email: devries@devries.co.za