Beneficial Ownership – the do’s and the don’ts
In response to the Financial Action Task Force announcing that South Africa had been added to its grey list of countries with insufficient anti-money laundering and terrorist financing controls, the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act, 22 of 2022 (“the GLAA”) was enacted in April 2023. The GLAA amended the Companies […]
Voluntary liquidation via our courts? Think again.
Amidst the financial turbulence of South Africa’s economy at present, questions often arise for stakeholders of companies in financial difficulty regarding the mechanisms at their disposal to liquidate the company to realise its assets. Often attorneys are approached to assist with the preparation of voluminous voluntary liquidation applications to the courts when a decision is […]