Underwoods Solicitors provides a specialist service to commercial clients from starting up a new business to mergers and acquisitions involving major plcs. Underwoods Solicitors operates in South Africa as Underwoods South Africa and in addition is associated with a South African firm of attorneys. Thus Anglo-South African deals are a particular speciality of Underwoods Solicitors.

Underwoods Solicitors can help with:

• Acquisition and disposal of land
• Agency and Distribution Agreements
• Agricultural property
• Business Sales and Purchases
• Company Court actions including company restorations and shareholder disputes
• Consultancy Agreements
• Corporate Finance
• Development – residential and commercial
• Franchise Agreements
• Joint Venture Agreements
• Landlord and Tenant
• Leasing and Hire Purchase Agreements
• Management buyouts
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Shareholder Agreements
• Terms and Conditions

John Bartholomew, partner in charge of Commercial property work, has nearly 40 years experience in the law.

Partners Robert Males and Kerry Underwood deal with commercial litigation and court work and disputes and are backed by a team of civil litigation solicitors and trainees. Kerry Underwood started working in a solicitor’s office 34 years ago and Robert Males has over 25 years experience.

If price is your main concern, we are not the firm for you.If peace of mind is important to you then we are definitely the firm for you.

All work is done by qualified solicitors or by trainee solicitors who are in formal training to qualify as solicitors. They used to be known by the better name of Articled Clerks.

In any matter we will either agree with you a fixed fee for the work to be done or give you our best estimate of the fees to be incurred. We are very flexible in fee structures and where appropriate and allowed by law we can work on a contingency fee basis or on a retainer or a mixture of these. In any event we will make it as clear as possible what fees are payable so that you get no unpleasant surprises. We are not cheap. Our guideline hourly rates are as follows:

You can pay online, by debit or credit card by phone or in person, as well as by cheque or by cash.

You can contact us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and you will be given the direct contact number of the solicitor in charge of your matter.

If you would like details on how Underwoods can assist you, please contact us.

Languages spoken: English, French, German, Afrikaans, Shona, Xhosa.