what we do
Our Legal Expertise
Van Wyks Inc offers a comprehensive range of legal services, with deep knowledge and proven results across several key practice areas. Our multidisciplinary approach ensures that whether you’re growing a business, protecting assets, or planning for the future, you have the right legal partner at your side.
Our Approach
Simple - Focused - Effective
Our process is intentionally designed for clarity, speed, and tangible results. We believe that a successful legal strategy is one that works in practice, not just on paper.
Agricultural & Agribusiness:
We provide specialised legal, tax, and regulatory advice for the entire agricultural value chain, from the farm to retail.
Corporate & Commercial Law
Our services include business structuring, contract drafting and negotiation, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory compliance. We specialise in drafting Joint Venture Agreements, Shareholders Agreements, Memoranda of Understanding, and Sale Agreements.
Property & Real Estate
We handle all aspects of property law, including transfers, bond registration, township planning, sectional titles, and property developments. Our expertise extends to property financing, subdivisions, consolidations, and green energy development initiatives. We draft a wide range of agreements including Commercial Property Agreements, Development Management Agreements, Land Availability Agreements, and agreements for the sale of shares in property-owning entities. We also manage all forms of leases (commercial, long-term, residential) and mortgage bonds, including commercial, aircraft, and maritime bonds.
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
We represent clients in litigation concerning commercial transactions, contracts, collections, securities, restraint of trade, intellectual property, technology, product liability, and property disputes.
Collections & Credit Recovery
We employ a unique and efficient approach to credit recovery. Our strategies are designed to be cost and time-effective, focusing on obtaining securities, collecting trade receivables, and navigating compromises, business rescue, and liquidation processes. We are proficient in securing covering bonds, notarial bonds, cessions, sureties, and guarantees.
Notarial Services
Our notarial practice includes the drafting and registration of Notarial Bonds, Usufructs, Servitudes, Notarial Leases, Antenuptial Contracts, and various agreements for property developments like Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Sectional Title Developments.
Estate Planning
We assist clients with comprehensive estate planning, including the drafting of Antenuptial Contracts, Wills, and the formation of Trusts, Close Corporations, and Companies. Our advice covers succession planning with careful consideration of commercial and tax implications.
Insurance Law
Our team is experienced in handling insurance coverage disputes, liability claims, and a wide range of insurance-related litigation.