Etzold - Duvenhage

Our team, which boasts more than 20 years of experience in both corporate and commercial advice, is well-equipped to deal with the various disciplines encountered in the corporate and commercial trading landscape.  The focus of our team is to ensure the success of your business by offering legal solutions tailored to meet your needs. We can assist with:

• Corporate Structures (Advice on types of legal and corporate entities available)
• Employee Share Ownership and Incentive Schemes
• Incorporations and Registrations (Company (for profit and non-profit), Trusts, Voluntary Associations)
• Shareholder and Director Disputes which includes Claims for Breach of Fiduciary Duties, Corporate Opportunities, Reckless Trading, Director Appointments & Removals
• Advice on matters of governance and regulation of businesses
• Structuring, advising, negotiating, and implementing of commercial transactions
• Drafting of commercial contracts in relation to all types of business transactions, such a shareholder agreements, business purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, franchise agreements, non-disclosure, and confidentiality agreements
• Due Diligence investigations and compliance

Matters relating to property can seem quite complex and daunting to any juristic or natural investor, developer, purchaser, or seller.

We specialise in all aspects of commercial, residential and farmland transactions, including property transfers, bond registrations and registrations of rights of security.

Our conveyancing department ensures that clients are always kept informed with regular reporting and personalised service and is ready to answer any questions you may have and provide appropriate advice and service.

At Etzold-Duvenhage, we pride ourselves on being one of the top divorce law practices in Namibia. Our team consists of highly skilled and experienced divorce lawyers who are pragmatic and sensitive in their approach, with the goal to place you in the best possible position to get the outcome you want.

Our team furthermore specialises in the following fields of family law, just to mention a few:

• Domestic and foreign adoptions
• Custody and visitation disputes
• Maintenance and domestic violence disputes
• Guardianship applications
• Protection Orders
• Surrogacy

Planning on tying the knot? Let our experienced team advise you on the different marital regimes recognized in Namibia and prepare your antenuptial contract for you.

Our litigation team has some of the most highly respected and skilled litigators in the legal fraternity, with a proven track record of constantly achieving favourable outcomes for our clients in the Namibian courts. We specialise in handling all types of litigation matters, whether small, major, or complex, and strive to deliver pragmatic and result driven solutions that take into account your needs and your best interests. As litigation is often considered one of the most time consuming and costly areas of practice, we first assess the merits of each case together with the prospects of success and advise clients on the most expeditious and cost-effective options.

With court accredited mediators on our team, we are more than qualified to also assist our clients with alternative dispute resolution processes, which includes mediations and arbitrations. These processes are generally confidential, less formal, and less stressful than conventional court proceedings.

At Etzold-Duvenhage we believe that debt recovery is as imperative to an entity or an individual’s financial wellbeing as income generation. As such we offer debt collection services in both the higher and lower courts at competitive rates. Our service is focussed on securing the most cost effective and timely results for our clients. Debt Recovery has been an area of our practice since inception, and this is evident in our success rates.

Etzold-Duvenhage offers companies and individuals alike a wide array of services relating to employment law. Our team is well equipped to help facilitate and resolve all employment related disputes in an effective and commercially sensible manner. The Namibian employment law landscape can be fairly tricky to navigate and the absence of sound legal advice may lead to unwanted complications. Our team has a strong track record in advising individuals and businesses on all types of labour issues, such as but not limited to:

• Drafting and advising on employment policies
• Drafting and negotiating employment contracts
• Initiating and chairing disciplinary hearings
• Assisting with performance management matters
• Advice in relation to retrenchments arising from redundancy and automation, as well as restructurings
• Facilitating engagement with Employer/Employee Organisations and Unions
• Advice in relation to unfair dismissals and unfair labour practices
• Advice in relation to the impact of mergers and acquisitions on employees, transfers of a business as a going concern
• Restraint of Trade Agreements and Disputes
• General advice on compliance with the Labour Act, 11 of 2007