As a firm that’s helped hundreds of new entities get their start, our passion for young companies rivals that of our clients themselves. We love the energy of start-ups, we thrive on it, and, somewhat selfishly, we like to spend a lot of time with them. Our philosophy is to go big on education from the very beginning, helping new businesses learn the stuff that most firms refuse to teach them.

We also believe a fully customized experience is key because every business is different. That’s why we typically like to learn everything about you, your vision, your budget and your business, before we make any recommendations. We offer user-friendly legal products and packages designed specifically for small start-up companies. We charge set fees which are appropriate to your business size.

So you started a little project from your lounge three summers ago now suddenly you have a fully operational business, overheads to cover, employees to pay and investors who are keeping an eye on your business growth. You never imagined it would get to this point. There is clearly some housekeeping to do because this business is going places.

As opportunity grows, so do potential liabilities. If you’re taking the step up, Miranda & Associates can work with you to ensure you’re doing it correctly, efficiently and in a cost effective manner. We can guide you through dealing with investors, protecting shareholders, or restructuring business entities to ensure you are making the most out of the resources available to you. We offer user-friendly legal products and packages designed specifically for established companies.

Most law firms purposely overcomplicate things so clients become dependent on their advice. We think that’s dusty, old-world thinking (cough, cough). Miranda & Associates aims to simplify the legal process and provide affordable, high quality corporate law services so you can stick to what you do best while we handle the compliance, contractual and other legal concerns.

Hey, this stuff can creep up on even the smartest entrepreneurs, so we’re here for you exactly when you need us. Look to Miranda & Associates for everything from Takeovers, merger and acquisition transactions; Due diligence; Commercial contracts and arrangements; Compliance; Financial services; Employment needs.

We’ll provide you with the legal know-how you need stay on top of things and prioritize how to spend your hard-earned capital most wisely.

Okay, so you worked hard and now you are getting cash to prove it. Or maybe you are still working your tail off and you want to grow your business through acquisition, merger or some other strategic arrangement. These types of transactions come complete with all kinds of considerations, like deciding to structure them as mergers, asset sales or business sales as a going concern.

Regardless of if you’re the buyer or the seller, we will work with you to create a clear roadmap of the process involved in your specific situation. We can advise you from the Letter of Intent to the final payment in order to alleviate your stress and make things go surprisingly smoothly. Just think about it.

We understand the vital relationship between the employer and its most valuable resource, its employees. Every day we call on our extensive experience advising employers and individual executives in order to provide seasoned, knowledgeable counsel with respect to a wide variety of matters that arise during the course of employment relationships. Whether we are working with a newly-formed startup company, a mature operating company or an individual executive, our approach is always consistent, to provide quality and timely service with a pragmatic and proactive approach toward resolving the particular matter at hand so that our client’s business objectives can be achieved.

We have chaired various disciplinary hearings, advised employers on steps to take to ensure fair dismissal and/or retrenchments; and have also advised employees on whether the steps taken against them by their employers constitute grounds for complaint. We regularly litigate and appear in mediations and arbitrations, both at the CCMA and privately, as well as in the Labour Courts.

Courtrooms, Judges, Arbitration, Mediation, Disputes, Prosecution, Cases, Lawsuits. Feeling overwhelmed yet? Seriously, don’t be. Miranda & Associates has seen their share of commercial litigation matters, and it would be our pleasure to expertly handle yours too. Our case management game is strong, and you can bet we’ll not only adhere to your budget and goals, but we’ll ensure that your business achieves the most appropriate cost-effective resolution.

We’ve represented clients before mediators, arbitrators and trial courts for matters of every shape and size. Commercial contract disputes, landlord and tenant matters, breaches of warranty, fraud, insurance coverage, investor and owner disputes and application of non-competition agreements, you name it, we’ve got it covered.

Our services and areas of specialisation include, Advice on Standard Form Contracts (including FIDIC, NEC, JBCC and other standard forms recommended for use by the Construction Industry Development Board); Drafting of project specific contracts and Construction and engineering sector mergers, acquisitions and disposals, due diligences, Construction and engineering claims, and dispute resolution.

We have vast experience in all areas of family law and matrimonial property law.

If you’re planning to get married, we can help you to draw up an ante-nuptial agreement that best meets your needs.
If you are contemplating a divorce, we will be there to support you when your marriage breaks down. Our aim is always the same, to ensure that our client has the most straightforward divorce possible and a smooth dissolution of their marriage.

We try to give our clients an affordable unopposed divorce that is emotionally as well as financially stress-free.

We specialize in all aspects of commercial property transactions and conveyancing, including advice on property development in relation to commercial, urban, coastal, residential and agricultural areas. Advice is also provided on cluster and sectional title developments, sale and purchase agreements, options, leases, development agreements and building contracts. Where required, Miranda & Associates assists in setting up special purpose vehicles for property investors and developers.

Our property transfer service will guide you through the legalities and requirements to ensure a smooth process.

Miranda & Associates has extensive insurance law expertise located across our practice areas, allowing us to offer a seamless service to our clients, regardless of the advice they require. We combine a detailed knowledge of applicable law with a commercial awareness of the insurance industry.

Our dispute resolution experience covers the full range of insurance disputes where we apply our knowledge to resolve issues in their early stages where possible in an effort to avoid litigation and preserve valuable business relationships. Insurers have shown their confidence in us by retaining us to represent them in arbitrated or litigated disputes.

Our firm has represented both the insurer and the insured in all areas of insurance law, including motor vehicle accidents, claims on household insurance and claims in larger, commercial insurance matters.

Tax issues are of central importance to any business whether a startup or a thriving establishment. With proper planning, companies can mitigate the effect of taxes on their business activities. We have extensive experience in advising our clients on the tax issues that must be considered before taking any number of corporate actions.

Tax advice and planning usually starts with appropriately structuring a new business and its compensation arrangements with key participants and lasts through a sale of the business or other corporate reorganizations.

We have vast experience in all areas of wills and estates and estate planning, including advising on the establishment of trusts and other corporate entitles. Our firm offers comprehensive and tailored assistance to our corporate and individual clients on the creation, management and operation of South African trusts.

Whether the trust is to be used for commercial purposes, wealth protection, investment, estate or tax planning, we will advise you appropriately. Our services also include advising on the most appropriate and tax efficient structure, the drafting of trust deeds, advice on trustee fiduciary and administration compliance and trust litigation.