New Facts

Last updated: December 2009

Recent Promotions

The directors are pleased to announce the appointment of Anne Daniel as senior associate of the firm from 1 August 2009:

International Legal Alliance Summit : Silver Arrow Award

On 18 June 2009, Brink Cohen le Roux was awarded the Silver Award 2009 for distinguished law firms in the Best South African Law Firm 2009 category by the International Legal Alliance Summit, consisting of general counsel and financial executives of Fortune 500 companies in 22 countries. The award was made on the basis of expertise in the M&A and corporate finance practice areas, as well as our firm's growth and strategy.

PMR Diamond Arrow Award

During December 2007, Brink Cohen le Roux was awarded Professional Management Review's Diamond Arrow Award, for having achieved the highest rating overall (countrywide) in the medium legal firm category in PMR's annual survey of South African law firms. The survey was conducted during August and September 2007 amongst a random sample of 302 respondents comprising in-house corporate legal advisors, MD's, CEO's, financial directors, company secretaries and senior managers. BCLR's overall adjusted mean score of 4,53 (out of 5) exceeded the overall adjusted mean scores achieved by all rated large, medium and small law firms in the country.

Information Leaflets

Legal Issues
1. Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002 (pdf - 96kb)
2. Empowerment Charters (pdf - 107kb)
3. Independent Contractors (pdf - 69kb)
4. An Insight into the Cartel Leniency Programme (pdf - 71kb)
5. DataTec: South African Insider Trading Legislation and the Offence of Insider Tipping (pdf - 90kb)
6. Collecting Banker's Duty of Care (pdf - 59kb)
7. The New Law of Retrenchment (pdf - 83kb)
New Legislation
1. Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act (pdf - 34kb)
2. Regulation and Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Act (pdf - 50kb)
3. Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (pdf - 76kb)
4. Electronic Communications and Transactions Act (pdf - 38kb)
5. Collective Investment Schemes Control Bill (pdf - 47kb)
6. Securitisation Regulations (pdf - 68kb)
South Africa the Latest Facts: A Pocket Guide to Doing Business (pdf - 560kb)
BCLR's Manual Prepared in Accordance with Section 51 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (pdf - 36kb)

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Tenth Anniversary

On 1 September 2003, our firm celebrated its tenth anniversary. To mark this event, we issued a document entitled "Ten Years of Excellence" in which we highlighted some of the large mergers and acquisitions, substantial corporate paper issues, inquests and inquiries concerning major mining disasters and accidents, several commissions of enquiry, litigious matters of public interest and industry-wide labour disputes and strikes in which we were involved on behalf of our clients during the first decade of our existence. To give you an overview of the standing, skills and achievements of the firm and its individual partners, please visit: