Cape Town · Western Cape · National reach
Corporate & commercial law in Cape Town
Corporate and commercial advice for the Western Cape's consumer brands, tech founders, exporters and investors – built for one of South Africa's fastest-moving business regions.
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Clark & Johnston Attorneys is a national corporate and commercial law firm with a presence in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. We advise clients across South Africa, wherever their business takes them.
From blue-chip businesses, entrepreneurs and business leaders to ambitious growing companies and family-owned groups, our advice is shaped around commercial priorities, not just the transaction in front of us. Angela Clark remains closely involved, and Clark & Johnston draws on experienced consulting attorneys in our independent network as each matter requires.
Where brands are built
and ideas scale.
The Western Cape has become one of South Africa's best-performing regional economies and among its most confident business environments. Cape Town is headquarters to several of the country's largest retail and consumer groups, and a hub for food and beverage manufacturing and the brands that supply the nation's shelves.
It is also South Africa's leading startup ecosystem, with a dense cluster of fintech, SaaS, e-commerce and AI businesses, a growing community of investors backing them, and a reputation as the country's technology capital.
Beyond the city, the province's fruit, wine and specialty-food producers are export-led, while a steady flow of businesses, professionals and families relocating from other provinces and from abroad continues to bring new capital and enterprise to the region.
Sectors we understand in Cape Town
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FMCG, retail & food and beverage
Retailers, manufacturers and consumer brands managing supplier and listing agreements, distribution, packaging and Consumer Protection Act compliance.
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Technology & startups
Founders and scale-ups in fintech, SaaS, e-commerce and AI, from founders' agreements and funding rounds to software licensing and exits.
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Agri-processing & exports
Wine, fruit and food producers selling into global markets, with offtake, export, distribution and agency agreements that hold up internationally.
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Tourism & hospitality
Hotels, guest houses, tour operators and venues serving one of the world's most visited cities.
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Green economy & energy
Renewable energy, clean-tech and water businesses structuring project, supply and power-purchase arrangements.
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Film, creative & digital media
Production companies, agencies and studios contracting with local and international partners.
What Western Cape businesses need from their lawyers
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Protecting the brand
Trade marks, licensing, franchise and distribution networks that let a brand grow without losing control of it.
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Funding and growth
From founders' and shareholder agreements to investment rounds, employee share schemes and eventual exit.
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Export-ready contracts
Supply, distribution and trade terms that work with international buyers and stand up across borders.
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Data and digital
Software and SaaS terms and POPIA compliance for businesses whose value lives in code and data.
Connected business advice
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Corporate & Commercial
Our core practice. Strategic legal advice for blue-chip businesses, entrepreneurs, business leaders and start-ups, covering the agreements, structures, transactions and decisions that shape how a business is established, run, protected and transformed: company law and governance, commercial agreements, transactions and investment, outside corporate counsel, and reorganisation, succession and exit. Every agreement is connected to your broader commercial objectives.
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Commercial Dispute Resolution
Protecting relationships, managing risk and keeping commercial objectives in view. We pursue practical resolutions and, where formal proceedings are necessary, a clear and decisive strategy.
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Tax Advisory
Commercial decisions need a connected view of legal and tax considerations. Experienced tax practitioners in our independent network bring tax insight into business structures, transactions and planning.
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Property Advice
A supporting service, brought in where premises, investments or transactions form part of your commercial objectives. Property advice that sits alongside your wider business interests, not separate from them.
Property services in Cape Town →Your next commercial move.
Clear advice. Commercial understanding. Personal service.
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