Johannesburg · Gauteng · National reach
Corporate & commercial law in Johannesburg
Corporate and commercial advice in South Africa's economic capital – for corporates, investors, financial services businesses and the entrepreneurs who keep Gauteng moving.
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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.
The heart of
South African business.
Gauteng generates roughly a third of South Africa's GDP on a small fraction of its land, and Johannesburg sits at its centre. The city is home to the majority of the country's corporate head offices, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange – Africa's largest – and the headquarters of the major banks, with Sandton widely regarded as the continent's leading financial district.
Johannesburg is the launchpad for businesses expanding into the rest of Africa, and a magnet for investors, private equity and fast-growing technology companies.
Business here moves at pace. Transactions are larger, more competitive and more heavily regulated, and well-run businesses build the practical realities of power, water and infrastructure into their contracts and their planning.
Sectors we understand in Johannesburg
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Financial services & investment
Banks, asset managers, private equity and fintech businesses navigating investment agreements, fund structures and a demanding regulatory environment.
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Corporate head offices & listed groups
Boards and executives managing governance, Companies Act compliance, group restructures and the commercial agreements that run a large business.
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Mergers, acquisitions & private equity
Buyers, sellers and investors working through due diligence, sale agreements, shareholder arrangements and competition approvals.
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Technology, telecoms & media
Technology and digital businesses that need robust licensing, service-level and data agreements, and POPIA-compliant operations.
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Construction, infrastructure & industry
Contractors, manufacturers and industrial groups negotiating construction contracts, supply arrangements and public procurement.
What Gauteng businesses need from their lawyers
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Deals at the speed of business
Johannesburg transactions run to tight timetables. We work to your deadlines, with senior involvement from first draft to signing.
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Regulation and governance
From the Companies Act and competition approvals to B-BBEE, POPIA and sector regulators, we help boards stay compliant without slowing the business down.
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Gateway to Africa
For businesses expanding beyond South Africa, we help structure cross-border operations, partnerships and contracts on a sound footing.
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Contracting for real-world risk
Service levels, continuity and force majeure clauses that reflect infrastructure and supply realities, not boilerplate.
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 Johannesburg →Your next commercial move.
Clear advice. Commercial understanding. Personal service.
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