Company formation
Your business set up correctly from day one, with the right entity, the right founding documents and proper registration, so nothing needs fixing later.
Hlela Advisory Services
Corporate and commercial advice for people who build, own and protect serious business.
When the deal matters, the structure matters. We make sure both are right.
Speak to usWho we serve
More than 3,112 transactions across 17 jurisdictions.
We advise founders, shareholders, boards and private clients who cannot afford to get it wrong. Our work rests on three things: getting the structure right, writing the agreement so it holds, and giving you direct, honest advice that keeps your business protected and in your control.
Pillar one
Corporate and commercial: the core of our practice
Company structuring
Holding companies, group structures and restructures designed around control, protection and growth. You decide how the pieces fit, and we make sure they hold.
Shareholding advice
Who owns what, who decides what, and what happens when partners disagree. We draft shareholder agreements and company constitutions (the MOI) that stand up under pressure.
Preference shares
A way to raise capital or reward investors without giving up control. The terms are drafted so the money and the rights match the deal you actually made.
Debentures
Debt funding raised against the company and documented properly, so lenders are secured and you stay in control of the terms.
Mergers and acquisitions
Buying, selling or combining businesses, locally and across borders. We handle due diligence, negotiation and closing.
Commercial drafting and review
Contracts that say exactly what you mean and protect you when it counts. That includes lease agreements, so landlords and tenants know their rights, costs and exit terms, and sale agreements, so a sale of shares, a business or property is done on terms that protect you.
Pillar two
Trusts and estates: where the practice is growing
The same rigour we bring to business, now applied to what you are building for the next generation.
Trusts
Setting up and maintaining trusts that protect assets and do what they were created to do.
Succession and estate planning
Planning for business owners so that ownership and wealth pass as you intend, without disputes or delay.
Fiduciary compliance
Keeping trustees and executors on the right side of their legal duties.
Why work with us
Why work with us
Senior attention on every matter
Your matter is not handed down. Senior people stay involved from the first call to the final signature.
Boardroom experience
Our team has worked inside business, in legal, risk and compliance roles at group level, so our advice is commercial, not just technical.
Reach beyond South Africa
Our transaction work has included Zambia, the DRC, the UK, Europe, the UAE and the US.
If it matters, bring it to us.
WhatsApp +27 68 825 7789 · sibusiso@hlela-advisory.co.za · Sandton
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