The Right Choice
ABOUT US
We are an established firm of Attorneys based in South Africa. We Specialise in International Business and Cross-Border Trade Transactions with a strong focus on Africa.
We have more than 20 years of experience in African markets and specifically in the facilitation of highly complex import-export transactions and investments.
Our goal and vision are to make and create lucrative deals for our clients and to provide mutually beneficial solutions where all parties in the business transaction are winners. We facilitate cross-border transactions in such a manner as to prevent litigation and create financial structures that safeguard our clients’ assets both locally and internationally.
We pride ourselves, as the top, creative deal-making, solution orientated, Law Firm in Africa.
What makes us different
We have secured and protected multi-currency offshore escrow bank accounts and secure crypto wallets in place.
We use these bank accounts and wallets to facilitate global trade transactions and to offer escrow and paymaster services.
We make the law, agreements, business and trade simple and effective.
All written Agreements that we draft and create adhere to the following elements:
1. Simple and effective.
2. Unambiguous.
3. Deliberate litigation prevention.
No Litigation – We structure any business transaction to be litigation-preventative in all facets of the transaction.
In the highly unlikely case where litigation happens, the transaction is structured in a manner whereby litigation is swift, cost-effective and just.
We are flexible, creative, fearless and adventurous in our approach to business and law.
We act as escrow agent and paymaster in any transaction where the parties need a trusted third party to receive funds and to pay funds according to the escrow & paymaster agreement.
We offer these services in multi-currencies and crypto.
Experience dependable and secure escrow services through a neutral third party for fiat and crypto transactions. Whether buying or selling goods, services or for an M&A escrow, we act as your escrow provider to safeguard assets and funds, offering you peace of mind and protection.
What is an escrow service?
An escrow service involves an agreement where a third party (the escrow agent) holds assets for two parties engaged in a transaction.
The escrow agent only releases the involved assets when predetermined contractual obligations are met or upon receiving suitable instructions, thus giving the parties security that the other party delivers under the underlying contract such as a share purchase agreement (SPA) in an M&A deal.
The escrow agent further makes commission payments to intermediaries according to the agreements in place between the parties.
IMPORTANT NOTE BEFORE CONTACTING US
Please note and read carefully before contacting us! We get hundreds of paymaster service requests every week! Unfortunately, 60-70 % of all inquiries are not closed deals or are based on fraud! If you are not sure, please use a cybercrime fraud check, to avoid spending further costs, time and energy.
IMPORTANT!
A paymaster contract implicates ALL parties: Sender, Receiver and Mediators (if any). We get many requests from mediators who like to secure their commissions through a paymaster agreement. The main contract has to be closed between SENDER and RECEIVER of the funds. So, if you are a mediator, please advise the sender or receiver to contact us. It makes no sense to order a paymaster agreement where the sender and receiver are not involved.
By international money laundering laws, we are obligated to present due diligence for each transaction to the banks, money laundering authorities and the tax authorities of some countries. THERE IS NO WAY to execute or accept a mandate which is not covered by due diligence! As authorised paymaster attorneys, we know the procedures and guarantee a safe and legal transaction.
Only with professional, well-prepared and documented due diligence funds transfers are possible! Failing, funds will be blocked pending an investigation by money laundering or anti-terrorism authorities.
PAYMASTER AND ESCROW SERVICES IN MULTIPLE CURRENCIES AND CRYPTO
INTERNATIONAL TRADE FACILITATION
Challenge
Barriers of International Trade
1. Lack of trust between International Traders
2. Guarantee of Agents and intermediaries commission payments.
3. Expensive, time-consuming, complex international litigation when a dispute occurs.
Solution
We facilitate trade by making use of our Escrow and Paymaster Services. As we have multi-currency offshore escrow bank accounts in place, we facilitate trade transaction in any currency any place in the world.
We draft all agreements for the trade.
We have an arbitration clause in place whereby any dispute will be dealt with by an independent qualified third party in a cost-effective manner within 14 days.
OUR LEADERSHIP
JOHARD ROUX
Managing Director
Johard Roux is the Managing Director of the firm. He has been practising for more than 20 years as a Commercial Lawyer in South Africa and the United Kingdom.
Qualifications
B Com (Specialising in Business Law and Accounting)
B Proc
LLM (Specialising in International Business and Trade Law)
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2nd Floor, Oude Bloemhof Building
18 Plein Street
Stellenbosch
South Africa
7600
Telephone nr +27(0)824489268