Launching a South African business or seeking to expand? This guide empowers you to navigate the exciting, yet complex, legal and business landscape. We offer practical steps for every phase, from solidifying your concept to mastering essential requirements. This includes business and financial plans, tax regulations, labour laws, and other legal considerations. Marketing and operational insights complete your knowledge base, equipping you to make informed decisions and build a thriving South African venture.
Our essential guide covers:
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Guidance for entrepreneurs on factors to consider when starting their venture.
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The different types of business and legal entities to conduct your venture.
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Funding options and financial considerations.
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Taxation - personal and corporate income tax (including special tax regimes for eligible small businesses), provisional tax, PAYE, SDL, UIF, dividends tax, etc.
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Employment and labour law considerations.
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Laws and regulations applicable to all business types such as data privacy, consumer protection, BBBEE, competition law, etc.
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Marketing and operational considerations.
Bespoke legal services to support in-house legal requirements of corporates
Legal Dynamix, formed in 2022, provides a wide range of bespoke legal services to corporates of all sizes based on their needs. Based on 20 years in-house legal experience, the owner and founder of Legal Dynamix understands the unique challenges and requirements of corporates (particularly multinational corporates) but our services can be curated for companies of all sizes. Our service offering is detailed below.
Legal Dynamix is not a law firm. We provide consultancy services primarily directed at the in-house legal requirements of corporates.
Our service offering
LITIGATION
MANAGEMENT
Often corporates handover litigation matters to law firms without understanding the nuances of the importance of internal management of the matter. Avoiding litigation is always first prize but when it is necessary, understanding how to manage the litigation as a project is critical.
Although we are not a law firm and do not litigate, we can provide advice to corporates on how to manage the litigation process.
BUSINESS VALUES
ADVISORY SERVICES
Business values form a core part of a company's licence to operate in the modern world. From conflicts of interest to anti-bribery, from gifts and entertainment to human rights and the environment, we will provide you with advice and training on business integrity and business principles.
COMPETITION LAW
TRAINING
We will cover the basics of competition law for sales, tenders and management as well as the basics of competition law for supply chain management.
Our key focus is making competition law simpler to understand to enhance your business values. In a competitive world your competitive advantage lies in knowing more about competition law.
CODE OF CONDUCT
ADVISORY AND REVIEW
We will look at your current Code of Business Conduct or Business Values, review and comment on it to make it more current. We will also devise Codes for your business focusing on key areas such as overall aesthetics/readability, key message/tone from top-down, importance of employees adherence, role of managers, and creating a non-retaliation culture where openness is valued.
Legal Dynamix (Pty) Ltd
Founded in 2022
We provide focused and practical business legal solutions for in-house legal departments and corporates.
We believe in pragmatism on commercial issues and principled approaches to ethical matters.
Suman 'Bobby' Barua Founder and Owner
Bobby has almost 20 years experience working for multinational corporations. Prior to starting Legal Dynamix in June 2022, he was General Counsel for a Swiss-based multinational corporation, responsible for its Southern African business.
He worked collaboratively with a diverse and multinational group of people, and across many functions - including the board, exco, senior management, sales and marketing, human resources, tax, treasury, finance, real estate, supply chain, logistics, procurement, BBBEE and transformation, health, safety and environment and sustainability as well as managing the legal team. He also worked closely with external stakeholders, and was responsible for managing all engagements with law firms whether related to litigation or advisory work.
Having worked with multinational corporations for the large part of his professional career, he understands the demands and nuances of the requirements of group, regional and local colleagues.
He has served as a director, company secretary, public officer, data privacy officer and pension fund trustee, and this underscores his strong leadership skills.
Having been born with a physical disability (cerebral palsy and using a motorised wheelchair), Bobby is a highly self-motivated individual who thrives on working smartly with a strong commitment to looking at the bigger picture.
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