Koster Attorneys

Pretoria, South Africa.

About Koster Attorneys

Koster Attorneys is a law firm that was established in 2013 by Jaco Koster.

The firm is a young voice in the field of law in South Africa, but with a passion for the law and a focus on professionalism and discipline. The firm has grown and has achieved success in its overall goal of becoming a key player and frontrunner in the legacy of South African law.

The personal touch that forms part of the Koster Attorneys culture is a key part in the success and growth of the firm.

"...the first duty of society is justice"

- Alexander Hamilton

Services & Expertise

We specialise in various aspects of the law including

Commercial Law

Koster Attorney’s commercial department is at the heart of our practice and now makes up the major portion of our firm.

Our extensive experience, legal skills and training, combined with our commitment to service excellence and hard work, means that we’re able to provide our clients with an effective means to capitalise on opportunities and overcome challenges in all sectors of the economy.

Factors such as constantly striving towards delivering the most efficient service we can offer, developing personal and loyal relationships with clients, providing competent representation together with adopting a cost-awareness approach to legal expenses, have all contributed to our ever increasing success within the legal sphere.

Our litigation department specialises in handling major and complex litigation matters. Our litigators have extensive experience in handling complicated commercial disputes and providing innovative solutions for problems with which commercial enterprises are confronted with daily.

CRIMINAL LITIGATION

Our firm is extremely passionate about criminal litigation. We are able to assist with the following aspects of criminal litigation:

  • Opposed and Unopposed bail applications
  • After-hours bail applications
  • Consultations
  • Preparation for trials
  • Trials
  • Appeals against conviction and sentences
  • Review applications
  • Criminal record removals

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Matrimonial Law

We are able to assist with the following aspects of matrimonial law:

  • Advice regarding the different marital regimes applicable in South Africa
  • Drafting of Ante Nuptial Contracts
  • Applications for Marital Regime Changes
  • Divorces
  • Custody
  • Maintenance
  • Interim Maintenance pending finalisation of divorce
  • Maintenance disputes

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CIVIL LAW

We are able to assist with the following aspects of civil law:

  • Drafting Contracts and Contractual Disputes
  • Debt Collection
  • Litigation
  • High Court, Magistrate's Court, Regional and District Court

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Business Rescue

What is business rescue, in a "nutshell"?

Business rescue, as defined by the Companies Act 2008, aims to facilitate the rehabilitation of a company that is "financially distressed" by providing for:

  • The temporary supervision of the company and management of its affairs, business and property by a business rescue practitioner;
  • A temporary moratorium ("stay") on the rights of claimants against the company or in respect of the property in its possession;
  • The development and implementation (if approved) of a business rescue plan to rescue the company by restructuring its business, property, debt, affairs, other liabilities and equity.

How does the business rescue process unfold?

Once a company commences business rescue proceedings either voluntarily (section 129) or by an order of court (on application by an affected person) the following actions are prescribed by the act:

  • The practitioner must investigate the affairs of the company as soon as possible after the commencement of business rescue.
  • Within 10 business days after being appointed, the practitioner must convene a meeting of the creditors and a meeting of the employees and advise them of the prospects of rescuing the company.
  • The business rescue plan, as proposed by the practitioner, must be published by the company within 25 days after the date on which the business rescue practitioner was appointed.
  • The business rescue practitioner must convene a meeting of the creditors and any other holders of a voting interest, for the purpose of considering the proposed plan, within 10 business days of the publication of the business rescue plan.

This serves to emphasise that business rescue is an urgent process, even though leeway is granted by the courts on these reporting periods, depending on the size and complexity of a business.

MORATORIUM ON LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Section 133 of the Act makes provision for a general moratorium on legal proceedings, including any enforcement action, against a company, or any property belonging to a company or lawfully in its possession, while the company is subject to business rescue proceedings.

This moratorium is in order to grant the business rescue practitioner some breathing room while he attempts to rescue the company through the design and implementation of a business rescue plan.

Contact Koster Attorneys

If you would like to find out more about our services or if you have any legal queries, feel free to contact us for more information.

Email: office@kosterlaw.co.za

Phone: 010 109 6434

Mobile: 072 973 5436

Address: 1181 Stanza Bopape Street, Hatfield, Pretoria.