Van Deventer & Thoabala Incorporated combines a wealth of experience, sound qualifications and expertise with a dynamic team of professionals to offer clients unquestionable service excellence in a wide scope of legal specializations.
Van Deventer & Thoabala Incorporated adheres unequivocally to a code of legal ethics in the services it renders strictly in accordance with the requirements of the profession.
Having a clear understanding of the importance of keeping abreast of the latest developments within the professional sphere, we are active members of the Law Society of South Africa.
COMPANY HISTORY
The firm, Neuhoff Attorneys was originally founded in 1994. With the appointment of Das van Deventer, who specializes in Commercial Law and recovery of bad debt, as partner in 1995, the name changed to Neuhoff & Van Deventer Attorneys. With its incorporation in 1998, the firm became known as Neuhoff & Van Deventer Inc.
In 2001, Stephan Weyers joined as a director, bringing with him specialist legal knowledge in the field of Sports Law. Also admitted as a Conveyancer, he currently focuses on conveyancing and all other property related matters.
Petrus Molefi Thoabala spent in excess of fourteen years in the Bloemfontein Deeds Office, during this time obtaining numerous legal qualifications before joining Neuhoff & Van Deventer Inc as Candidate Attorney in 2003. On completion of his Candidate Attorneyship, he was admitted as Attorney, Conveyancer and Notary in May 2005. During this time, through his efforts and vast experience in the Deeds Office, he very successfully contributed towards the growth of the Conveyancing Department. In December 2007 he resigned as director and sold his shares to Marvin Timothy Torres.
The company, Van Deventer & Thoabala Incorporated came into being as a black-owned company during June 2005 with the latter acquiring majority shareholding of the previous Neuhoff & Van Deventer Inc.
This was facilitated due to the Companies commitment to empower previously disadvantaged individuals.
In January 2007 with the establishment of an office in Centurion, attorneys, Karina Harmse & Jan Hendrik du Toit, specialists in conveyancing, wills, estates, commercial law as well as Magistrate and High Court litigational matters was appointed to manage this branch. In November 2007 Petrus Molefi Thoabala resigned as director to start his own firm Molefi Thoabala Incorporated.
Marvin Timothy Torres was employed as a candidate attorney at Israel Sackstein & Matsepte Attorneys where he mainly attended to litigation matters. Lovius Block Attorneys took over his candidate attorney ship where he extended his field of specialities to conveyancing and bond registrations. In May 2008 Marvin Timothy Torres completed his Candidate Attorney ship, was admitted as Attorney & Conveyancer and where after he was appointed as director at Van Deventer & Thoabala Incorporated. He now specialises in civil litigation, maintenance matters, drafting and perusing of contracts, estate planning and providing legal advice to potential clients.
In 2008 Stephan Weyers left the firm to pursue a career as a Sports Agent for rugby players nationwide. In the same year Jan Hendrik du Toit left the branch office in Centurion and became a director of Seymore Du Toit & Basson Attorneys in Nelspruit. Johan Pienaar was appointed in his place in 2010. He is an admitted attorney and debt counsellor and mainly attends to litigation matters.
In June 2010 Marvin Timothy Torres resigned as director to start his own businesses and Johann Oosthuizen became a director at the firm. Johann Oosthuizen has been a clerk at the firm from January 2007 and was admitted as an Attorney in March 2009. His field of specialities include litigation, financial and estate planning and business rehabilitation.
COMPANY STRUCTURE
Van Deventer & Thoabala Incorporated is strategically driven and managed by dynamic branches.
BLOEMFONTEIN
- Das van Deventer (B.Proc) - Director
- Johann Oosthuizen (LLB) – Director
- Dirk Jacobus Durandt Schoeman (B Uiris & LLB) – Attorney & Conveyancer
CENTURION
- Johan Pienaar (LLB) - Attorney
- Karina Harmse (LLM) – Attorney & Conveyancer
With all branches managed by suitably qualified professionals, they are ably assisted by an assortment of professional assistants, candidate attorneys and suitably experienced and qualified administrative personnel. The firm currently employs in excess of thirty staff members, engaging external expertise and assistance whenever required to add to its capacity and the expedient delivery of service to its clients.
COMPANY EXPERTISE
Van Deventer & Thoabala Incorporated is divided into different divisions, each providing a range of specialised and professional services to clients. Whilst services offered encompass all aspects of law, the firm has positioned itself to specifically focus in the listed fields:
- Property Law
- Commercial Law
- Supreme Court and Magistrates Court Litigation and Collections
- Financial and Estate Planning
- Sport and Entertainment Law
- Personal Injury Law
- Banking Law
- Insolvency Law
- Business Rehabilitation
PROPERTY AND CONVEYANCE SERVICES
The South African system of land registration is one of the most comprehensive and accurate in the world. This allows for absolute certainty in ascertaining and dealing with ownership and rights in land.
In South Africa the present position is that only an attorney who has been admitted to practice as a conveyancer may attend to the registration of deeds relating to immovable roperty. Dirk Schoeman (Bloemfontein Head Office) and Karina Harmse (Centurion Branch) are equipped to deal with all aspects of property law and conveyancing.
At Van Deventer & Thoabala we understand and appreciate the value of immovable property as an integral part of an organisation's commercial interests or as an individual's most prized possession – their home.
We attend to all matters relating to property including:
- Acquisition and development of residential and commercial property
- Rezoning
- Sectional Title development
- Township Development
- Property Sale and Acquisition agreement
- Advice on and Drafting of Commercial and Residential Leases
- Property Sub-Division and Consolidations
- Transfer registration of Residential, Sectional Title and Commercial properties
- Registration of bonds
- Cancellation of bonds on behalf of ABSA Bank
- Preparation and Registration of Notarial Services
- Advice on and implementation of deceased and insolvent estate property transactions.
BANK PANELS CENTURION BRANCH
We attend to bond registrations as we currently serve on the panels of the following banks:
|
BANK |
PANEL CODE |
|
ABSA BANK |
2781 |
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STANDARD BANK |
10228 |
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NEDBANK (BLOEMFONTEIN |
1868 |
|
FIRST NATIONAL BANK |
VAN 3381 |
|
FNB HOUSING |
NO CODE NECESSARY |
|
NHFC |
3499 |
For the past few years we have also been ranked under the top performing attorneys for ABSA Bank, Nedbank and First National Bank.
OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONING
To ensure that the firm remains focused in its various fields of legal expertise, all necessary, noncore business functions are outsourced to carefully selected partners. These functions include Information Technology, Specialised Administrative Functions and Corporate Auditing.
The firm utilizes the latest technology to enhance the efficacy of their business and financial management. Technology being employed including:
- Full automation of all office activities
- Dedicated line for email and internet functionality
- All data on the corporate server being back-up to two off site locations
- Utilization of the Lexpro bookkeeping and litigation programmes
- Auditing and accounting handled by a reputable external Chartered Accounting Practice
The firm has comprehensive insurance cover, allowing for all eventualities, ensuring total piece of mind to clients. This cover includes:
- Comprehensive Insurance with Glen Rand – MIB
- All attorneys issued with a Fidelity Fund Certificate
- Insurance includes compensation for interruption of business activities
COMPANY COMMITMENTS
Our standards of professional excellence mean that our service extends beyond furnishing technically correct legal advice. In order to achieve these standards, we focus on a broader understanding of both the issues at stake and our client's needs in order to arrive at the most effective, suitable and cost-effective solution.
We are committed to our staff. We value the vital contribution they make to the service we render. Each member of our staff has the opportunity and responsibility to participate in satisfying our client's expectations within an environment of mutual trust and respect.
The methodology applied by the firm to ensure quality of service, short turnaround times and added value is based on the following principles
- Partner expertise and competence coupled with partner accessibility to clients.
- Ensuring that work is handled at an appropriate professional level by suitably qualified professional staff.
- Continuous and thorough partner supervision of work done by professional assistants, candidate attorneys and paralegals.
- Thorough training of candidate attorneys and continuing education of practising attorneys and assistants through training programmes, seminars, conference attendance, etc.
We are committed to the challenges of the future. We believe attorneys should fulfil a more enterprising and pro-active role than in the past. We are aware of the demands posed by technological advances, client expectation; competition and the changing social – economic and political environment. We are determined to play a leading role in meeting these challenges.
OUR PEOPLE
In pursuit of professional excellence, we are privileged to have a diverse group of legal experts with a wide range of skills and areas of expertise. The extensive experience of our senior partners and legal assistant combined with a young and enthusiastic staff member sets our firm apart from our competitors.
The expertise, specialization and intellectually stimulating practice shall enable Van Deventer & Thoabala to attract top graduates. We go to great lengths to select the most suitable members of staff from different spheres of our country in order to add to our skills base and services that can be offered to our clients.
NATIONAL OUTREACH
With a network of corresponding attorneys in major centres around the country, Van Deventer & Thoabala Incorporated operates effectively throughout South Africa. Being associated with reputable attorneys, sharing the same business values and fees being structured in the same way, ensures that clients receive professional representation and legal service on a national basis.
CONTACT DETAIL
Centurion
Lientjie
T 012 663 7747
F 012 663 7961
Guilia
T 012 663 7747
F 012 663 7961
P.O Box 67170, Highveld, 0169
369 Hippo Avenue, Zwartkop, Centurion, South Africa
Bloemfontein
T 051 400 300
F 051 4309357
P.O Box 10, Brandhof, 9324
34 First Avenue, Westdene, Bloemfontein, South Africa