JOSHCO was established in March 2004 by the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) with a mandate to provide and manage social and affordable rental housing that services various household income levels (R1 850 to R22 000 per month), especially those at lower income levels, as part of the City’s implementation strategy to eradicate its housing backlog.JOSHCO currently manages 8,825 social and affordable rental units. The core business of JOSHCO includes the development of social and rental housing; the conversion and refurbishment, upgrading and management of some of the City-owned rental housing stock; the refurbishment, upgrading of some city-owned rental stock, upgrading of hostels and the provision of turnaround strategies where necessary.JOSHCO’s existence is as an integral part of efforts to eradicate the housing backlog within the City of Johannesburg. JOSHCO is a council-owned body ran by an independent board and is both a developer and a rental agent. JOSHCO is a registered Social Housing Institution and is accredited by the Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA).

The Legal Practice Council is a national, statutory body established in terms of section 4 of the Legal Practice Act, No 28 of 2014. The Legal Practice Council and its Provincial Councils regulate the affairs of and exercise jurisdiction over all legal practitioners (attorneys and advocates) and candidate legal practitioners.

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August 2014 – Present: Associate and Corporate lawyer at Novate* Legal• Proactively advising clients on business models, company structures and the legal needs of their business;• Help clients avoid and minimise risks so that they can focus on their core business services;• Provide key advice and strategies to help clients meet their B-BBEE goals;• Legal advisory services surrounding litigation, compliance, debt collection, business strategies and labour;• Drafting, negotiating and reviewing commercial agreements, loan agreements and agreements in relation to corporate restructures and acquisitions;• Training business units and teams members on relevant legislation;• Review, development and implementation of various governance policies and procedures;• Identify and report on legal risks and provide legal solutions in mitigation thereof;• Acquisitions , restructuring, contracts, litigation and compliance within the Company sphere;• Provide legal support and direction to the on all issues pertaining to secretarial, legal/commercial, risk and sustainability issues;• Assist in the development and creation of the legal database and/or registers in respect of all agreements transactional documentation and policies;• Provide advices or consult on all issues pertaining to governance;• Assist in adopting a proactive approach in utilising international best practices;• Assist in research, evaluation of risk management and mitigation steps;• Assist in facilitating a divisional integration where risk exposures and mitigation responsibility overlap between divisions;• Assist in overseeing risk management reporting including the use of information technology;• Assist in promoting risk awareness culture in the Company;• All related commercial law services and advice.

March 2014 to August 2014: Otto Krause Attorneys Incorporated• Proactively advising clients on business models, company structures and the legal needs of their business;• Help clients avoid and minimise risks so that they can focus on their core business services;• Provide key advice and strategies to help clients meet their B-BBEE goals;• Legal advisory services surrounding litigation, compliance, debt collection, business strategies and labour;• Drafting, negotiating and reviewing commercial agreements, loan agreements and agreements in relation to corporate restructures and acquisitions;• Training business units and teams members on relevant legislation;• Review, development and implementation of various governance policies and procedures;• Identify and report on legal risks and provide legal solutions in mitigation thereof• All related commercial law services and advice;• Drafting of Notarial and Commercial documents and contracts and the registration• thereof, including but not limited to Antenuptial Contracts, Notarial Bonds, Notarial Covering Bond, Collateral Bond, Surety Bond, Indemnity Bond, Debenture Bond, Cession of Bonds, Cancellation of Bonds, Servitudes and registration thereof, Notarial Deeds in respect of Sectional Title Schemes, Lease agreements, Notarial Lease Agreements, Notarial long term Lease agreements, execution of Wills, Deed of Trusts, Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Maritime Bonds and Sea Protests.

2012 – 2014: Commercial and Intellectual property Attorney at De Kock Attorneys• Advising franchisors and franchisees in legal disputes, disclosure agreements and franchise agreements;• Drafting and reviewing of Software Development Agreements, SaaS (Software as a Service), Software Licensing Agreements and Escrow Agreements;• Drafting and reviewing Internet and website agreements, privacy and data protection policies, Protection of Personal Information (POPI) and Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) impact and compliance;• Advising and assisting with entertainment agreements (film, performer and music, management artists and recording artists’ agrements);• Drafting and advising on Non-Disclosure Agreements, Letter of intent and Memorandum of Understanding in the sale of a business;• Advising and reviewing Publishing Agreements, CPA agreements, Intellectual Property License, Copyright Agreements and Assignment Agreements.• Advising on copyright infringement, trade mark opposition, domain name disputes and company name disputes;• Providing legal advice on Breach of Agreements litigation;• Reviewing and advising franchise disputes and litigation;• Legal advisory services pertaining to unlawful competition and defamation litigation;• Drafting of pleadings and affidavits and preparing court documents for Magistrate’s Court litigation cases;• Drafting and issuing of Summons’ and Warrants, pre-trial preparations and briefing of Counsels in High Court litigation cases;• Research of legal questions and drafting of legal opinions;• Marketing initiatives, including, BNI (Business Networking International), NSBC (National Small Business Chambers) seminars and expos, BOFE (Business Opportunities and Franchising Expo), IFE (International Franchising Expo), African trade mark marketing campaigns and periodically attending marketing and networking opportunities, groups and seminars;

2010-2012: Professional Assistant at TC Hitge Incorporated• Magistrate’s Court litigation, including the drafting of pleadings and affidavits, taking of instructions, preparation of court documents, serving and issuing of pleadings and the attendance of motions – opposed and unopposed;• High Court litigation, the drafting and issuing of Summons’ and Warrants, the taking of instruction, pre-trial preparations and conferences, briefing of Counsels;• Attendance to the Maintenance Court for enquiries and the application of the substitution or discharge of an existing maintenance order and the complaint of failure to comply with a maintenance order;• General office practice, the functioning and obligations of an attorney with specific reference to ethical conduct and consultations with clients;• Research of legal questions and drafting of legal opinions;• Drafting of quotations, pro forma invoices and assistance with bill of tax;• Assistance with general managing tasks at law firm, including commercial department fee earner, income schedule for commercial department, comparing, interviewing and selecting assistant employees, suppliers, assisting Charted Accountant with accounting and debtors, marketing campaigns, new client enquiries, attorney telephone duty etc.;• Managing debt collecting and attending to Section 65 debt collecting procedures;• Attending to and assisting Counsel in enquiries procedure at the Master of the High Court;• Assisting correspondents in all areas of the law;• Authentication of documents in terms of Rule 63 of the Supreme Court Rules and Authentication in terms of the Convention for Abolition of the Requirement of Legislation for Foreign Public Documents.