From the outset in 1997, we decided to focus on specific fields of the law rather than trying to attend to all fields of the law.

We started by specialising in corporate recoveries for financial institutions and were later rated not only as the number one performing firm in the Western Cape, but also as one of the top three performing firms countrywide for more than a decade.

Today, we act for listed companies, a municipality, financial institutions, and various other clients who are leaders in their respective fields nationwide.

At Swart Attorneys we translate good ideas into tangible value.

Our slogan “from IP to IPO” describes the exciting journey from the inception and protection of an idea (intellectual property) to creating stakeholder value, which may ultimately include going public on a securities exchange (initial public offering).

During the entrepreneurial journey, we offer the following services to advise businesses at each stage of their maturity:-

Intellectual property law services:
-International registration & management of intellectual property rights
-Patent & design registration with our trusted network of external experts
-Transactions & commercialisation, e.g. licensing, assignments, securitisation
-Enforcement
-Valuations
Corporate & commercial law services:
-Transactional work, e.g. mergers, acquisitions, due diligence
-Corporate governance, structures, shareholder relationships
-Funding, private equity, venture capital
-Company secretarial
Technology law services:
-Development, support, maintenance, outsourcing, service level & licence agreements
-Artificial intelligence, machine learning & predictive analytics
-Software-as-a-service, cloud computing
-Data, privacy
-Bespoke escrow services