Everything you need under one hyper-specialised, high-touch roof.

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Unmatched breadth and depth
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Attention to and application of detail
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Always in-person

What we do

Personally and expertly managed

At LM Attorneys, we handle all your legal, commercial and tax matters - personally, expertly and under one roof. In a world of large multi-division firms and standalone practitioners, our strength lies in our breadth and depth of expertise, individualised care and honed focus. We’re experienced in the fields that matter to family-and-founder-led businesses and deliver with an unprecedented personal touch.. 

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Our areas of expertise

Tax advisory & tax debt resolutions 
We reduce and resolve tax debts, providing specialised tax advice that instils lasting compliance and business continuity.
Reorganisation of assets
We help you astutely restructure your professional and personal assets to eliminate risk, achieve tax efficiency and optimise value.
Acquisitions & disposals of assets
We ensure your M&A deals are commercially sound, properly structured and documented to ensure the finalised contract fulfils your strategic intent.
Accounting & financial due diligence
We implement proper accounting systems and controls to guarantee lasting financial accuracy and compliant financial statements.
Trusts & succession
We create and manage the trust structures and deeds that preserve generational wealth, detail continuity plans and guarantee succession.
Dispute resolution
We resolve complex commercial and family disputes through strategic legal insight and expert negotiation, protecting both your interests and your relationships.
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A thoughtful approach

We take time to really understand our client, their business and family.

Our briefings are in-person, thorough and designed to instil deep understanding and comfort from the onset

We diagnose problems through a multidisciplinary lens.

Leveraging our specialist, cross-functional skill-sets, we identify the roots of your challenges, not just the symptoms.

We explain clearly and calmly until things click.

We take the time to ensure you fully grasp the cause, solution and next steps, so that you leave the room reassured and empowered.

We develop a first-hand, on-the-ground view.

With a country-wide reach, we like to visit your business and prospective investment sites, to develop real, in-person context.

We take total ownership of your challenge.

Our motto, Transfer your problem to me, reflects our commitment to taking ownership, keeping you informed and freeing you to focus on what matters most.

We develop unique solutions for your unique needs

Every solution is built for the unique problem, business and client at hand, underpinned by careful thought and long-term foresight.
Our briefings are in-person, thorough and designed to instil deep understanding and comfort from the onset
Leveraging our specialist, cross-functional skill-sets, we identify the roots of your challenges, not just the symptoms.
We take the time to ensure you fully grasp the cause, solution and next steps, so that you leave the room reassured and empowered.
With a country-wide reach, we like to visit your business and prospective investment sites, to develop real, in-person context.
Transfer your problem to me is our unofficial motto. We assume responsibility and keep you informed, so you can focus on what matters.
Every solution is built for the unique problem, business and client at hand, underpinned by careful thought and long-term foresight.
When considering his tertiary studies, Lelethu had the foresight to identify a gap in the services available to South Africa’s family and founder-led businesses. Without large internal teams to rely on, they have to outsource many of their core functions including legal, accounting and tax services. But he couldn’t find a single firm or expert dedicated to serving these businesses with all the required expertise under a single roof.
To this end, Lelethu capacitated himself with the full ambit of skills and knowledge he believed these businesses warranted. Today, he holds eight qualifications, including an LLB, three Master’s degrees in Company Law, Tax Law and Business Law (Banking & Finance), making him one of the most comprehensively qualified legal and business advisors in the country. In 2013, with backing from Bucks Supermarket, he launched LM Attorneys with the express intention of serving and sustaining South Africa’s family-and-founder-led-businesses. Says Lelethu: “Family businesses are what I know. They’re how I grew up. And nothing gives me greater satisfaction than seeing a business succeed because it was well-advised.”

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