Premier Legal Services for Complex Business Challenges.
Koffman & Co Inc is a Level 1 B-BBEE law firm delivering strategic insight and responsive, client-centric corporate legal solutions designed to navigate complex regulatory landscapes with absolute confidence.
Strategic guidance for startups, enterprises, and parastatals.
Koffman & Co Inc offers a modern legal partnership focused on your commercial growth. We provide parastatals, startups, state-owned enterprises, and private entities with the strategic advice necessary to manage regulatory demands and execute major corporate actions.
We believe in prevention over reactive litigation. By aligning legal foresight directly with your organisational culture, we structuralise robust compliance frameworks. If disputes arise, we protect your commercial objectives through elite representation in high courts and arbitration forums.
Comprehensive Legal Practice
We design tailored legal pathways that align with your long-term commercial goals, ensuring every action contributes directly to sustained corporate success.
Corporate & Commercial Law
Strategic commercial structures and regulatory frameworks
We provide expert draftings, structuring of robust governance frameworks, and assistance in high-stakes negotiations to protect stakeholder interests and ensure long-term organisational success.
Corporate Governance: Structuring robust governance frameworks to protect stakeholder interests and ensure strict regulatory compliance.
Company Formation: Strategic counsel on entity formation and shareholder agreements designed to secure stability and clear operational paths for founding partners.
Commercial Contracts: Expert drafting and review of commercial contracts paired with proactive risk management to streamline daily operations.
Strategic Growth: Partnering in growth through joint ventures and sophisticated contractual drafting that supports commercial partnerships.
Restructuring & Rescue: Bringing voluntary and compulsory business rescue or liquidation proceedings, negotiating with creditors, and managing claims with precision.
Regulatory Audits and Frameworks: Conducting comprehensive regulatory audits to identify compliance gaps and implementing internal governance frameworks.
Ownership & Professional Staff Contingent
Our staff contingent consists of one partner and two consultants, offering specialised attorney, notary public, conveyancing, and cost consultation services.
De Niro Koffman
Founder & Managing Partner
Over 8 years of specialised experience in Corporate & Commercial Law, focusing on parastatal advisory, Treasury regulation, and business rescue liquidations.
Booking and professional updates
Mongezi Ramalivha
Consultant Attorney
Brings strategic litigious depth and corporate representation, handling complex disputes, commercial structures, and compliance frameworks.
Onesimo Mkumbuzi
Consultant Attorney
A multi-disciplined corporate consultant with specialised capacity in property transfers, notary certifications, cost consulting, and legal fee objections.
Our Unique Methodology
We build trust-based partnerships by putting your objectives first, delivering authoritative legal guidance that empowers your team to make confident decisions.
Unparalleled Legal Precision
We deliver meticulous attention to detail in every engagement, ensuring outcomes meet the highest standards of professional quality through rigorous analysis and exact legal execution.
Uncompromising Ethical Standards
Trust is the foundation of our partnership. We uphold the strictest ethical benchmarks and maintain complete transparency, serving as a reliable strategic advisor for your most critical business decisions.
Pioneering Modern Strategies
We utilise innovative legal tools to navigate an evolving marketplace. Our forward-thinking solutions empower your business to master complex landscapes and stay ahead of legal and regulatory shifts.
Client-Centered Solutions
Your unique objectives drive our strategy. We design tailored legal pathways that align perfectly with your long-term commercial goals, ensuring every action contributes directly to sustained success.
Proactive Accountability
We take complete ownership of every outcome. By providing proactive counsel and committed support, we ensure your strategic moves are backed by measurable results and absolute professional dedication.
Elite Expertise, Boutique Focus
Providing the specialised attention of a boutique practice paired with the technical depth of a major global firm. Our agile, strategic counsel prioritises your commercial objectives at all levels.
Notable Matters
Commissioner for the South African Revenue Services v Louis Pasteur Investments (Pty) Ltd and Others
Assisting the South African Revenue Service in liquidating a company, leading to a highly notable reported judgment in the High Court for his client.
Organi Mark (Pty) Ltd v Goolam Nabi Ebrahim Akoodie and Another
Representing a South African company in pursuing action against directors of a liquidated eSwatini company, addressing complex cross-border jurisdictional issues in the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Morebudi and Others v Barker and Others
Successfully liquidating a joint venture company amidst serious director and shareholder conflicts, on the basis of a deadlock.
Frequently Asked Questions
Koffman & Co Inc is a Level 1 B-BBEE law firm. This status represents our commitment to broad-based black economic empowerment and allows our corporate clients to maximize their procurement points under South African legislation.
Our head office is situated on the 9th Floor, Atrium on 5th Street, Sandhurst in Sandton, Johannesburg. While located in Sandton, we represent start-ups, SMMEs, private companies, state-owned enterprises, and public entities across South Africa, with representation in both the Magistrates and High Courts.
We focus heavily on prevention over reactive litigation. By utilizing strategic foresight, we conduct risk-mitigation audits and structure agreements to resolve issues before they escalate. However, when disputes are unavoidable, our team handles complex arbitration, mediation, and court proceedings to secure favorable outcomes.
We represent clients in both voluntary and compulsory liquidations, business rescue proceedings, and complex shareholder deadlock resolutions. Our Managing Partner, De Niro Koffman, has secured notable judgments, including a reported judgment for the South African Revenue Service, and successfully liquidating joint ventures in deadlocked states (e.g. Morebudi v Barker [2025]).
Begin Your Modern Legal Partnership
Connect with our strategic advisors today. We stand ready to provide the rigorous legal oversight, corporate structuring, and dispute counsel necessary to secure your commercial path.
Sandton
9th Floor, Atrium on 5th Street, Sandhurst, Sandton, Johannesburg, 2196
Telephone Contacts
Office: +27 10 143 1654
Mobile: +27 72 837 3826