Business Law and Corporate Law

The European Commission has proposed EU Inc, a harmonized corporate legal framework allowing companies to incorporate under a single European company-law form across all 27 Member States. This initiative aims to reduce legal fragmentation and transaction costs that currently discourage companies from scaling within the Single Market, addressing Europe's challenge of converting startups into unicorns at scale comparable to the United States. The proposal represents not merely a company-law simplification but

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority has published revised amendments to the JSE Listings Requirements following recent changes to the Companies Act regarding remuneration disclosures. These proposed changes will significantly alter how listed companies handle remuneration policies, implementation reports, and share incentive schemes, with interested parties having 14 days to lodge objections.

South Africa's Department of Justice has published draft regulations that would fundamentally transform how oaths and affirmations are administered by allowing electronic commissioning through audio-visual communication. This development follows years of legal uncertainty and conflicting court decisions about whether commissioners of oaths could validly administer oaths remotely, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic when physical presence became impractical.