Areas Of Practice:
Administrative Law, Antenuptial Contracts, Anti-discrimination, Arbitration, Association Agreements, Bankruptcy Law, Black Empowerment, Blacklistings, Business Law, Business Rescue, Civil, Collections, Commercial, Commercial Drafting, Communications and Media, Company Law, Company Registrations, Competition Law, Construction, Consumer Law, Contracts, Corporate, Credit Law, Cryptocurrency Law, Curatorship / Curator Bonis, Cyber - Bullying / Defamation / Stalking, Cyber Law, Debt Collections, Deceased Estates, Defamation, Due Diligence Audits, Employee Benefits, Employee Share Incentive Schemes, Employment Law, Estates, Evictions, Finance (Corporate), Financial Services Law, Franchising, Fraud, General Practice, High Court Practice, Industrial Relations, Information Technology, Insolvency, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Internet Law / E-Commerce, IP Valuations, Joint Ventures and Acquisitions , Labour Law, Leases, Liquidation, Litigation (Civil), Litigation (Commercial), Litigation (Corporate), Litigation (General), Litigation (High Court), Litigation (Insurance), Litigation (Magistrates Court), Litigation (Tax), Media , Mergers and Acquisitions, Mine Health and Safety, Mineral Law/Rights, Mining, Municipal Law, Partnership Agreements, Pharmaceutical, POPI Act (POPIA) / Data Protection / Privacy Law, Professional negligence, Property Law, Provident Fund disputes, Rehabilitation Orders, Rehabilitations, Sale of Business, Sequestrations, Sexual Harassment, Shareholders Agreements, Social Media, Trusts, Wills
History:
Mr. Richards is a Director and co-founder of Cavanagh & Richards Attorneys and has obtained his Baccalaureus Legum (LLB) degree at the University of Pretoria.
Mr. Richards obtained his Magister Legum (LLM) in Commercial Law and a certificate in Advance Labour Law with a distinction at the University of South Africa.
After his admittance, Mr. Richards was employed at KPMG as a legal advisor obtaining extensive experience in financial legal matters, commercial law and corporate law. Subsequently, Mr. Richards was employed as the Group Legal Advisor at Primedia Unlimited specialising in commercial-, corporate-, competition-, labour-, marketing- and media law.
Mr. Richards is well versed in all aspects of corporate law and commercial law. He specialises in commercial-, information technology-, intellectual property- and corporate finance, BBB-EE, mergers and acquisitions, as well as structuring and restructuring of businesses.
Mr. Richards also regularly advises prominent listed and private companies across a range of sectors, including financing, manufacturing, mining, construction, technology and private industries.
Mr. Richards further has experience in multiple jurisdictions, including South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Mr. Richards has strong management skills and maintain excellent business relationships with his clients and colleagues within the legal fraternity.