Areas of Expertise

What we do:

At Roloff Attorneys Inc., we believe in a collaborative approach to helping our clients navigate complex legal challenges. Our team of experts takes the time to understand your unique needs and circumstances, and we work closely with you to develop a customized legal strategy that fits your goals and budget. We take a comprehensive approach that covers every stage of the construction process, from conception to close out, ensuring that we deliver value at every step. With our innovative thinking and analytical strategy, we are dedicated to protecting your rights and helping you overcome and remove any obstacles.

Legal/Commercial Risk Assessments

We prepare legal/commercial risk assessments on contracts and tenders wherein we identify the areas of exposure to risk, contractual terms and conditions we consider onerous and unfair and advise our clients of alternative provisions. We also assist with negotiations of contractual terms and finalising of agreements.

Contract Drafting

Drafting of main agreements, subcontractor agreements, supply agreements, EPCM and EPC agreements, service level agreements, consortium agreements, joint venture agreements etc. (NEC, FIDIC, JBCC, GCC and bespoke agreements).

Claims

Advice on contractual entitlements, advice on claims procedures, preparation of claims including an analysis of delays and disruptions, and quantification of costs, as well as drafting of defences to claims.

Dispute Resolution

Advice on the dispute resolution procedures, preparation of statements of claims and defense’s, counterclaims for adjudication and arbitration proceedings. Assistance with dispute resolution negotiations and drafting of settlement agreements. We also render litigation services pertaining to summons, and motions such as interdicts and declaratory orders.

Conveyancing

Transfers of properties, bond registrations, bond cancellations, property developments, township registrations, subdivisions and consolidations.

Labour & Employment Law

Exclusive to the construction industry, we offer employers a variety of labour related legal services which includes inter alia drafting and/or review of employment contracts, employer/employee disputes and employer legal representation at CCMA, Bargaining Councils, Labour/Superior Courts, chairing of or prosecuting disciplinary hearings, and labour law governance pertaining to development and/or review of policies, procedures and codes of conduct and maintenance thereof, as well as training.

Bills of Costs

Preparation of bills of costs, opposing bills of costs for opposed motion applications, civil suits, adjudication and arbitration proceedings, as well as attending to taxations. As specialists in construction dispute resolution, we understand the dynamics of bills of costs, various cost scales and applicable rules especially in regard to arbitrations and adjudications which depending on the rules do not particularly follow the general principles for bills of costs in litigation proceedings.

Training

We provide training on a variety of courses (standard and customized) including but not limited to NEC, FIDIC, JBCC, GCC, comparison between construction contracts, alternative dispute resolution, construction adjudication, construction claims, delay, disruption and
extension of time, etc.