cutting through complexity 

Why Di Palmas?

Strategic legal advice across sectors and shared spaces.

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A boutique legal practice with deep experience in complex disputes, governance, and community scheme compliance.

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We advise owners, trustees, directors, managing agents, and legal professionals on legislation, litigation, and legal clarity.

At Di Palmas, we combine legal insight and commercial acumen to deliver tailored advice across these core areas:

Community Schemes & Property

We specialise in the legal intricacies of South African community living — from sectional title schemes to homeowners associations and general property disputes between neighbours.

Whether you need help with more complex levy collections, unlawful use of common property, defective construction, or governance breaches, we provide tailored legal advice that resolves disputes and safeguards long-term value.

Administrative Law

We represent individuals, businesses, and community groups in navigating, and challenging, decisions (or failures to make decisions) by government departments, regulatory bodies, and administrative agencies exercising public power.

Our services include tribunal representation (including CSOS), judicial review applications, interpretation of enabling legislation, and advice on procedural fairness. We also act in disputes involving statutory bodies, local government, and delegated authorities.

Immigration

We provide strategic immigration advice for individuals, families, and professionals navigating complex cross-border moves to South Africa.

Whether you are applying for permanent residency, waiting for a decision, facing a visa refusal, or sponsoring a loved one, our advice is grounded in practical outcomes.

Corporate Consulting, Due Diligence & Commercial Drafting

We provide commercial and corporate law support to small and mid-sized enterprises, trustees, directors, and community schemes. From reviewing complex contracts and negotiating transactions, to conducting due diligence and advising on governance obligations, our focus is on legal clarity and strategic foresight for your business.

Whether it is a service-level agreement, joint-venture, loan, or constitution review — we draft with purpose and protect with precision.

Financial Structures & Debt Advisory

We also provide legal and strategic advice in relation to complex capital structures and layered debt arrangements. Our experience includes advising on senior secured debt, mezzanine instruments, super-priority and intercreditor terms, syndicated facilities, bilateral loans, and working capital finance.

We assist lenders, borrowers, trustees, directors, and boards to structure transactions that are enforceable, efficient, and aligned with commercial intent.

Civil and Commercial Litigation

We act in high-stakes and routine litigation matters — including contractual disputes, debt recovery, fiduciary claims, building disputes, and shareholder conflicts.

With experience in both civil procedure and commercial risk, we aim to resolve disputes efficiently, whether through pre-litigation strategy, settlement, or court or alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

We also assist community schemes, managing agents, and trustees involved in compliance or enforcement matters.

Various Applications

We advise, prepare and act in a range of court applications — including curatorship appointments, changes to matrimonial property regimes, liquidations, sequestrations, and both commercial and residential evictions, to name a few.

Reach out to us

Reach out to us by either emailing us directly at enquiries@dipalmas.co.za, or complete the form submission below, or press the button to request a quote or make a general enquiry

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Testimonials

Fausto helped my company acquire three game farms in South Africa. He was professional, reliable, and instrumental in navigating a complex, multi-million rand transaction structure.

We wouldn’t have done it without him.”

Rudolf Rombs

CEO, Rombs Holding GmbH, Germany



Through multiple agreements and deal fatigue, Fausto stood by us.
He got us over the line — and today, we’re building the businesses together.

Marakaya Assets (Pty) Ltd, South Africa

We struggled to understand the powers of the trustees in our family trust.

Fausto was compassionate, but direct — and helped us resolve a difficult internal dispute.

Anonymous

South Africa



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