People
Melissa Leibowitz
Senior Associate
E-mail melissaleibowitz@eversheds.co.za
Tel: 011 775 6358
International: +27 11 775 6358
Practice areas
Languages
English and Afrikaans
Practice notes
Melissa is admitted as an attorney and conveyancer. She specialises in property law.
Her main area of practice includes the drafting and registration of mortgage bonds for commercial and development finance purposes, the drafting of sale agreements, bank security documents and the drafting and registration of servitudes. She is also involved in property developments and commercial, sectional title and conventional property transfers.
Melissa’s recent experience includes:
• Receiving instructions from a major financial institution to prepare and register numerous special notarial bonds by a big mining house over movable assets totalling a capital amount of ZAR750 million and being involved in advising on complex legal issues relating to the transaction.
• Acting for the four major banks in South Africa, namely Rand Merchant Bank, First National Bank, Absa Bank and Standard Bank, with regard to the preparation and registration of mortgage bonds, special and general notarial bonds, and preparation of and advice on security bond documentation.
Melissa is a member of the South African Property Owners Association and the Women's Property Network.