Professional service is paramount to Opperman Lawyers in delivering technically sound, timely and commercially oriented solutions. Opperman Lawyers is approachable, accessible and personable. Hannelie Opperman is a sole practitioner with both domestic and international experience in commercial, taxation and property law. As Lawyer she understands her client’s objectives and provides clear and independent advice. Practice Areas: •Asset protection •Banking and finance •Bankruptcy and insolvency •Business structuring advice •Contracts, agreements and documentation •Conveyancing, property law, commercial and retail leasing •Commercial, corporate and business law •Company incorporation •Employment law •Franchising and licensing •Intellectual Property, trade mark registration and licensing •Mortgages, security and guarantees •Partnerships and joint ventures •Powers of attorney •Structured finance •Tax, superannuation and stamp duty •Trusts •Venture capital and private equity •Wills, estates and probate Background Hannelie started her legal career working in the commercial and property division of major law firms in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa. Since she immigrated to Melbourne, Australia in 2004, she joined the corporate division of Robert James Lawyers practicing commercial and franchising law. In 2006 Hannelie joined Blake Dawson in their property division as a commercial property lawyer where she specialised in property and commercial leasing matters. Qualifications •Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of Stellenbosch, South Africa 2001 •Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm Law), University of Stellenbosch, South Africa 1999 •Certificates in Conveyancing and Law from Deakin University and the University of Victoria in Australia. Bars and Courts •Admitted Australian Lawyer in the Supreme Court of Victoria 2006 •Admitted Lawyer and Conveyancer in the High Court of South Africa, 2004