MBM ValkyrieAdvisory

Independent legal · governance · compliance advisory

Governance your file can actually prove.

We build the delegations, charters, registers, policies and contracts that answer a regulator, an auditor, a funder or a court before the question is asked — for statutory councils, public entities, non-profits and funded companies across South Africa.

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ProofEngaged by a statutory councilAppointed in June 2026 as independent legal, governance and compliance advisers to a national statutory council. Two workstreams delivered in July, on time and within a fixed fee; a written corporate reference from the Registrar in August.
PerspectiveThree sides of the same tablePrivate practice, in-house counsel and national statutory regulation — in one adviser. The advice accounts for how a decision will be minuted, reported and defended, not only whether it is lawful. About the practice
PriceThe fee, before the work startsFixed fees for work that can be scoped, published on this site. Hourly only where it genuinely cannot be. No retainers, no deposits, no trust account, no VAT — invoiced once delivered. See the fee menu
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What we do

Legal, governance and compliance work, done properly.

From the drafting of an instrument to the governance that follows it — for statutory councils, public entities, non-profits, funded companies and SMEs.

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Legislative & regulatory drafting

The specialism the practice was built on — rules, codes, regulations and the mandate, consultation and gazetting process that makes them valid.

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Legal opinions

Formal written opinions a board, council or executive can rely on and file — and the empowering-provision analysis that has to come before anything is drafted.

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Policy drafting

38 policy instruments across governance, ethics, finance, information, people and operations: what each does, how it is drafted, and the defect that most often makes it unenforceable.

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Contract drafting

27 instruments, the statute behind each one, and the defect that most often makes it unenforceable. Written so that you can judge the knowledge before you buy it.

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Governance & board advisory

Delegations, charters, terms of reference, King V transition and board evaluation — as a fixed-fee project with a defined end, not an open retainer.

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Regulatory & compliance strategy

Which statutes and regulators actually apply, who owns each obligation, and what evidence proves it was met — written so a board, a funder or an inspector can follow it.

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POPIA, PAIA compliance

Readiness programmes, enforcement-notice remediation, operator registers, breach procedures and section 51 manuals — built so that a compliance claim is provable rather than asserted.

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Workplace & conduct

Independent chairing, professional-conduct inquiries, CCMA strategy and employment instruments — all built around the document a commissioner will read afterwards.

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Company secretarial practice

Registers current, meetings papered, filings made on time, and someone to tell the board when something is about to go wrong — without a full-time appointment.

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Not only technically correct — but calibrated to how boards decide, and how regulators respond.

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Tell us the decision your organisation needs to make.

The first conversation is thirty minutes, confidential and free. You will leave it knowing which of our services you need and which you do not.

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