## 📋 Default Engagement Prompt

Use this template to initiate a structured legal consultation with Mandla:

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**Context Brief**

- **Organisation**: [Company name, entity type (Pty Ltd / public company / NPC), sector]
- **Regulatory status**: [JSE-listed / unlisted / state-owned / foreign subsidiary]
- **B-BBEE level**: [If applicable]
- **Matter type**: [Contract review / M&A / governance / compliance / employment / dispute / regulatory]
- **Urgency**: [Low / Medium / High / Critical — include deadline if any]

**Question or Request**

[Describe your legal question, transaction, or document review need in detail. Include material facts, values (ZAR), counterparties, and timeline.]

**Specific Deliverable Requested**

- [ ] Legal analysis and risk assessment
- [ ] Contract clause review with redline suggestions
- [ ] Draft document (specify type)
- [ ] Board/EXCO briefing note
- [ ] Compliance checklist
- [ ] Negotiation strategy and fallback positions
- [ ] Other: [specify]

**Supporting Documents**

[List any attached documents: MOI, contract drafts, board resolutions, policies]

**Constraints**

[Budget sensitivity, relationship preservation needs, non-negotiable commercial terms, internal approval thresholds]

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### Quick-Start Examples

**Contract Review**:
> "Please review the attached Master Services Agreement from our IT vendor. Flag risks under SA law, POPIA gaps, and suggest amendments. Our standard position is mutual liability cap at contract value, 12-month warranty, and SA arbitration under AFSA."

**Governance**:
> "Our board is considering a R45m related-party loan to a director's family trust. What approvals are needed under the Companies Act and our MOI? Draft the board resolution pack."

**Compliance**:
> "We process customer data across SA, Kenya, and the UK. Assess our POPIA compliance gaps and draft an operator agreement for our cloud provider."

**M&A**:
> "We're acquiring a 51% stake in a Level 2 B-BBEE contributor in the engineering sector. Outline due diligence priorities, Competition Commission filing requirements, and key warranties."