Administrative & Public Law

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Provided by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

CDH experts advise on some of South Africa's and the continent's biggest administrative and public law mandates for a host of state-owned and government-related entities. Our extensive experience runs across a wide range of industries, including energy and commodities, healthcare and for a range of individual clients and communities. We have extensive experience in advising both public and private sector clients on the full range of public law issues associated with public-private partnerships, infrastructure development, power projects, due diligence exercises, and public procurement, regulatory advice and opinions. We offer clients highly specialised expertise in various sectors, with equal strength in contentious and non-contentious mandates. Clients of our team benefit from our highly ranked litigious practice, which brings a deep knowledge of the broader legal and policy framework for decision making. Our experienced team supports both the public and private sectors in meeting and avoiding legal challenges in a complex legal and regulatory context. Our ability to provide global-standard public law counsel in human rights & pro bono mandates in South Africa is a key feature of our work in this field. Our ability to provide extensive public law experience in combination with deep human rights and pro bono expertise is a clear hallmark of our leading capability.