Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
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Managing Partners:Brent Williams (South Africa) and Sammy Ndolo (Kenya)
Chairperson:Tim Fletcher
Number of partners: 140 (approximately)
Number of lawyers: 250 (approximately)
Languages:Afrikaans and English
Firm Overview:
We are a full service law firm - with an extensive reach across Africa - consisting of more than 260 lawyers and a track record spanning over 171 years.
We provide experienced corporate and commercial legal support and an authentic knowledge-based and cost-effective legal service for clients looking to do business in key markets across Africa. Our Africa practice brings together the resources and expertise of leading business law firms across the continent that have direct experience acting for governments, state agencies and multinational organisations. This combined experience across the continent produces an extensive African capability. We also partner with other professional disciplines such as audit, business consulting or corporate finance disciplines to provide a seamless and integrated solution for projects that have a multi-disciplinary dimension.
We focus on a number of key sectors which are active and thriving in Africa, including Mergers & Acquisitions; Agriculture, Aquaculture & Fishing; Commercial Real Estate; Consumer Goods, Services & Retail; Energy and Power; Oil & Gas; Financial Institutions, Services & Fintech; Business Rescue, Restructuring & Insolvency; Government & State-owned Entities; Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals; Hospitality & Leisure; Gambling & Regulatory Compliance; Industrials, Manufacturing & Trading; Infrastructure, Transport & Logistics; Mining & Minerals; Private Equity; and Technology & Communications.
Main Areas of Practice:
Capital Markets - Debt & Equity:
Peter Hesseling (Equity)
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Competition:
Contact:Chris Charter
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Corporate & Commercial Law:
Contact:Ian Hayes
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Dispute Resolution:
Contact:Rishaban Moodley
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Employment Law:
Contact:Aadil Patel
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Finance & Banking:
Contact:Mashudu Junior Mphafudi and Johan de Lange
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Mining & Minerals:
Contacts:Vivien Chaplin
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Pro Bono & Human Rights:
Contact:Jacquie Cassette
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Projects & Energy:
Contact:Andrew van Niekerk
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Real Estate:
Contact:Muhammad Gattoo
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Tax & Exchange Control:
Contact:Emil Brincker
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Technology, Media & Telecommunications, FinTech
Contact:Tayyibah Suliman
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OFFICES
JOHANNESBURG
Tel:+27 (0)11 562 1000
Fax:+27 (0)11 562 1111
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1 Protea Place, Sandton, Johannesburg, 2196
NAIROBI
Tel:+254 710 560114
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Merchant Square, 3rd floor, Block D, Riverside Drive, Kilimani, Nairobi
CAPE TOWN
Tel:+27 (0)21 481 6300
Fax:+27 (0)21 481 6388
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11 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town, 8001
STELLENBOSCH
Tel:+27 (0)21 481 6400
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14 Louw Street, Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch, 7600
Ranked Offices
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South Africa - Head office
Gauteng
Johannesburg Regional Office 1 Protea Place Sandown , Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa, 2196, Sandton
Kenya
Nairobi
Merchant Square, 3rd Floor, Block D, Riverside Drive , Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, Nairobi
South Africa
Western Cape
11 Buitengracht Street, PO Box 695, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, 8000, Cape Town
Western Cape
14 Louw Street, Stellenbosch Central , Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, Stellenbosch
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“To set-off or not to set-off?”
Set-off allows the termination of obligations without an exchange of performance. Where parties are indebted to one another, set-off operates automatically under the common law when the requirements for set-off are satisfied. Under sections 90 and 124 of the National Credit Act (NCA), the process is…
Ruling on unitised incentive scheme does not provide much clarity
An employee incentive scheme that is commonly used works as follows: A company forms a trust. The company funds the trust, and the trust then uses the funds to buy shares in the company. The employees of the company are given units in the trust, usually free of charge. The units entitle the employees…
“To set-off or not to set-off?”
Set-off allows the termination of obligations without an exchange of performance. Where parties are indebted to one another, set-off operates automatically under the common law when the requirements for set-off are satisfied. Under sections 90 and 124 of the National Credit Act (NCA), the process is…
Ruling on unitised incentive scheme does not provide much clarity
An employee incentive scheme that is commonly used works as follows: A company forms a trust. The company funds the trust, and the trust then uses the funds to buy shares in the company. The employees of the company are given units in the trust, usually free of charge. The units entitle the employees…