Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

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)

Email:[email protected]

Competition:

Contact:Chris Charter

Email:[email protected]

Corporate & Commercial Law:

Contact:Ian Hayes

Email:[email protected]

Dispute Resolution:

Contact:Rishaban Moodley

Email:[email protected]

Employment Law:

Contact:Aadil Patel

Email:[email protected]

Finance & Banking:

Contact:Mashudu Junior Mphafudi and Johan de Lange

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Mining & Minerals:

Contacts:Vivien Chaplin

Email:[email protected]

Pro Bono & Human Rights:

Contact:Jacquie Cassette

Email:[email protected]

Projects & Energy:

Contact:Andrew van Niekerk

Email:[email protected]

Real Estate:

Contact:Muhammad Gattoo

Email:[email protected]

Tax & Exchange Control:

Contact:Emil Brincker

Email:[email protected]

Technology, Media & Telecommunications, FinTech

Contact:Tayyibah Suliman

Email:[email protected]

OFFICES

JOHANNESBURG

Tel:+27 (0)11 562 1000

Fax:+27 (0)11 562 1111

Email:[email protected]

1 Protea Place, Sandton, Johannesburg, 2196

NAIROBI

Tel:+254 710 560114

Email:[email protected]

Merchant Square, 3rd floor, Block D, Riverside Drive, Kilimani, Nairobi

CAPE TOWN

Tel:+27 (0)21 481 6300

Fax:+27 (0)21 481 6388

Email:[email protected]

11 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town, 8001

STELLENBOSCH

Tel:+27 (0)21 481 6400

Email:[email protected]

14 Louw Street, Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch, 7600