Our Africa Group

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr became the South African member firm of DLA Piper Group in November 2005 and became affiliated to DLA Piper, one of the largest legal firms in the world, operating across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US.

DLA Piper Group is an alliance of independent law firms with exclusive agreements with DLA Piper. DLA Piper and the Group members share a common vision to provide comprehensive legal services to clients locally and globally.

DLA Piper Africa Group

Our Africa practice, in conjunction with firms in South Africa, Egypt, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya and Ghana, is unrivalled in geographical coverage. Our lawyers have direct experience of African transactions in the financial services sector and in the key development sectors, including mining, telecoms, energy, infrastructure and hotels and leisure.

As well as Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, five other member firms make up the Africa practice to form an unrivalled pan-African legal team:

• Egypt (DLA Matouk Bassiouny)
• Zambia (Chibesakunda & Co)
• Tanzania (Ishegoma Masha Karume & Magai Advocates (IMMMA)
• Kenya (Iseme, Kamau & Maema Advocates)
• Ghana (Reindorf Chambers)

Our Africa practice also has close working relationships with Miranda Alliance (who cover Angola, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé e Principe) as well as with firms in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritius and other countries across Africa. In addition, the Paris office of DLA Piper offers expertise in the form of French lawyers with extensive experience in Francophone Africa.

Our relationship with DLA Piper Group firms across Africa differs from relationships that other law firms have with their representative networks of individual firms. As a Group member, we are an integral part of DLA Piper Group and the worldwide DLA Piper organisation. This means we share the same client-focused vision and values. Our success is driven by providing local excellence within an international framework. Our world class standards and processes are of similar high quality and responsiveness.

This places Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr in a unique position in terms of its ability to offer legal services in Africa.

Lawyers in each jurisdiction are fully versed in the legal and cultural nuances of that particular business community and bring to bear the best current thinking and approach, along with the highest technical skills.

We are able to access the skills of our colleagues in the DLA Piper Group and internationally on behalf of our South African based clients, enabling us to offer billing rates at locally competitive price.

Learn more about the DLA Piper Africa Group