Overview
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr is one of South Africa's largest corporate and commercial law firms. We operate from offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town, giving us sizeable influence in South Africa’s key financial centres.
Through our exclusive alliance with DLA Piper, a global law firm, we are able to meet the needs of our clients wherever in the world they do business. Read more about our Global Alliance.
Our Africa Group provides an exceptional integrated service across Africa. Read more about our Africa Group.
We offer our clients the advantage of one law firm with the depth of resources, capabilities and experience to support their day to day business needs and long term strategies, locally, nationally and internationally. Our clients turn to us for practical legal solutions that will help them succeed and we commit to partnering with our clients every step of the way. It is an enabling relationship that allows us to provide pragmatic, commercial and solution-driven legal advice.
Our corporate and commercial services cover the full range of business legal services, which we deliver through core practice areas and sector services. Our practice focuses on the core areas of:
- Corporate and Commercial
- Competition
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation
- Employment
- Environmental
- Finance and Banking
- Intellectual Property
- Pro Bono and Human Rights
- Projects and Infrastructure
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Technology, Media and Telecommunications
- Trusts and Estates
across a range of sectors. Our sector teams focus broadly on industries ranging from hospitality and leisure to mining and minerals, and from energy to outsourcing
Our lawyers specialise in their particular areas of practice. When necessary, we draw on the skills of lawyers from across practice areas who work as a team to provide a seamless and fully integrated service. We also have sector-led teams with a wealth of experience in a wide range of industries.
Our clients
Our clients include local, national and international companies across a broad range of sectors, ranging from emerging businesses to multinationals and listed and unlisted companies. We have a strong public sector client base and act for government departments at all levels and state owned enterprises.
Diversity
We aspire to be a firm that cherishes diversity and equal opportunity, and actively contributes to attaining the objectives of Black Economic Empowerment in South Africa. Read about our Transformation Policy.
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