Summary Profile
Grant Ford is a Director and Regional Head of the firm's Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation practice and Cape Town Insolvency Unit. Grant has experience in most areas of litigation and currently focuses on commercial litigation including property law and construction disputes as well as insolvency and corporate recovery work. More recently, Grant has spent time acting for the Fidentia curators in supervising the asset recovery process and related litigation.
Career
Grant started his career at Hofmeyr (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) in 1994 and became a Director in 1996. He was integrally involved in the previous merger processes.
Education/Qualifications
BA LLB, Rhodes University
Year of admission: 1994
Experience
| • | Advised PSG Group on aspects of Appleton acquisition and restructuring |
| • | Involved in various Section 417 (Companies Act) enquiries and Section 424 actions |
| • | Involved in extensive litigation on behalf of V&A Waterfront including the Huey Helicopter and Platinum Group disputes |
| • | Assisted Transnet in dispute with the City and Green Point residents involving development and construction of apartment complexes in the V&A Waterfront which affected Green Point residents' views |
| • | Acts for developers of Sea Point Pavillion in High Court review proceedings |
| • | Acts for Old Mutual; Remgro and Protea Hotels on a regular basis |
| • | Acted for the Fidentia curators in supervising the asset recovery process and supervising the Fidentia litigation and enquiry processes |
| • | Represents the University of the Western Cape and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) |
| • | Has experience in international arbitrations (LCIA and others) |
