Andrew Costa and Brigit Rubinstein were appointed as directors of Cliffe Dekker on 1 September 2003. They are based at the firm’s Cape Town offices.

Andrew Costa practises in the firm’s commercial department. His key areas of specialisation are mergers and acquisitions, banking and financial services, competition law, corporate law and commercial contracts. Mr Costa obtained his B.Comm LL.B degrees from the University of Port Elizabeth in 1994 and completed his articles of clerkship in Port Elizabeth in 1997. He joined Cliffe Dekker, Cape Town, as a professional assistant in February 2001 and became an associate in March 2002.

Brigit Rubinstein practises in the commercial litigation department. Her key specialisation areas are commercial litigation and arbitration, including trade marks litigation, restraints of trade, directors’ liability, company law litigation and insolvency. Ms Rubinstein was awarded her BA B.Proc (Cum Laude) and LL.B degrees from the University of South Africa in 1999. She completed her articles of clerkship with Cliffe Dekker and was admitted as an attorney in July 2000. She was appointed as an associate of the firm in March 2002.

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