largest corporate and commercial practices and offer the full suite of services required to deliver strategic legal support on transactional work. Since 2008, CDH has consistently been the most active South African legal adviser and, according to leading analyst rankings, has handled more M&A transactions than any other law firm.
Practice Head, Director
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david.thompson@cdhlegal.We close deals effectively by providing exceptional legal advice, managing risk, ensuring you meet regulatory compliance and working at every aspect of the transaction to ensure that it works from a legal and commercial perspective.
At Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, we have one of South Africa's largest Corporate and Commercial practices and offer the full suite of services required to deliver strategic legal support on transactional work. We handle hundreds of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions each year.
Since 2008, we have consistently been the most active South African legal adviser and have handled more M&A transactions than any other law firm, according to the leading analyst rankings. Our Corporate team has more than 50 qualified lawyers whose primary responsibility and expertise is transactional work.
Our services include:
Chambers Global 2022 ranked Shem Otanga as "Up & Coming" for Intellectual Property. From 2019-2021 ranked him as "Lawyer to watch" for Intellectual Property. World Trade Mark Review 1000 2018-2020 (Kenya) ranked Shem as a recommended Individual.