Anton Ackermann

Senior Associate

Anton Ackermann is a Senior Associate in our Corporate & Commercial practice.

Anton Ackermann

About Anton

About Anton

Anton worked as an environmental consultant at Enviroworks for three and half years, before starting his legal career at McIntyre van der Post as a Candidate Attorney in 2018. Anton joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as an Associate in 2020 in the Corporate & Commercial practice. He was promoted to Senior Associate in 2024.

Credentials

Credentials

Education

  • Bachelor of Law, University of the Free State (2019)
  • Masters Environmental Management, University of the Free State (2017)
  • Bachelor of Science Honours Geography (2014)
  • Bachelor of Science Environmental Geography (2013)

Languages

Languages

  • English

About Anton

Anton worked as an environmental consultant at Enviroworks for three and half years, before starting his legal career at McIntyre van der Post as a Candidate Attorney in 2018. Anton joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as an Associate in 2020 in the Corporate & Commercial practice. He was promoted to Senior Associate in 2024.

Credentials

Education

  • Bachelor of Law, University of the Free State (2019)
  • Masters Environmental Management, University of the Free State (2017)
  • Bachelor of Science Honours Geography (2014)
  • Bachelor of Science Environmental Geography (2013)

Languages

  • English

News

Draft Carbon Budget and Mitigation Plan Regulations published as South Africa takes important steps to advance national climate change policy
Environmental Law

Draft Carbon Budget and Mitigation Plan Regulations published as South Africa takes important steps to advance national climate change policy

On 1 August 2025, the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, published the Draft National Greenhouse Gas Carbon Budget and Mitigation Plan Regulations...

Water infrastructure in South Africa: The promise and limitations of the new South African Water Resources Infrastructure Agency

Water infrastructure in South Africa: The promise and limitations of the new South African Water Resources Infrastructure Agency

South Africa’s water infrastructure is under severe strain due to aging systems, inadequate maintenance and increasing demand driven by urbanisation, population growth and severe climate events....

The environmental (and other) legislative transitions to a low-carbon economy in South Africa
Corporate & Commercial Law

The environmental (and other) legislative transitions to a low-carbon economy in South Africa

South Africa is currently enjoying a much welcomed and extended reprieve from the effects of load shedding. While there is speculation that this is merely a politically motivated state...

Taking a bite out of food waste: A brief overview of the Draft Strategy For Reducing Food Losses And Waste
Corporate & Commercial Law

Taking a bite out of food waste: A brief overview of the Draft Strategy For Reducing Food Losses And Waste

The Draft Strategy for Reducing Food Losses and Waste (Draft FLW Strategy) was published for comment on 19 September 2023, setting out the proposed plans and goals to address and reduce...

Rooftop solar, South Africa’s option to immediately address loadshedding
Corporate & Commercial Law

Rooftop solar, South Africa’s option to immediately address loadshedding

The loadshedding being experienced in South Africa has crippled its economy and negatively impacted the general well-being of its citizens. It seems that lately every discussion, whether...