Dries Hoek
About Dries
Dries qualified as a Charted Accountant in 2004 and practiced in Deloitte’s M&A Tax department. He later joined Webber Wentzel in 2007, where he was appointed as a Director in 2010. Dries joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Director in 2015.
Areas of expertise
Experience
- Domestic and cross-border transactions
- South African corporate tax planning
- Mergers and acquisitions including empowerment transactions and an interest in transactions within the mining sector
- Corporate reorganisations and restructurings
- Employee incentive schemes
- Design private equity buyouts, including debt pushdown and management participation structures
Recognition
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2017, 2018 and 2020 recommended Dries for tax.
Credentials
Education
- Chartered Accountant (SA)
- BCom Accounts (Honours), University of Pretoria
- Higher Diploma in Tax law, University of Johannesburg
Memberships
- SAICA (member since 2004)
LANGUAGES
- English
