Imraan Abdullah

After completing his articles, Imraan spent spent two years in civil society at the South African History Archive and simultaneously completed an LLM degree in Constitutional and Human Rights Law.

At the end of his stint at the South African History Archive, Imraan was fortunate to have been offered a judicial clerkship with Justice Johan Froneman at the Constitutional Court, where he served Justice Froneman for a year.

In 2019, Imraan joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as an Associate in the Dispute Resolution practice, was appointed as a Senior Associate in 2021, and became a Director in 2024.

• Advising in relation to the PFMA, the MFMA and the associated regulatory frameworks.

• Advising private entities on interactions and relations with government departments and public entities in respect of tender submissions, judicial reviews and contractual matters, amongst several other matters.

• Advising public entities in relation to the PFMA, the PPPFA, the associated regulatory framework on SCM policies, preferential procurement, tender preparation, judicial reviews, parliamentary submissions, amongst several other matters.

• Advising client's on a wide variety of regulatory matters such as those arising in broader transport sector.

• Civil litigation and Arbitration in respect of contractual disputes.

• Advising in relation to the Petroleum Products Act (including on section 12A appeals and section 12B arbitrations) and the associated regulatory frameworks in respect of downstream activities.