Cliffe Dekker is one of the largest corporate law firms in South Africa with 62 directors, some 160 lawyers and more than 300 staff in total.

We are a national firm with regional practices in South Africa's main commercial centres, Johannesburg (Sandton) and Cape Town. As the exclusive member firm in South Africa of DLA Piper Group, an alliance of legal practices, we provide comprehensive and coordinated legal services to clients working across Africa and globally.

We provide an extensive range of legal services. Corporate and commercial law is the focal point of our legal services, which include the following practice areas: finance, projects & banking; black economic empowerment; competition and antitrust; employment; energy; dispute resolution, commercial litigation and arbitration; environmental; mergers and acquisitions; pensions; real estate; private equity; public sector; tax; telecommunications, media and technology; trade marks and intellectual property.

As a truly South African law firm, we have faced the challenge of transformation and empowerment head on. Our efforts so far have earned us a AAA Empowerdex Rating.

Accolades

Cliffe Dekker is regularly ranked as a first-rate firm in authoritative international directories of the legal profession and many of the firm's directors are recommended as being leading lawyers in their respective fields. You will find below a selection of quotes published in legal directories and respected journals.  [ More... ]