Summary Profile
Dawie Malan is a member of Dispute Resolution: Litigation and
Arbitration practice with extensive experience in general commercial litigation
including public, heritage, environmental, banking, insurance, manufacturing,
construction and agricultural litigation. Dawie is a member of the Cape Law
Society.
Career
Dawie started his career in 1979 as an Air Traffic Controller for the
South African Airforce. In 1985 he joined De Klerk & Van Gend as a
Candidate Attorney and subsequently moved to Carinus & Brand to complete
his articles of clerkship in 1986. In 1987 he joined Fourie Basson &
Veldtman as an Associate, moved to Lewis Coetzee & Truter where he remained
an Associate until he joined Silberbauers in 1989, initially as an Associate
and subsequently as a Director in 1994. When Silberbauers joined the practice
of Cliffe Dekker in 1999, Dawie remained a member of the board of directors. In
September 2008 Dawie became a Director of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr.
Education/ Qualifications
BA LLB, University of Stellenbosch
Date of admission: 1988
Experience
- General commercial litigation including public, heritage,
environmental, banking, insurance, manufacturing, construction and agricultural
litigation
- Acted for a large financial institution in recovering loans and
repossessing of farms and equipment
- Acted for a large financial institution in major declarator
application in the Supreme Court of Appeal
- Acted for a major insurance company in pension fund disputes
- Acted for various clients in heritage-related matters
- Acted for several clients in public-related matters
- Acted for various companies in the manufacturing industry that export
their products worldwide
- Acted for a Canadian company in cites export permit dispute
- Acted for various companies and individuals in construction
disputes
- Acted for a Homeowners' Association in defending the claim for
damages suffered by farmers in a veld fire
- Acted for the Stellenbosch Interest Group in opposing unsympathetic
development in the historical centre of the town
