Brent Williams

Corporate and Commercial; Mergers and Acquisitions.

Brent Williams has been the Chief Executive Officer/Managing Partner of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr since April 2011. He has been responsible for leading Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s strategic direction, rebranding, repositioning in the corporate legal services market and the firm’s day to day management since he took office. At the time of his appointment he was the first black legal professional to be appointed the Managing Partner of a major national corporate law firm in the history of the legal profession in South Africa.

Law Firm Management Experience Managing Partner: Y Ebrahim & Co Inc: 1997 to 2003 Management Committee Member: Cliffe Dekker: 2004 to 2008 Executive Committee Member: Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc: 2008 to present CEO/Managing Partner:Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc: 2011 to present

BA, University of Cape Town BProc, University of the Western Cape LLM, Harvard University Law School Law Firm Leadership (short course), Harvard Business School Adjunct Professor, Department of Mercantile Law, Nelson Mandela University Year of admission as an attorney: 1992 Registered with the Legal Practice Council