Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Tax and Exchange Control

Jerome Brink is a Director in our Tax & Exchange Control practice. He specialises in corporate  tax, international tax and tax dispute resolution. He provides tax advice (and fiscal statute interpretation and application) on a wide variety of commercial transactions and business activities, including financing, corporate reorganisations and restructurings, disposals and acquisitions, empowerment transactions, projects and energy, and share incentive schemes. With reference to international tax, Jerome advises various clients on inward/ outward investments, tax residency, controlled foreign company rules, double tax treaties, transfer pricing and other cross-border tax issues. Jerome's specialisation includes tax controversy / tax dispute resolution and he also advises clients on tax incentives, taxation of REITs / property, employees’ tax (PAYE), value-added tax (VAT) and the taxation of trusts.

Jerome began his career in 2012 as a Candidate Attorney in the Tax Department at Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc. (ENSafrica) where he was appointed as a tax Associate in 2014. Jerome joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as an Associate in the Tax and Exchange Control practice in 2016 and was promoted to Senior Associate in 2018. In 2020, Jerome was promoted to Director.

English. Afrikaans.

South African Branch Chair of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) - Young IFA Network (YIN)

BCom, Rhodes University LLB, Rhodes University LLM (Tax Law) cum laude, University of the Witwatersrand Certificate of Competence in Advanced Company Law I and II, University of the Witwatersrand Year of Admission as an Attorney: 2014 Registered with the Legal Practice Council