Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Banking, Finance & Projects practice, and Head of our Projects & Energy  sector.

Andrew van Niekerk is a Director in our Banking, Finance & Projects practice, and Head of our Projects & Energy  sector. Andrew provides specialist EPC / PPP / IPP related legal services in the infrastructure, energy, mining and resources, transport and real estate domains.

Andrew has advised clients on projects in multiple jurisdictions including Botswana, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Jordan, Kenya, Kuala Lumpur, Lebanon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Swaziland, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Andrew has inter alia been the head of construction, infrastructure and/or projects at three of the five "big five" South African law firms as well as the largest non-affiliated law firm in the Middle East.

Andrew spent five years in Dubai where, inter alia¸ where he was was lead construction counsel in respect of mega realty and infrastructure projects comprising of:

the Jumeira Gardens City Project with a project budget of $100 billion; the Waterfront & Palm Jebel Ali projects with an overall project value of approximately $60 billion; and World Islands, Palm Jumeirah and Jumeirah Golf Estate projects, with aggregate project values in excess of $150 billion.

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BA (Private Law) and LLB degrees, University of Cape Town. Admitted attorney with the High Court of the Western Cape. Registered with the Legal Practice Council