Stephen Hofmeyr

Stephen Hofmeyr KC is a leading commercial barrister with a wide-ranging international commercial law practice.

With a strong sectoral focus across a wide range of practice areas, Stephen’s expertise in commercial law ranges from complex commercial contract disputes, to related company law claims, both for individuals and corporate clients, in particular, shareholder disputes and claims against directors. His relatively unique combination of legal and accounting qualifications has equipped him to specialise in all aspects of commercial law and make him particularly suited to complex disputes.

He is due to appear again in the Supreme Court twice in 2023 in appeals in Herculatio Maritime v Gunvor (MV POLAR) and Argentum Exploration Ltd v Silver. He is also involved in dealing with, amongst other matters, more than 80 aviation insurance claims arising out of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, various M&A insurance claims, a Singapore based arbitration concerning the construction of a jack-up rig, a London based arbitration concerning the safety of a container terminal.  He also continues to advise on on-going Business Interruption and M&A insurance claims.

Diocesan College, Cape Town (Theron Scholar); University of Cape Town (Abe Bailey Travel Scholar); University College, Oxford (Rhodes Scholar); (1976 BCom; 1978 LLB; 1981 MA Juris); called to the bar by the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn 1982; Attorney and Conveyancer of the Supreme Court of South Africa 1984; Advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa 1986.