Environment
Global Guide 2024 : South Africa
Band 3
About
Provided by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
CDH's Environmental Law practice has extensive experience in legal compliance, due diligence investigations, ISO 14001 implementation, environmental impact assessments (EIAs), environmental litigation and legislative drafting, administrative appeal and objections, environmental law related contractual drafting and reviews, agriculture and developing electronic environmental management systems. We also advise extensively on health and safety, land use and heritage law. Our clients are drawn from the agriculture, energy (including renewable energy), banking, property development, petrochemical, pulp and paper, waste management, mining and manufacturing sectors as well as from all three spheres of government in South Africa and elsewhere in the Southern and East African region.
CDH offers practical and focused advice on all areas of environmental legal compliance. Where clients are not legally compliant with the law, we assist in developing programmes for achieving compliance within realistic time frames. Environmental concerns are increasingly important in mergers and acquisitions; and in large commercial transactions such as renewable energy projects under the Department of Energy’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme. Our team works together with scientists and environmental consultants to distinguish areas of genuine concern from non-material issues and to assess their implications for a deal.
Chambers Review
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr houses an environmental practice group with a deep and varied client roster of high-profile domestic and international corporations from sectors including mining, manufacturing and energy. The team is frequently instructed to carry out environmental due diligence regarding proposed M&A and other corporate transactions. The group additionally provides advice on a broad range of environmental compliance and licensing issues, such as water use, mining rights and waste management.
Allan Reid is a key contact for clients.
Work Highlights
- Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr acted for the Royal Bafokeng Nation in reviewing the documentation on public participation and assessing the environmental permitting regarding the establishment of a reservoir site.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Cliffe Dekke Hofmeyr's lawyers are well versed and experienced in legal matters, and they offer fit-for-purpose advice."
"The law firm shows an excellent awareness of the commercial environment and how it impacts our matters."
"Cliffe Dekke Hofmeyr's lawyers are well versed and experienced in legal matters, and they offer fit-for-purpose advice."
"The law firm shows an excellent awareness of the commercial environment and how it impacts our matters."