About

Provided by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

CDH offers clients a full-service fintech law solution across Kenya, South Africa and cross-border. Areas of expertise include advising bank and non-bank fintech companies on the Kenya and South African regulatory implications of the products and services they develop. Our firm is closely involved in bringing new fintech products to market. Kenya’s fintech landscape represents one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing areas in Africa. Our expertise in practice areas including corporate & commercial, finance & banking, real estate, competition, tax & exchange control, M&A, private equity, employment and TMT enables our team to provide market-leading advice on the full range of legal matters most relevant to the fintech industry. We advise clients on financial regulatory aspects; corporate law and governance; the legal aspects of commercialising technology and intellectual property; customer-facing contracts and technology procurement contracts; data protection; and financing (borrower-side).Our ability to provide market-leading legal, strategic and technical counsel in combination with the skills of an experienced, sector-specialist team of thought leaders brings an impressive body of innovative and repeat work for the firm, which is unique among legal services providers in Kenya.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers
FinTech Legal - South Africa
2
Band 2
What the team is known for

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr handles corporate transactions, contractual agreements and private equity investments in FinTech businesses. Its clients include large corporates and emerging FinTech startups. The firm is also particularly noted for its expertise in financial regulation.

Notable practitioners

John Gilmer is a key contact.

Work Highlights

Provided by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
  • Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr advised Net1 UEPS Technologies, a leading South Africa-based financial technology company which is listed on the Nasdaq and Johannesburg Stock Exchange, on its ZAR3.7 billion acquisition of Connect Group.

Members

Provided by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

John Gillmer

Komeshi Patrick

Simone Dickson

Tayyibah Suliman

Head of Department