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CDH is consistently successful in advising on the most M&A deals in South Africa

03 April 2023 by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) continues to dominate as one of South Africa’s top M&A legal advisers, according to the Ansarada DealMakers Annual Awards, held at the Sandton Convention Centre on 21 February 2023.
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South Africa: CDH appoints internationally recognised forensic expert Tendai Jangara and team

03 April 2023 by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

In response to a growing need in the market, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) has appointed legal forensic expert Tendai Jangara, together with her team comprising of two forensic investigators and a candidate attorney.
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South Africa: Appointment of Tim Fletcher as the new Chairperson

21 December 2022 by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) is pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Fletcher as the new Chairperson, effective 1 April 2022.
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South Africa: CDH Kenya appoints new Tax & Exchange Control Director, Alex Kanyi

21 December 2022 by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

CDH’s Kenya office is excited to welcome Alex Kanyi to the fold. Alex joined the firm’s Tax & Exchange Control practice as a Partner, on 15 August 2022.
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South Africa: CDH promotes Rishaban Moodley to Dispute Resolution Practice Head

21 December 2022 by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) is pleased to announce the appointment of Rishaban Moodley, as the new head of its Dispute Resolution practice, effective 1 September 2022.

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A Sub-Saharan Africa focus: Fraud and financial crime amidst the pandemic

17 September 2020 by Krevania Pillay and Tim Fletcher, in collaboration with Kroll Inc

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) boasts some of the world’s fastest growing economies. While emerging markets hold huge untapped potential, these economies also come with inherent vulnerabilities. In the wake of COVID-19, emerging markets are, for example, more likely to be affected by factors such as capital outflows, rapid currency devaluations, sovereign debt burdens, revenue loss linked to lower commodity prices, and limited capacity for fiscal support. In short, the global pandemic will hit these economies the hardest.
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Naughty or nice: Recent updates to EU's blacklist of non cooperative third countries tax

06 July 2020 by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, Keshen Govindsamy and Tsanga Mukumba

Naughty or nice: Recent updates to EU's blacklist of non cooperative third countries tax
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Competition law in Africa – merger control and trade update

15 June 2020 by Albert Aukema, Preanka Gounden and Charissa Barden

Amidst the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, there have been some interesting competition law developments in Africa during 2020 thus far. This article focuses on the recent merger control and trade developments, which are not COVID-19 specific (see article on COVID-19 updates here) in Nigeria, Kenya, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
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New legislation to be introduced to address the mismatch in respect of the taxation of foreign dividends received by REITs: A disincentive for REITs to invest offshore?

16 March 2020 by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

In essence, real estate investment trusts (REITs) are treated as conduits through which the income they derive, flows to their shareholders. The main advantage of a REIT is therefore that a deduction of the distribution made by the REIT to its shareholders may be claimed against its income provided that it is a qualifying distribution. By nature, REITs distribute most of their income to their shareholders and will usually pay little or no income tax on the distributions, instead shareholders will be liable to pay income tax on the distributions received from REITs. REITs are, however, taxed on the taxable income they retain at the standard corporate tax rate.
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Recent Financial Sector Tribunal decision provides interpretation of ‘solicitation’ for the purposes of Section 65 of the Collective Investment Schemes Control Act, 2002

11 February 2020 by Nuhaa Amardien and John Gillmer

In a recent decision handed down in respect of the matter between 36One Asset Management (Pty) Ltd (36One) and the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), the Financial Sector Tribunal (Tribunal) provided an interpretation of the meaning of “solicit” as defined in the Collective Investment Schemes Control Act, 2002 (CISCA).
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