Brent Williams
Brent Williams has been the Chief Executive Officer/Managing Partner of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr since April 2011. He has been responsible for leading Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s strategic direction, rebranding, repositioning in the corporate legal services market and the firm’s day to day management since he took office. At the time of his appointment he was the first black legal professional to be appointed the Managing Partner of a major national corporate law firm in the history of the legal profession in South Africa. Law Firm Management Experience Managing Partner: Y Ebrahim & Co Inc: 1997 to 2003 Management Committee Member: Cliffe Dekker: 2004 to 2008 Executive Committee Member: Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc: 2008 to present CEO/Managing Partner:Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc: 2011 to present · Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
About
Chief Executive Officer/Managing Partner of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr since April 2011, responsible for the firm’s strategic direction, rebranding and day-to-day management. He was the first black legal professional appointed as Managing Partner of a major national corporate law firm in South Africa and remains a director in the firm’s Corporate and Commercial practice (no longer practising actively).
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- BA, University of Cape Town
- BProc, University of the Western Cape
- LLM, Harvard University Law School
- Law Firm Leadership (short course), Harvard Business School
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Mercantile Law, Nelson Mandela University
Admissions
- Admitted as an attorney, South Africa (1992)
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council